Look out for these highly anticipated October’s releases at Picture Book this month!

10/3

Our Strangers: Stories From one of the most accomplished writers of our time comes another brilliant collection of short fiction. Artful, deft, and inventive; Lydia Davis’ newest collection of stories delves into topics ranging from marriage to tiny insects. These stories are a celebration of language and careful observation that once again confirms Davis’ sincere love and mastery of the form. Only available at independent bookstores like Picture Book and libraries, by request of the author.

In Begin Again, his first illustrated book created specifically for readers of all ages, Oliver Jeffers shares a very brief history of humanity and shares his dreams for where we go from here. A must-have for anyone who wants the next generation to inherit a world to be proud of--and a perfect gift to share with those you care about.

Let's Become Fungal!: Mycelium Teachings and the Arts: Based on Conversations with Indigenous Wisdom Keepers, Artists, Curators, Feminists offers teachings on collaboration, decoloniality, nonlinearity, toxicity, mobilization, biomimicry, death and being nonbinary, while also examining the world of fungi. Let’s Become Fungal! shows how fungi can inspire artists, collectives, organizations, educators, policymakers, designers, scientists, anthropologists, curators, urbanists, activists, gardeners, community leaders, farmers and others to become more fungal in their ways of working and being.

The First Cat in Space and the Soup of Doom (First Cat in Space #2) Award-winning creators Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris are back with the second volume in the bestselling The First Cat in Space graphic novel series! Secret tales of woe, hilarious new characters, and dangerous plans of sabotage will keep readers delighted and laughing until the thrilling climax.

Monica, the long-awaited new graphic novel from Daniel Clowes, author of Ghost World, is a genre-bending thriller from one of the defining voices of the genre. "Daniel Clowes is the rare cartoonist whose graphic novels become cultural events." —New York Magazine

Stacey's Mistake: A Graphic Novel (the Baby-Sitters Club #14) is a brand-new Baby-sitters Club graphic novel adapted by National Book Award finalist and Eisner-nominated cartoonist Ellen T. Crenshaw following the Baby-sitters Club visiting Stacy in New York City for the weekend. (Ages 8-12)

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Roman Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri is the first short story collection by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and master of the form since her number one New York Times best seller Unaccustomed Earth. Rome--metropolis and monument, suspended between past and future, multi-faceted and metaphysical--is the protagonist, not the setting, of these nine stories. These are splendid, searching stories, written in Jhumpa Lahiri's adopted language of Italian and seamlessly translated by the author and by Knopf editor Todd Portnowitz.

Family Meal by Bryan Washington, the bestselling, award-winning author of Memorial and Lot, an irresistible, intimate novel about two young men, once best friends, whose lives collide again after a loss.

More Is More: Get Loose in the Kitchen by Molly Baz It's time to crank up the heat and lose the measuring spoons because the secret to cooking is hiding in one simple motto: MORE IS MORE. In her bestselling debut cookbook, Cook This Book, Molly Baz taught the cooking essentials and put her love for mortadella and dill on blast. In More Is More, she's teaching cooks how to level up their cooking, loosen up in front of that ripping hot pan, and seek deliciousness at all costs.More Is More is a philosophy that encourages more risk-taking, better intuition, fewer exact measurements, and a "don't stop 'til it tastes delicious" mentality.

The Puppets of Spelhorst is an original fairy tale by master storyteller Kate DiCamillo with enchanting illustrations by Julie Morstad, in which five puppets confront circumstances beyond their control with patience, cunning, and high spirits.

End of October:

Art in Flower: Finding Inspiration in Art and Nature shows how Lindsey Taylor creates stunning but achievable floral arrangements inspired by works of art, riffing on works by a diversity of artists across mediums, periods, and styles.

Jane Jacobs: Champion of Cities, Champion of People by local author Rebecca Pitts is the first biography for young people of Jane Jacobs, the visionary activist, urbanist, and thinker who transformed the way we inhabit and develop our cities. (grade 7+)

Unlocking Your Inner Zelensky: Lessons We Can All Learn from an Unexpected Leader by local author Jessie Asya Kanzer examines the words of the leader of Ukraine as a spiritual leader for our times.