September is full of amazing, highly-anticipated new releases. You can find the brand new books below on the Picture Book table this month: The Fraud, the highly anticipated new novel by Zadie Smith set in Victorian England. Living Upriver: Artful Homes, Idyllic Lives showcases the beautiful homes and lifestyles of creatives who have left the city fto live surrounded by nature by Barbara de Vries with a foreword by Emma Austen Tuccillo of And North. In Happy Plants, Happy You: A Plant-Care & Self-Care Guide for the Modern Houseplant Parent author Kamili Bell Hill shows us that plant care can really be self-care. Get tickets for the author event with Kamili on September 19th! The latest volume in the hit graphic novel series Witches of Brooklyn is out to delight your 8-12 year olds with a fun read to kick off the school year.

The Vaster Wilds by three-time National Book Award finalist and the New York Times bestselling author Lauren Groff. The captivating novel starts off running with a young girl escaping a colonial settlement in early 17th century Virginia into the wilderness with just the clothes on her back and her will to survive. Lauren Groff is one of my favorite writers, but you don't have to take my word for it as the New York Times Book Review boasts, “I know of few other writers whose sentences are so beautiful and so propulsive.” Any new release of hers is a must-read for me, and this one is particularly exciting as The Los Angeles Times declares, “Lauren Groff just reinvented the adventure novel.”

New cookbook, I Could Nosh: Classic Jew-Ish Recipes Revamped for Every Day by Jake Cohen is the follow-up to his beloved bestseller Jew-ish. I Could Nosh brings Jake's signature modern flair to traditional Jewish recipes that are soon to become everyday favorites and new holiday traditions. with creative, must-cook recipes, including: Jake's famous Challah recipe, now with new variations like Chall-zones, Pletzel, Babka, and Sufganiyot, & a whole chapter dedicated to Schmears to up your bagel game.

And new to the Bloomy bookshelf, Madame Fromage’s Adventures in Cheese, a charming, witty, deeply knowledgeable and, above all, passionate book here to teach us pretty much everything we need to know about choosing cheese, tasting it, pairing it, and sharing it. Pick it up from Bloomy on Cedar Street and you get to support two small local women-owned businesses at once!

C. Pam Zhang, the award-winning author of How Much of These Hills Is Gold returns with the rich new novel, Land of Milk and Honey, about a young chef and the transformative power of a woman embracing her own appetite

Diner: Day for Night is the new cookbook from Andrew Tarlow of Brooklyn's restaurants Marlow & Sons, Roman's, and Diner, a farm-to-table restaurant in a repurposed dining car under the Williamsburg bridge.

Something, Someday is the beautiful new picture book by presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator Christian Robinson that shows how even small gestures can have lasting impact.

The Wild Robot Protects, the thrilling third installment of the Wild Robot series takes readers on a new adventure through the ocean and to the frigid northern waters where Roz may have to make the ultimate sacrifice to save her island. Recommended for ages 8-12 and younger readers with their parent's help.