From last week's Book Sense bestseller lists, available at BookSense.com, here are the recommended titles, which are also Book Sense Picks:
Hardcover
The Art of the Snowflake: A Photographic Album by Kenneth Libbrecht
(Voyageur Press, $30, 9780760329979/0760329974). "Beautifully
illustrated and full of the most interesting facts you'd ever want to
know about the delicate snowflake. Highly recommended."--Jennifer
Lehman, Bloomsburg University Store, Bloomsburg, Pa.
The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo (HarperCollins, $24.95,
9780061133992/006113399X). "Norwegian detective Harry Hole is immersed
in a mystery with roots in World War II in this brilliant evocation of
how the tentacles of the past cling to the present, and are the true
instigators of action. This powerful novel delves into the complexity
of belief and collaboration, and rises above the genre."--Bill
Cusumano, Nicola's Books, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Paperback
Small-Batch Baking: When Just Enough for 1 or 2 . . . Is Just Enough!
by Debby Maugans Nakos (Workman, $13.95, 9780761130352/0761130357). "Go
on, admit it. Now that the kids are out of the house, when you bake a
cake, you eat the whole thing. Not all at once, but every time you pass
by, you take a bite. Then you have to neaten up the edges. Soon, crumbs
are the only evidence there ever was a cake. This book helps bakers
avoid temptation, with recipes for small batches of everything from
Bundt cakes to biscuits."--Deb Hunter, Chicklet Books, Hillsborough,
N.J.
For Children
If You See a Fairy Ring: A Rich Treasury of Classic Fairy Poems
illustrated by Susanna Lockheart (Barron's Educational Series, $16.99,
9780764160288/0764160281). "If You See a Fairy Ring combines superb
poetry and beautiful drawings. When you open this book, you might start
to believe in magic."--Garrad Bradley, The Imagine Atrium, Jersey City,
N.J.
[Many thanks to Book Sense and the ABA!]