A beautifully-illustrated tale of two plucky grandchildren searching for their probably-magic grandmother. Rooted in Korean folklore, with a magical rabbit, tiger, nine-tailed fox, and a passel of mischevious dokkebi (goblins). The children use their wits (and snacks) to save the day. [sweet pea]
A powerful, much-needed novel contextualizing Black Lives Matter with a heartbreaking, yet ultimately uplifting, story. Featuring a strong female protagonist straddling her different worlds and finding her voice. [sweet pea]
This hilarious book captions classic McCall pattern images, teaching us about football sticks, what to say on a business card, melting hands, beguiling hats, and puppet hands. If you read this without laughing, you're probably friends with Gayle, ugh Gayle. [sweet pea]
Charting the history of hoaxes, from the legacy of P.T. Barnum's "humbug" to the rise of Trump's "fake news," this book details the peculiar American history of the phenomenon and highlights how race became the biggest hoax of all. [sweet pea]
Despite being over half a billion years old, we know very little about jellyfish, who are both fascinatingly beautiful and serve as a barometer for the health of our oceans. We might just be able to survive climate change, with a little help from jellyfish. [sweet pea]
Despite being over half a billion years old, we know very little about jellyfish, who are both fascinatingly beautiful and serve as a barometer for the health of our oceans. We might just be able to survive climate change, with a little help from jellyfish. [sweet pea]
I'm not sure it's possible to get any more geeky than this comprehensive field guide to the plants, both ordinary and fantastic, that appear in JRR Tolkien's work, replete with illustrations, maps, and enough info to engross you for months. [sweet pea]
A moving, important book for our time. Both a whimsical history of the Statue of Liberty and a vital treatise on what it means to be a nation of immigrants. Read it & try not to cry! [sweet pea]
This well-researched biography is a profile of the remarkable, contradictory, black labor leader Lucy Parsons, who helped start the IWW, was a staunch advocate of both free speech and violence without apology, and created a mythical background that still clouds the facts about her life today. [sweet pea]
This ingenious novel features a charming psychiatric patient possibly inhabited by Robert Louis Stevenson, a Noh mask, Mark Twain cosplay, and many loveable, quirky characters, including some from Tacoma! [sweet pea]
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