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A Sweet Celebration of Connection and Inner Softness in a Culture That Encourages Hard Individualism and Prickly Exteriors
A Sweet Celebration of Connection and Inner Softness in a Culture That Encourages Hard Individualism and Prickly Exteriors

What a baby cactus can teach us about empathy, free will, and the art of finding one’s tribe.

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The Book of Miracles: Rare Medieval Illustrations of Magical Thinking
The Book of Miracles: Rare Medieval Illustrations of Magical Thinking

A visual record of humanity’s most eternal fears and our immutable longing for grace, mercy, and the miraculous.

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Fox’s Garden: A Tender Wordless Story About the Transformative Power of Kindness
Fox’s Garden: A Tender Wordless Story About the Transformative Power of Kindness

A gentle reminder that life can be a cold wasteland of cruelty or a whimsical wonderland of grace, depending on the generosity of spirit with which we approach it.

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Maurice Sendak’s Rare, Sensual Illustrations for Herman Melville’s Greatest Commercial Failure and Most Personally Beloved Book
Maurice Sendak’s Rare, Sensual Illustrations for Herman Melville’s Greatest Commercial Failure and Most Personally Beloved Book

“The strongest and fieriest emotions of life defy all analytical insight.”

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Flashlight: A Whimsical Wordless Story about Curiosity and Wonder
Flashlight: A Whimsical Wordless Story about Curiosity and Wonder

Shedding light on the wonderland that unfolds when you simply dare, and care, to look.

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Maurice Sendak’s Darkest, Most Controversial Yet Most Hopeful Children’s Book
Maurice Sendak’s Darkest, Most Controversial Yet Most Hopeful Children’s Book

A moving cry for mercy, for light, and for resurrection of the human spirit at a time of hopeless darkness.

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Everything I Need To Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book: Grown-up Advice on Modern Life from Vintage Children’s Books
Everything I Need To Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book: Grown-up Advice on Modern Life from Vintage Children’s Books

A charming compendium of little reminders about what it takes to live a happy and fulfilling life today.

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My Teacher Is a Monster: A Sweet Modern Fable About Seeing Through the Otherness of Others
My Teacher Is a Monster: A Sweet Modern Fable About Seeing Through the Otherness of Others

A gentle illustrated reminder that we can’t love what we don’t know.

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Inside, Outside, Upside-Down: A Sweet Children’s Book About Understanding the World Through Relative Positions
Inside, Outside, Upside-Down: A Sweet Children’s Book About Understanding the World Through Relative Positions

A gentle reminder that everything is a matter of perspective.

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The ABC Bunny: A Sweet and Unusual Alphabet Book from 1934
The ABC Bunny: A Sweet and Unusual Alphabet Book from 1934

“X is for eXit — off, away!”

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