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Glaciers by Alexis M. Smith from gerard donaghy on Vimeo . This little book was just the thing after a long day of noise and action. Ms. Smith's writing has the soothing effect of a massage: "The cool fabric settles over her skin, and she thinks how this might be the first time in decades that a warm body has filled this space. She reaches behind her for the zipper and feels the fabric tighten around her as she draws it up to her midback, then stretch perfectly across her shoulders as she tugs it the last few inches up her spine. It's never the wedding dresses, you know... Not the death-do-us-part dresses. It's those first lovely dresses: the slow dance dresses, the good-night-kiss dresses. It's those first pangs that we hold on to." Glaciers is the perfect book for thoughtful, reflective readers. Give it to all the quiet, vintage-loving, introverted, lovelies in your life. Thanks, Alegria! Grade 9+

Wow! Booklist loved this book: "Meno has constructed a snow-flake delicate inquiry into alienation and longing. Illustrated with drawings and photographs and shaped by tender empathy, buoyant imagination, and bittersweet wit, this wistful, provocative, off-kilter love story affirms the bonds forged by art and story." So did Flavorwire: "A lithe, winking take on the boy-meets-girl, boy-loses-girl cliché, Meno’s newest novel is like Perks of Being a Wallflower for the 20-something set — and just like that iconic novel of creatives-in-crisis, this one is quirky, clever, and full of bitten tongues and youthful dreaming. Add bicycles, fingerless gloves, and one of the most twee art projects we could have ever imagined, and you’ve got a charming and unpretentious hipster love story destined to be the next cult classic." I liked it, too. Give it to fans of Truffaut and Zoey Deschanel, or older teens who like John Green and are ready for something artier and meatier. Gra...