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Isabel, who hails from three generations of plant-loving family members, shares her expertise and knowledge of houseplants in this amusing, informative book, best for neophyte horticulturists who might not yet have a green thumb.
Readers familiar with sustainable practices will already know many of this book’s concepts, but it’s great to have a wealth of information and advice in one place.
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Living Bright
A fun, functional, and vibrant guide that teaches readers how to bring color into spaces in easy and creative ways.
A must-have title for gardeners and for those who love viewing the natural beauty that others have primed, nurtured, and developed. A likely favorite in every gardening section.
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Shut the Front Door: Make Any Space Feel Bigger, Better, and More Beautiful Without Going Broke
Best for readers who want to make their spaces look expensive for less. A great addition to any DIY collection, with the potential to fly off the shelf.
Aspiring architects, architecture fans, nature and design buffs, and readers looking for inspiration for their home will all find something to love inside this book.
A feast for the eyes and the imagination for every type of gardener. A great addition to any gardening or art collection.
An excellent, updated resource for readers ready to take concrete steps in their decorating journey.
A fun, inventive, and worthwhile addition to any library and for all sorts of plant parents. This is much more than a book about caring for houseplants.
Blackman and Cruz’s particular style isn’t affordable for everyone, but this book is good inspiration nonetheless for readers craving the modern gothic look. Best suited for rounding out collections that include brighter, minimalist interior design books.
This might work well as inspiration for aspiring interior designers with a healthy budget but not as a guide for general readers.
An inventive guide that combines succulent insight with craft ideas. Best for readers who are familiar with succulents or skilled in creating crafty projects.
Newcomers and dedicated fans of Slonem will enjoy. Great for university libraries with art programs for students to see the versatility their art forms can take.
Readers will enjoy this look into eclectic and colorful maximalist style. A good addition to interior design collections that span a wide range of eras.
A smart purchase for libraries serving patrons who want to make a small home appealing and inviting.
Fixer to Fabulous fans will relish this book, heavily illustrated with examples of the Marrs family’s design and renovation ideas.
A highly detailed book that offers a multitude of tips for turning a house into a home by applying practical painting and styling principles.
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French Country Cottage Christmas
Purchase where Allison’s works are popular and where Christmas titles circulate well.
A well-written and fascinating volume that keeps readers engrossed. Best for fashion mavens and those who work in the industry.
Best suited for either proficient gardeners or novices who want to create a special space outside. The book will also please readers interested in lunar cycles or following the ebb and flow of nature and the ecosystem.
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Artists at Home
As resplendent and visually sumptuous as readers might expect, this would make a lovely gift for fans of art museums and design. Best for general readers interested in the material worlds and creative influences of artists.
A welcoming and insightful tour of homes that encourages readers to envision their interiors as comfortable places for expressing their personal stories and backgrounds.
Great for public libraries. May be a good title for patrons to read in a crafts/home-design book group.
An excellent addition to the field of canine cognition and emotional connection that is inclusive and easily digested.
This delightful, gorgeously illustrated, browsable book is a quick read for those who want to learn facts and tidbits about a range of flowering plants. Readers can also discover how they may embody their best characteristics.
This authoritative work asks how owners can provide their dogs with an environment to which comfortable, fulfilling adaptation is possible. Highly recommended for most collections.
An informative and enjoyable listen, interweaving Danovich’s personal experiences with entertaining details about historical and current issues in the world of chickens.
This title may be best for collections with generous budgets or a demanding audience, and it would make a thoughtful gift for dog owners and would-be adopters.
Most likely of interest to only the readers who have already embarked on self-sufficient farming and want detailed information.
For serious gardeners who understand the specifics of their region and want to improve their gardens to attract pollinators throughout the year.
This is an extraordinarily helpful guide for indoor plant enthusiasts of all levels. Highly recommended.
Detailed and graceful descriptions will likely delight and inspire avid gardeners to look at their garden from a different perspective. Best for larger botanical collections.
The author cleverly explores the restoration of the home and the spirit, making this a unique title in the interior design genre. Antique lovers, photographers, and those who repurpose home goods will want to check this out.
While much of the design advice feels familiar, readers with an interest in feng shui will likely enjoy this book.
This is an excellent resource for all levels of gardeners to use to create their own dream grounds. An indispensable title for gardening collections.
Fans of Home Town will relish this insightful look at the cohosts’ dream home and memories. This title will also likely appeal to readers who enjoy interior design and personalizing their own living spaces to create a homey feel.
An easy-to-read, judgment-free book for readers who want to tackle intimidating home organization projects.
Ratcliff displays their knowledge, professionalism, and love of canines in this must-have book for first-time dog owners or any dog lover.
Gorgeous to thumb through, this illuminating title will do well in libraries with strong circulating interior design collections.
With its overview of flower pressing’s rich history and a beginner-friendly guide to getting started, this book is a bona fide garden of delights that’s sure to inspire creations rooted in the past, yet flowering in the present.
A solid resource on local ecology. This book will be a worthy addition to any library in a garden-loving community.
An easy, educational, and intriguing read that’s less about a room and more about one’s surroundings. Best for readers studying urban design or architecture.
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The Love Language of Flowers: Floriography and Elevated, Achievable, Vintage-Style Arrangements
A thorough and well-executed title about floriography for modern times. This book is filled with beautiful photography and inspiration for general readers to create their own sentimental bouquets.
A great introductory book for readers who love home design or DIY books or are interested in learning more about the growing demand and popularity of barndominiums.
Recommended for libraries in or near New York City. This book would also be useful as a travel guide or a resource on the history of public green spaces and options to explore.
Best for fans of Queer Eye, but this book may also appeal to readers who are looking for some design inspiration.
Not ideal for beginners, but there are plenty of tips for seasoned gardeners and lots of charm for armchair gardeners.
An excellent guide that includes resources to cultivate gardens all over the world. A fantastic choice to add to gardening collections.
A lovely, browsable book for houseplant enthusiasts. It’s useful for identifying new plant species and decorating with them. Readers who need instructions about how to grow these plants, however, will need to look elsewhere.
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Still Life
Suitable for a wide range of readers, including art and design professionals, flower lovers, art students, and those searching for a bold coffee-table book that serves as a conversation starter.
A fresh take on home organization that will likely serve as catnip for readers wanting peeks of the experts’ homes and instructions on how to achieve it themselves.
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Homegrown Flax and Cotton: DIY Guide To Growing, Processing, Spinning & Weaving Fiber to Cloth
This book takes readers through the process, from start to finish, of making cotton and linen clothing. Many crafters and readers interested in sustainability will likely enjoy this one.
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Seed to Table: A Seasonal Guide to Organically Growing, Cooking, and Preserving Food at Home
For his first print book, Ghafari, who created the Urban Farm and Kitchen blog, has written an approachable, deeply useful work for beginner gardeners that is enlivened with recipes and great images.
A foreword by Jane Goodall and quirky dog drawings enhance this title. For comprehensive collections of materials on dog studies, animal cognition, and psychology and for general readers who love their pet dogs.
While the information in this book isn’t particularly new or groundbreaking, its straightforward language and expressive illustrations of many different cat species make it a helpful read for families with children who are getting their first pet cat or for new cat owners looking for an easy manual to help guide their understanding of their new feline family member.
Fascinating for gardeners and ecology-minded readers. May induce a hankering to seek out or grow brown badger peas, Johnson’s Wonderful Longpod beans, and Hanging Lobster tomatoes.
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The Garden: Elements and Styles
The reference use of the title will be high, but consider buying it for the circulating collection too, for this is a work that readers will pore over.
Raven’s book is a font of information and inspiration, written with a lovely tone and an inviting approach. Readers will wish the year with her would never end.
While much of the information in this guide will be familiar to longtime cat caretakers, the quirky presentation is both appealing and accessible. Recommended for public library collections.
This head-to-paw guide to domestic cat behavior is the purr-fect addition for cat and science lovers who want to learn more about Felis catus and their large, wild cousins.
This book would be a great selection for a library with a well-used design section. Best for new homeowners and readers looking to redecorate, but the visual details could attract a variety of creative people.
Reading much like a memoir, this gardening guide is simply lovely. It should appeal to those who hope to make a garden, those who share Yates’s love of gardening, and those hoping to find a bit of beauty and calm joy in a reading experience.
There are many books on the subject, but the presentation and comprehensive style of Sweet’s will stand out from the rest. A good source of information about growing cannabis for medicinal purposes, ideal for beginners.
This book will appeal to those searching for quotes regarding pet loss as well as stories about familiar personalities and their beloved pets. A worthy addition to libraries that see steady circulation of nonfiction that tugs at the heartstrings.
An excellent resource for individuals and communities interested in homesteading, permaculture, and sustainability.
Ideal for readers ready to do the work themselves and for those more interested in anecdotal explanations than concrete design images.
A comprehensive, beautifully illustrated book useful for beginner and experienced gardeners who plan to add native plants to their gardens.
An excellent addition to any library, this plant guide will prove to be a lasting resource for gardeners and nature lovers.
A charming, browsable, useful book for beginners, although some of the plants here might be more challenging to grow than the author says.
An adorable read with colorful illustrations and brief breed descriptions, this book might be helpful for first-time dog owners, although it’s not an essential guide.
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The Tiny but Mighty Farm: Cultivating High Yields, Community, and Self-Sufficiency from a Home Farm
A great book for aspiring small farmers and readers interested in improving their gardens. Libraries with well-circulating plant and garden sections will not be able to keep this on the shelf.
For gardeners who want to abandon the staid lawns-and-borders approach to gardening. This book provides stimulating incentives and tips to create the biodiverse meadow of their dreams.
Experienced gardeners and other plant aficionados will likely enjoy exploring this distinctive compilation. Recommended for larger public libraries and ones with a botanical focus.
Readers hoping to grow their own vegetables and seeking a friend to help them begin will be happy to meet Mistry via her bright and bountiful work.
This attractive, authoritative introductory guide to growing cacti and other succulents will be relished by gardeners of all levels, who will likely want to add these fascinating plants to their indoor plant collections.
This book shares aspects of design, love, and the sacred to encourage readers to cultivate with intent the most important space in their lives: home.
Recommended for all public and academic library collections and especially for those with patrons who have an interest in recycling or composting. This title can easily fit in humor, sustainability, or memoir sections.
This attractive and useful addition to the DIY home design shelf will appeal to both new and experienced crafters.
This book is full of ideas that will appeal to readers trying to eliminate their household toxins, reduce their environmental impact, and live a little greener.
This is a detailed and nonintimidating floor-to-ceiling guide that encourages DIYers to build beautiful yet functional bathrooms.
Cat lovers and fans of Sweeney’s other works will be excited about this title. This is a good spiritual nonfiction book, a cozy one for patrons to sit with over a cup of tea or in a meditation pose with a cat curled in their lap.
Written by a backyard homesteader who committed to providing fresh food for her children who experienced health challenges, this is a recommended and comprehensive guide on how to produce one’s own food.
This book presents an easy entry point for readers interested in exploring mindfulness and the cottagecore lifestyle.
The text provides insight into the collaborative process between McGraw and her clients. The photos are gorgeous, and the layout is clean and simple; the photo captions explain why various elements, colors, textures, layouts, and shapes were chosen to enhance each space.
Enhanced with numerous lovely color photographs, this inviting book is a wonderful overview on sustainable gardening.
The clear instructions, attractive photos, and graphics make this an essential starting place for sewing and a foundation to continue to build on.
The alphabetical profiles of easy-to-grow plants will entice beginner gardeners to embark on a delicious journey to feed themselves physically and spiritually.
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