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A Memoir in Words and Pictures by Eric Gansworth

The term “Apple” is a slur in Native communities across the country. It’s for someone supposedly “red on the outside, white on the inside.”

In Apple (Skin to the Core), Eric Gansworth tells his story, the story of his family–of Onondaga among Tuscaroras–of Native folks everywhere. From the horrible legacy of the government boarding schools, to a boy watching his siblings leave and return and leave again, to a young man fighting to be an artist who balances multiple worlds.

Eric shatters that slur and reclaims it in verse and prose and imagery that truly lives up to the word heartbreaking.

Find it in YA Fiction here.

Awards and Accolades:

• Winner of the American Indian Youth Literature Award
• Printz Honor Winner
• National Book Award Longlist
• TIME 10 Best YA and Children’s Books of the Year
• NPR Best of the Year
• Shelf Awareness Best of the Year
• Publishers Weekly Big Indie Books of Fall
• Amazon Best Book of the Month
• AICL Best YA Books of the Year
• CSMCL Best Multicultural Children’s Books of the Year
  
• “Stirring.. Raw and moving.”–TIME
• “Beautiful imagery and with words that soar and scald.”–The Buffalo News
• “Easily one of the best books to be published in 2020. The kind of book bound to save lives.”–LitHub
• “A powerful narrative about identity and belonging.”–Paste Magazine
• “Timely and important.”–Booklist, starred review
• “Searing yet dryly funny.”–The Bulletin, starred review
• “Exceptional.”–Shelf-Awareness, starred review
• “Captivating.”–School Library Journal, starred review

by Pablo Neruda

This bilingual Spanish-English edition is the first illustrated selection of questions, 70 in all, from Pablo Neruda’s original poem (320 questions) The Book of Questions.

Holding the wonder and mystery of childhood and the experience and knowing that come with growing up, these questions are by turns lyrical, strange, surreal, spiritual, historical and political. They foreground the natural world, and their curiosity transcends all logic; and because they are paradoxes and riddles that embrace the limits of our ability to know, they engage with human freedom in the deepest way, removing the burden and constraint that somehow, we are meant to have answers to every question.

Gorgeously, cosmically illustrated by Paloma Valdivia, here Neruda’s questions, already visual in themselves, gain a double visuality that makes them even more palpable and resonant. So clearly rooted in Chilean landscapes as they are, the questions are revealed as a communion with nature and its mysteries.

Find it in Juv NF Spanish here.

Awards:

• A New York Times Best Children’s Book of 2022
• A Marginalian (fka Brain Pickings ) Favorite Book of 2022
• A New York Times Bestseller!
• A USBBY Outstanding International Book of 2023
• A 2023 Bologna Ragazzi Award Amazing Bookshelf Selection
• Selected for the Academy of American Poets 2022 Featured Fall Books List for Young Readers
• Starred reviews in The Horn Book, Kirkus, SLJ, and PW !

Step into the rich tapestry of Basque culture with our zahato Bag, a testament to tradition and heritage. Crafted from tanned and close-cropped goatskin, this bag serves as a distinctive Basque variant of the Spanish bota bag. Beyond its practical use for carrying wine, it stands as a symbol of Basque craftsmanship and identity.

Adorned with a vibrant painted illustration, our zahato Bag depicts a bullfighter in action, waving a red cape at a bucking bull. This imagery not only reflects the Basque fascination with bullfighting but also encapsulates the spirit of resilience and bravery inherent in Basque tradition.

Originating from the Basque Country in Europe, Basques first migrated to Idaho in the mid-1800s, initially drawn by the promise of gold. However, as opportunities in gold dwindled, many Basques turned to sheep herding, a skill they brought with them from their homeland.

In Ketchum and Hailey, Idaho, this Basque community flourished, weaving its vibrant culture into the fabric of local life. From traditional festivals to culinary delights, the Basque influence permeates the region, leaving a lasting mark on Idaho’s cultural landscape.

This zahato bag is newly on display in the Wood River Museum’s Cabinet of Wonders! We invite you to visit the museum to see this and many other fascinating objects that provide insight to Idaho’s rich cultural history.

by Kwame Alexander

From NPR correspondent and New York Times bestselling author, Kwame Alexander, comes a powerful and provocative collection of poems that cut to the heart of the entrenched racism and oppression in America and eloquently explores ongoing events.  A book in the tradition of James Baldwin’s “A Report from Occupied Territory,”  Light for the World to See is a rap session on race. A lyrical response to the struggles of Black lives in our world . . . to America’s crisis of conscience . . . to the centuries of loss, endless resilience, and unstoppable hope.  Includes an introduction by the author and a bold, graphically designed interior.

Find it in print and ebook here.

by Alfonsina Storni

Alfonsina Storni’s final 1938 collection of poetry with a brief preface by the author. Spanish with facing-page English translations. Translator’s introduction and annotation via endnotes in English.

Storni (1892-1932) is considered one of the preeminent voices in Latin American poetry of the twentieth century. In 1935 Storni was unfortunately diagnosed with cancer. Though she was surely haunted by the specter of death, Storni galvanized the discipline and will to complete her last book of poems Mascarilla y Trebol (Mask and Clover), which many critics judge to be her crowning achievement. It was published shortly before her suicide.

Find it here.

by Kyle Tran Myhre

One part mixtape, one part disorientation guide, and one part career retrospective, Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre’s debut looks you directly in the eye and doesn’t let you flinch. Ranging from justice to love, community action to personal reflection, A Love Song, A Death Rattle, A Battle Cry is a dedication to craft. Clocking in before the rest of us are even awake, the book wastes no time. It does the work and beckons you to follow. A compilation of poems, lyrics and essays from the UN presenter, MC, and two-time National Poetry Slam champion, this book is a love song tucked into a grenade, a necessary call that demands a response.

Find it in print here.