#BookReview: Sigil Witchery: A Witch's Guide to Crafting Magick Symbols by Laura Tempest Zakroff

 Sigils are powerful magical marks, designed to invoke spirits and deities, influence people, provide instructions, or designate sacred places. This book breathes fresh life into the contemporary practice of sigil magick, showing you an innovative approach to using marks, lines, dots, and colors for manifesting your will in the world.

Learn how to create designs that best support your intention by exploring the traditional and contemporary meanings of shapes, the power of numbers in creating motifs and patterns, the meaning of letters and language, and the use of color. Sigil Witchery includes tips for choosing locations, materials, and surfaces, as well as important considerations for permanent, temporary, and wearable sigils. Sample scenarios, exercises, examples, and techniques for hand-drawing lines will help you build skills and insights as you develop your own style of sigil magick. 

#BookReview: 365 Days of Crystal Magic: Simple Practices with Gemstones & Minerals by Sandra Kynes

 Journey through the wheel of the year with daily crystal magic. This fun, approachable book features quick and easy ways to use crystals every day, even incorporating them into your sabbat, full moon, historical, and special occasion celebrations. Perfect for any age or interest level, 365 Days of Crystal Magic provides valuable information on various topics, including prepping and cleaning crystals, understanding birthstones, and working magic according to the astrological bodies and the zodiac signs. For every calendar date, you'll discover ways to use crystals to deepen awareness, lift your mood, improve your divination, reduce stress, reach your goals, find love and community, strengthen your willpower, and much more.

#BookReview: The Assassin's Blade (Throne of Glass, #0.1-0.5) by @SJMaas

 Contains all five novellas.

Celaena Sardothien is Adarlan's most feared assassin. As part of the Assassin's Guild, her allegiance is to her master, Arobynn Hamel, yet Celaena listens to no one and trusts only her fellow killer-for-hire, Sam. In these action-packed novellas - together in one edition for the first time - Celaena embarks on five daring missions. They take her from remote islands to hostile deserts, where she fights to liberate slaves and seeks to avenge the tyrannous. But she is acting against Arobynn's orders and could suffer an unimaginable punishment for such treachery. Will Celaena ever be truly free? Explore the dark underworld of this kick-ass heroine to find out.

#BookReview: Invictus by Ryan Graudin

  Time flies when you're plundering history.

Farway Gaius McCarthy was born outside of time. The son of a time-traveling Recorder from 2354 AD and a gladiator living in Rome in 95 AD, Far's birth defies the laws of nature. Exploring history himself is all he's ever wanted, and after failing his final time-traveling exam, Far takes a position commanding a ship with a crew of his friends as part of a black market operation to steal valuables from the past. 

But during a heist on the sinking Titanic, Far meets a mysterious girl who always seems to be one step ahead of him. Armed with knowledge that will bring Far's very existence into question, she will lead Far and his team on a race through time to discover a frightening truth: History is not as steady as it seems.

#BookReview: The Crayola Patterns Book by Mari C Schuh @LernerBooks

  Zigzags, stripes, polka dots, and spirals, patterns are all around us! Be inspired by colorful patterns wherever you go, with a splash of Crayola color. What patterns are in your world? What can you create with patterns? Simple illustrations encourage readers to create art inspired by the patterns all around them.

#BookReview: The Crayola Shapes Book by Mari C Schuh @LernerBooks

  Explore shapes in the real world with colorful photos. Playful text describes shapes, while illustrations inspire readers to create art based on the shapes around them. A special feature shows the Crayola colors found in photos throughout the book.

#BookReview: The Crayola Opposites Book by Jodie Shepherd @LernerBooks

  Explore opposites in the real world. Playful text and colorful photos introduce the concept of opposites, while simple illustrations encourage readers to create art. A special feature shows the Crayola colors found in the photos throughout this book.

#BookReview: Hooray for Librarians! by Tessa Kenan @LernerBooks

  Do you like to visit the library? Librarians have the important job of keeping the library's materials in order and helping people find what they are looking for.

#BookReview: Let's Explore Egypt by Elle Parkes @LernerBooks

  Egypt is known for its spectacular pyramids, but what else does the country have to offer? Explore Egypt's amazing features, including the Nile River, the dry desert, and more.

#BookReview: Dino-Dancing (Dino-Sports) by Lisa Wheeler @LernerBooks

  Ever seen an allosaurus in pointe shoes and a tutu? A raptor swing-dancing, or pterodactyls tap-dancing? You'll see it all in this enlightening and dizzyingly hilarious imagining of a prehistoric "So You Think You Can Dance" competition.

#BookReview I Want Snow! by Tony Ross with @_AwesomeAnnie @AndersenPress

  When the Queen goes on a trip and sends back a photo of her feeding some penguins, Little Princess decides she wants snow too. The whole palace tries all kind of things - from sandmen instead of snowmen to mudballs instead of snowballs. But this little royal won't be satisfied until she gets what she wants... and sometimes not even then!

#BookReview: Let's Explore the Moon by Walt K Moon @LernerBooks

  Why does the moon come out at night? And what makes it shine? With easy-to-read text and amazing photos, find out more about the moon and why it orbits around the planet Earth.

#BookReview: A Visit to the Library by Rosalyn Clark @LernerBooks

  A library is a vibrant place with books, people, computers, meeting spaces, and more! Come visit the library and see what you can do and learn there.

#BookTour: Whichwood (Furthermore, 2) by @TaherehMafi

  A new adventure about a girl who is fated to wash the bodies of the dead in this companion to Furthermore.

Our story begins on a frosty night…

Laylee can barely remember the happier times before her beloved mother died. Before her father, driven by grief, lost his wits (and his way). Before she was left as the sole remaining mordeshoor in the village of Whichwood, destined to spend her days washing the bodies of the dead and preparing their souls for the afterlife. It’s become easy to forget and easier still to ignore the way her hands are stiffening and turning silver, just like her hair, and her own ever-increasing loneliness and fear.

But soon, a pair of familiar strangers appears, and Laylee’s world is turned upside down as she rediscovers color, magic, and the healing power of friendship.

#BookReview: Dreams and What They Mean: Facts, Trivia, and Quizzes by Elsie Olson @LernerBooks

  Do you remember your dreams? In your lifetime, you'll have as many as 100,000 dreams! Could they be trying to tell you something? Some people believe dreams can reveal a lot about your personality, your relationships, or even your future. Trying to interpret dreams can be a lot of fun. Explore the world of sleep and dreams with fun quizzes and fascinating facts!

#BookReview: Let's Explore Earth by Walt K Moon @LernerBooks

  Why can humans live on the planet Earth? The third planet from the sun has many unique features that set it apart from the other planets in our solar system.

#BookReview: Furthermore (Furthermore, 1) by @TaherehMafi

  Alice Alexis Queensmeadow 12 rates three things most important: Mother, who wouldn’t miss her; magic and color, which seem to elude her; and Father, who always loved her. Father disappeared from Ferenwood with only a ruler, almost three years ago. But she will have to travel through the mythical, dangerous land of Furthermore, where down can be up, paper is alive, and left can be both right and very, very wrong. Her only companion is Oliver whose own magic is based in lies and deceit. Alice must first find herself—and hold fast to the magic of love in the face of loss.

#BookReview: Nyxia (The Nyxia Triad #1) by Scott Reintgen

  Emmett Atwater isn’t just leaving Detroit; he’s leaving Earth. Why the Babel Corporation recruited him is a mystery, but the number of zeroes on their contract has him boarding their lightship and hoping to return to Earth with enough money to take care of his family.

Forever.

Before long, Emmett discovers that he is one of ten recruits, all of whom have troubled pasts and are a long way from home. Now each recruit must earn the right to travel down to the planet of Eden—a planet that Babel has kept hidden—where they will mine a substance called Nyxia that has quietly become the most valuable material in the universe.

But Babel’s ship is full of secrets. And Emmett will face the ultimate choice: win the fortune at any cost, or find a way to fight that won’t forever compromise what it means to be human.

#BookReview: Lighter Than My Shadow by Katie Green

  Like most kids, Katie was a picky eater. She'd sit at the table in silent protest, hide uneaten toast in her bedroom, listen to parental threats that she'd have to eat it for breakfast.

But in any life a set of circumstance can collide, and normal behavior might soon shade into something sinister, something deadly.

Lighter Than My Shadow is a hand-drawn story of struggle and recovery, a trip into the black heart of a taboo illness, an exposure of those who are so weak as to prey on the vulnerable, and an inspiration to anybody who believes in the human power to endure towards happiness.

Sexual Abuse, Eating Disorders, Mental Disorders 

#BookReview: The Crayola Sorting Book by Jodie Shepherd @LernerBooks

  Colorful photos explore sorting in the real world, with a splash of color. Playful text presents sorting by shape and size, and illustrations encourage readers to create related art. A special feature shows Crayola colors found throughout the book.