Middle Grade Books Fake Mustache – Tom Angleberger The One and Only Ivan – Katherine Applegate The Peculiar – Stefan Bachmann My Name is Parvana – Deborah Ellis Starry River of the Sky – Grace Lin False Prince – Jennifer Nielsen And Nothing But the Truth – Kit Pearson The Serpent’s Shadow – Rick Riordan Who Could That Be At This Hour? – Lemony Snicket Kids’ Graphic Novels The Captive Prince – Scott Chantler Hereville: How Mirka Met a Meteorite – Barry Deutsch Legends of Zita the Spacegirl – Ben Hatke Babymouse for President – Jennifer Holm Explorer: The Mystery Boxes – Kazu Kibuishi A Wrinkle in Time – Hope Larson The Secret of the Stone Frog – David Nytra Cardboard – Doug TenNapel

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Books Make the Best Gifts

Need the perfect gift for someone on your list? Pick up one of our favourite books from 2012! Adult Fiction The Age of Hope – David Bergen The Round House – Louise Erdrich Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn Where We Belong – Emily Giffin The Headmaster’s Wager – Vincent Lam Bring Up the Bodies – Hilary Mantel The Casual Vacancy – J.K. Rowling Adult Nonfiction Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking – Susan Cain I Suck at Girls – Justin Halpern Let’s Pretend This Never Happened – Jenny Lawson How to Be a Woman – Caitlin Moran How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You – The Oatmeal Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake – Anna Quindlen

Cookbooks The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier – Ree Drummond The Soup Sisters Cookbook: 100 Simple Recipes to Warm Hearts One Bowl at a Time – Sharon Hapton Baked Elements – Matt Lewis Food in Jars – Marisa McClellan The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook – Deb Perelman Born to Grill – Rob Rainford Graphic Novels Friends with Boys – Faith Erin Hicks The Graphic Canon – Russ Kick (ed.) The Underwater Welder – Jeff Lemire Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Freefall – Joss Whedon Batwoman: Hydrology – J.H. Williams III Teen Books Shadow and Bone – Leigh Bardugo The Diviners – Libba Bray Vessel – Sarah Beth Durst The Fault in Our Stars – John Green Seraphina – Rachael Hartman Grave Mercy – Robin LaFevers Code Name Verity – Elizabeth E. Wein

Picture Books Extra Yarn – Mac Barnett Z is for Moose – Kelly Bingham Boy and Bot – Anne Dyckman Olivia and the Fairy Princesses – Ian Falconer The Christmas Wombat – Jackie French This is Not My Hat – Jon Klassen Wishes – Jean Little Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons – Eric Litwin Virginia Wolf – Kyo Maclear Squid and Octopus, Friends for Always – Tao Nyeu Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow? – Susan Shea Let’s Go For a Drive – Mo Willems It’s Duffy Time – Audrey Wood First Chapter Books Anna Hibiscus – Atinuke Ivy and Bean Make the Rules – Annie Barrows Bad Kitty for President – Nick Bruel Bink and Gollie, Two For One – Kate Dicamillo Mr. and Mrs. Bunny: Detectives Extraordinaire! – Polly Horvath The Great Cake Mystery: Precious Ramotswe’s Very First Case – Alexander McCall Smith