MONTHLY PICKS
MINI ME
OCTOBER MINI-ME PICKS
WITCHLINGS!
***NOTE***
Mini-Me books will be special ordered as orders are placed through wildlings, so please allow a few days for your books to arrive in the shop.
We are keeping the witchy fun going with October’s Mini Me picks… this month’s theme is WITCHLINGS!
One thing that’s a bit different this month: we picked Alice Hoffman’s The Rules of Magic as our adult pick, but you can choose ANY of our witchy books from our mess-around with Wick + Mortar to pair with our kid picks!
THE KID PICKS
4+ Cackle Crackle: Letters from the Witch by Annie Atkins and Taryn Knight
This books is new out and so much fun! There are pull out spells and letters throughout… guaranteed witchery for the whole spooky season!
6+ The Witch in the Tower by Julia Sarda
The story and illustrations in this book… it has absolutely captured our hearts and imaginations and I may never get over it! Absolutely perfectly spooky.
8+ Witches of Brooklyn by Sophie Escabasse
Get ready for some witchy mess-arounds! This fabulous graphic novel series is a delight!
ADULT PICK OPTIONS
The Rules of Magic, by Alice Hoffman (paperback)
Circe, by Madeline Miller (paperback)
Wild Witchcraft, by Rebecca Beyer (hardback)
Cackle, by Rachel Harrison (paperback)
How to Kill a Witch, by Zoe Venditozzi & Claire Mitchell (paperback)
WILDLINGS & FRIENDS
MONTHLY MESS-AROUND
OCTOBER WITCHY MESS-AROUND
WITH WICK + MORTAR STUDIO!
Join us for an October full of witchy reading, plus a spooky evening of candle making at Wick + Mortar Studio on October 22 at 6:30pm! The cost includes a choice between four witchy books, plus the candle making event with glittery toppings and spooky wax shapes! There's an optional crystal / gemstone bar, plus wine, beer, bubbly and cocktails / mocktails will be available on site for purchase during the event. Wick + Mortar will be hosting us at 526 E. High Street!
Books can be picked up prior to the event if you choose! We will let you know when they arrive and are ready for pick up at Wildlings Bookshop. Please note that all books are ordered as event purchases are made, so please allow a few days for books to arrive!
NOTE: Optional crystal / gemstone bar is available as a $12 add-on at time of purchase, or can be purchased on site during the event!
NOTE: SIGN UP BY OCTOBER 18 FOR OCTOBER 22 EVENT!
NOVEMBER MESS-AROUND
WITH ARTPLAY!
We are so excited to announce our November mess-around with ARTplay! On November 13 at 6pm we’ll be field tripping to ARTplay for an ADULT landscape painting class, inspired by Steen Foege! If you’re not familiar… check him out, just looking at his work feels like a perfect dose of color much needed for heading into fall and winter months!
In the spirit of finding creativity and magic in our day to day lives we are pairing this class with the fabulous Daily Creative journal by Blythe Harris and Mallory May! This book is filled with 5 minute mini creative workouts to bring you a little joy, some color and a few minutes out of your day to take a breath and reset.
Our 1.5 hr painting class is beginner friendly; we’ll provide all the supplies, plus drinks and light snacks, and would like to invite you to bring an optional potluck-style snack to share with the group! Finding the week too hectic? Just bring your creative selves and show up for an evening of community, color and ARTplay magic ❤️🩷
Books can be picked up at the event on Nov 13! If you’d like it sooner please let us know.
NOTE: SIGN UP BY NOVEMBER 8 FOR NOVEMBER 13 EVENT!
BOOK CLUBS
Get out your Detective Suits... we are reading your choice of one of two Detective Stanley books by Hannah Tunnicliffe and Erica Harrison and solving our very own detective scavenger hunt: The Very Curious Cookie Caper! Kids will be working in teams to solve the mystery, so tag a friend and join in the fun!
November 20, 5:30pm at Wildlings Bookshop!
NOTE: All books will be ordered upon sign-up and will arrive in the shop within a few days! We will let you know when your book is available for pick-up!
Cost includes:
One Book (paperback)
*Choice Between:
Detective Stanley and the Mystery at the Museum
Detective Stanley and the Green Thumbed Thief
Snack from Wilson’s (hint: it's probably cookies)
**NOTE: If you already own both Detective Stanley books please reach out and we can find an alternative option (or you can pre-order the THIRD Detective Stanley book, releasing in February!**
Sign up is open for kids ages 6+!
Join us for a very special Wildlings Book Club! The next Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, Darkness of Dragons is released on December 29. Join us on January 8 for a book club to celebrate all things Wings of Fire!
NOTE: Books will be available December 29 or after. We will email or text to let you know your book has arrived and is ready for pick up!
Cost includes:
Book (paperback)
Ice Cream from Wilson’s
Dragon themed activity / craft
This book club is for kids ages 7+!
Grown-up Weirdlings join us to talk about The Tulip Poplars, by Silas House!
We are offering two dates and locations:
November 12 at 7pm at Wildlings Bookshop (includes book plus one drink from Wilson's! ***UPDATE! SILAS HOUSE will be joining us for this date!***
November 14 at 10am at Gratz Park (includes coffee, bring a blanket or chair!) Rain Date November 15 at 10am
NOTE: Books will be pre-ordered upon sign-up and available to pick after the book releases on October 13! We will reach out via text or email to let you know when it’s available for pick-up.
The Book:
Tulip Poplars
Silas House
Publisher: Algonquin Books October 1 2026 EAN: 9781643756974 ISBN: 1643756974 Synopsis: Amos and Tom fall in love while working in the tobacco fields during the hot summers of the early 1900s, but it will be decades before they can truly be together. Tom cannot shake the strict religious code he was raised by nor the responsibilities of his family's farm, and he ultimately marries his longtime friend Maeve; while Amos goes to New York City to find the anonymity required to live his life openly. And though Maeve pines for Paschal rather than Tom, the strict Jim Crow laws prevent her and Paschal from being together. The Tulip Poplars is a sweeping novel--intimate in its storytelling and epic in its scope--spanning most of the 20th century, centering on four people trying to find happiness in a world that demands conventional choices. It is an examination of faith and doubt, race and class, and desire--not just sexual desire, but also the longing to be good when the whole world is telling you are evil for loving who you love. Deeply moving and based on the story of an ancestor, as well as the history of the small Kentucky towns he knows so well, House's new novel will leave you with a bigger heart.
Grown-up Weirdlings, this one is for you! Join us on January 21 at 6:30pm for an hour to chat about Under Story, by Chloe Benjamin. Cost includes book and one drink from Wilson's! This mind-bending, gorgeous book has a little bit of everything ... but if you can I think it's best go to in (mostly) blind!
NOTE: Books will be ordered upon sign-up, please allow a few days for your copy to arrive! I will reach out via text or email to let you know when it’s available for pick-up. PS If you already own the book but still want to join in the fun, reach out!
The Book:
Under Story
Chloe Benjamin