Display: Books That Feel Like a Hygge

 

The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden
By Karina Yan Glaser
When catastrophe strikes their beloved upstairs neighbors, the Vanderbeeker children set out to build the best, most magical healing garden in Harlem--in spite of a locked fence, thistles and trash, and the conflicting plans of a wealthy real estate developer.
 
Wish
By Matthew Cordell
When an elephant couple decides it is time to have a child, unexpected challenges arise but, at last, the pair's deepest wish comes true.

When Mischief Came to Town
By Katrina Nannestad
In 1911, when orphaned ten-year-old Inge comes to live with her stern grandmother in a remote island village in Bornholm, Denmark, she ends up changing the climate of the town, bringing joy and laughter to her grandmother's life and finding a new family for herself to help assuage her grief over losing her mother.

The Very Very Far North
By Dan Bar-el
 As Duane, a polar bear, explores his new home he makes friends with the wide variety of creatures he encounters, despite their varied personalities
 
You Nest Here With Me
By Jane Yolen
With rhyming text, this soothing bedtime book is an ode to baby birds everywhere and sleepy children home safe in their own beds. As a mother describes to her child how many species of birds nest, from pigeons on concrete ledges to owls in oak tree boles to swallows above barn doors.

Edmund Unravels
By Andrew Kolb
 A ball of yarn with a love of adventure learns the importance of staying connected to his loved ones at home.
 

Wishtree
By Katherine Applegate
A red oak tree and a crow help their human neighbors work out their differences.