When Henry Franken’s father dies from a heart attack, it tears an emotional hole into his life. His widowed father had raised him. As a boy, Henry...
Book Club
“The Find” Explores the Irony of the Iron Range
Debut novel explores an exciting discovery and the tumult that follows. Timothy Duff remembers it well. “November 2010, a couple days before...
Edina Podcasts Are Fan Favorites
Podcasters create programming gems for your listening pleasure. At a time when multitasking has become a way of life, it can feel as though any and...
“Beneath” Explores Hidden Feelings
“Finn was in a horrible mood. Grandpa wanted to talk about it. Finn did not.” So begins this lovely, poignant picture book, which centers around a...
Moving Heaven and Earth
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store weaves history, extraordinary language, gripping plot and characters that have depth and humanity into a book...
“Our Pool” Celebrates Community, Family and Keeping Cool
To celebrate the last full month of summer, what could be better than a trip to Our Pool? This bright and joyful picture book by author/illustrator...
Author Explores Work, Motherhood and the Myth of Perfection
Kimberly Kupiecki has built a life and career around the intersection of science, nature and technology. Growing up in Windsor, Ontario, she was...
“The Museum of Failures” Explores Family Secrets
In Thrity Umrigrar’s new release, The Museum of Failures, advertising executive Remy Wadia travels to Mumbai, India, from the United States to adopt...
Nature Brings Fairytale to Life
Who can resist a duckling on a book cover? Not this reader! But this is an unusual duckling indeed. Finding Family: The Duckling Raised by Loons...
Author Pallavi Sharma Dixit Releases Debut Novel
Edison is an intricate love letter to childhood and heritage. Edison, New Jersey, is a borough 30 minutes outside of New York City. It’s famous for...
Forgiveness, Grace and Sacrifice in Novel “Absolution”
Decades ago, I met Alice McDermott after a talk that she gave about being an Irish American writer. She was delightful and pragmatic. That Night had...
Feel the Rhythm With “Everything a Drum”
In this bouncy read aloud picture book from Minneapolis author Sarah Warren, a happy toddler makes everything in his home into a drum. “Ta-tum! Tum!...
Prizewinning and Thought Provoking
Last fall, one of my book clubs read Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver; it won one of two Pulitzer Prizes given for fiction in 2023. Damon...
Beloved Edina Reads Writing Contest Returns
It’s that time of year again where local authors of poetry and prose dust off their pens, pencils and keyboards and write for the chance of prizes...
Love is in the Air
It’s a wedding extravaganza, and you’re invited! This anthology for young adult readers is packed with romance across eight short stories of Desi...
Novelist Payal Doshi’s Passion for Writing Shines Bright
Discover the drive behind a rising star in the world of fiction. From debut novelist to 2022 Juvenile Fiction IPPY Gold Medal Award Winner a year...
Where You See Yourself
In Claire Forrest’s debut novel, Where You See Yourself, Euphemia “Effie” Galanos is in her senior year at Mill City High School in Minneapolis....
A Neighborhood That Reads Together …
Libby Hughes wanted to join a book club that meets on weeknights. Not knowing where to look, she turned to the Edina Moms Group on Facebook. Within...
Seasonal Book Picks From the Edina Library
Cozy up with holiday and winter book picks. December welcomes an array of holidays, hot chocolate and snow fall—the perfect time to cozy on up with...
Nana and Abuela
This delightful collaboration between two Minnesota creators centers on Luna, who has “two pets, two pillows on her bed, and two languages in her...
