Incredible selection of books curated by Word, our beloved neighborhood independent bookstore in Greenpoint:

Rabbit and the Motorbike

by Kate Hoefler, illustrated by Sarah Jacoby

A timeless fable of the journey from grief to acceptance that will touch every reader. Rabbit isn't sure he'll ever be brave enough to go on an adventure. He's a homebody who lives in a quiet field of wheat he dreams of leaving every night. His world is enlarged by his friend Dog and Dog's tales of motorbike adventures. But one day, Dog is gone, and with him, go the stories Rabbit loves so much. Dare Rabbit pick up the motorbike and live his own story?

Louise, The Adventures of a Chicken

by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Harry Bliss

She longed for adventure. So she left her home and ventured out into the wide world. The pleasures and perils she met proved plentiful: marauding pirates on the majestic seas, a ferocious lion under the bright lights of the big top, a mysterious stranger in an exotic and bustling bazaar. Yet in the face of such daunting danger, our heroine . . . She was brave. She was fearless. She was feathered. She was a chicken. A not-so-chicken chicken. Her name?

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