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Mouse and Mole : a winter wonderlandWong Herbert Yee
The shortest day : celebrating the winter solsticeWendy Pfeffer
The storyteller's candle = La velita de los cuentosLucía M González
Celebrations of light : a year of holidays around the worldNancy Luenn
El regalo de mi abuelaEric Velasquez
Oskar and the eight blessingsRichard Simon
Who stole New Year's Eve?Martha Freeman
Ty tolʹko prislushaĭsi︠a︡! = Listen, listenPhillis Gershator
BearMarian Engel
The visiting privilege : new and collected storiesJoy Williams
PondClaire-Louise Bennett
DriftsKate Zambreno
I am the brother of XXFleur Jaeggy
The debt to pleasureJohn Lanchester
Desperate charactersPaula Fox
Roses, in the mouth of a lionBushra Rehman
WhereaboutsJhumpa Lahiri
Detransition, babyTorrey Peters
Here in the darkAlexis Soloski
The perfect escapeLeah Konen
The bandit queensParini Shroff
Elizabeth and her german gardenElizabeth von Arnim
A room with a viewE M Forster
The enchanted AprilElizabeth Von Arnim
The Eyre affairJasper Fforde
Enola Holmes and the black baroucheNancy Springer
Vanity fairWilliam Makepeace Thackeray
The anatomist's wife : a Lady Darby novelAnna Lee Huber
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