LPRHI Bookworms

The Official Disney Parks Celebration Cookbook: 101 Festival Recipes  
from the Delicious Disney Vault  

Retail Availability: Available now at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Target  

MSRP: $19.99 USD 

Product Description: This collection of 101 official recipes from Disney park festivals features some of the most delicious and adored foods, so you can create Disney magic at home! While festivals at the Disney parks are delightfully orchestrated days of live entertainment, art, culture, and beauty, for many guests, the food is the star. These festivals offer a chance to share a small plate or taste a new flavor with family and friends—accompanied by some Disney magic. Now celebrate all that is joyous about festivals across the Walt Disney World Resort and the Disneyland Resort.  

Age Range: Adults 21+

The 10 Best of Everything National Parks, 2^nd Edition 

Retail Availability: On Sale 12/3; available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Target 

MSRP: $24.99 USD 

Product Description: Discover a side of America’s national parks that you’ve never seen before with more than 500 tips and tricks for getting away from the crowds, exploring little-known hikes, and finding coveted secret spots–along with cool insider tips that will yield a one-of-a-kind vacation experience.The iconic landmarks in America’s national parks draw hundreds of millions of visitors every year, from Yosemite’s famous Half Dome to Yellowstone’s Old Faithful. But beyond these well-known wonders lies a world of hidden treasures–if you know where to look. 

Age Range: Adults 

All Feelings Welcome: Parenting Practices for Raising Caring, Confident, and Resilient Kids 

Retail Availability:  Available now at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Target, Bookshop 

MSRP: $28.00 USD 

Product Description: A proven framework for helping children become caring, confident,  
and resilient from the makers of Slumberkins. In All Feelings Welcome, Kelly Oriard and Callie Christensen, early childhood experts and founders of the Slumberkins brand of characters supporting emotional learning, provide accessible products and tools for empowering kids to build lifelong emotional intelligence. You’ll discover how to approach building connections that will have lasting, positive impacts throughout your child’s life. Then, you’ll follow along with an easy-to-use framework that you can use in your day-to-day to build connection, community, and togetherness―the key ingredients of emotional wellbeing as our kids grow. 

Age Range: Adults; specifically, parents, caregivers, and educators

50 States, 5,000 Facts: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know- and More!  

Retail Availability: On Sale 10/8; available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Target 

MSRP:  $29.99 USD 

Product Description: From the team that created the national bestseller 50 States, 5,000 Ideas, this engaging treasure trove of trivia boasts interesting tidbits about the United States and is perfect for trivia buffs, history lovers, and factfinders. Did you know that there is a floating post office in Michigan? Or that a library book checked out by George Washington was returned to a New York City library 221 years late? Maybe you’d be amazed to discover that the ink used to print U.S. paper money is magnetic! In this fun compendium you’ll encounter all kinds of bizarre and fascinating people, places, events, and things that make our country unique. 

Age Range: Adults 

Dream Chasing: My Four Decades of Success and Failures with Walt Disney Imagineering 

Retail Availability:  Available now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble 

MSRP: $29.99 USD 

Product Description: Disney experiences enthrall millions of guests around the world. How does it all become a reality? Find out in this action-packed narrative journey! Dream Chasing is a recounting by author Bob Weis of four decades of creating and seeing to completion challenging projects, leading teams from the top secret, high-tech corridors of Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) to the highest levels of The Walt Disney Company. Our author recounts working on and overseeing projects that took him from Anaheim, California, to the swampy wetlands of Central Florida, and even on to Paris; Washington, D.C.; Russia; Tokyo; Shanghai; and the massive shipyards of Papenburg, Germany. 

Age Range: Adults 

Bring the Magic Home: An Exploration of Design Inspired by Disney Parks  

Retail Availability: On Sale 10/15; available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Target 

MSRP: $40.00  USD 

Product Description: For Disney dreamers and doers alike, this inspirational book, is a practical how-to guide to infuse your personal spaces with wonder and whimsy! Disney theme parks are immersive environments—part living museum, part botanical garden, and part interactive art exhibition. Most of all, they’re places to find inspiration to enhance everyday life. Sprinkled throughout these parks are visual cues and vignettes with ingenious ideas. Sparks of design brilliance are everywhere. From the way the edible landscaping is arranged in Tomorrowland to the use of ornate Victorian wallpaper in the foyer of the Haunted Mansion, there are so many ways to bring the magic home. 

Age Range: Adults

100 Nights of a Lifetime  

Retail Availability: On Sale 12/3; available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Target 

MSRP: $40.00 USD 

Product Description: In this one-of-a-kind illustrated collection, discover 100 after-dark adventures around the world, from kayaking Puerto Rico’s bioluminescent bay to performing Mas in Caribbean Carnivals to chasing the aurora borealis in Canada’s northern provinces. Let National Geographic be your guide to the world after dark. In this beautifully illustrated volume you will discover all there is to see and do after the sun goes down. Whether you’re looking for a relaxing night sleeping under the stars or a high-energy party full of costumes and live music, there is something for everyone in this nocturnal collection.  

Age Range: Adults

100 Hotels of a Lifetime 

Retail Availability:  On Sale 12/3; available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Target 

MSRP: $40.00 USD 

Product Description: From The Peninsula Hong Kong to Lake Como’s Grand Hotel Tremezzo, Marrakech’s La Mamounia to London’s Claridge’s, this beautifully illustrated collection unveils the grand histories, one-of-a-kind experiences, and lush hideaways of 100 of the world’s most remarkable hotels. Your choice of hotel can often make or break a vacation. And often, it’s the hotel itself that is the destination. In this beautifully illustrated collection of 100 top hotels around the world, discover the extraordinary properties around the world—from Hotel Alfonso XIII in Seville to Big Sur’s Post Ranch Inn in California—that have become as iconic as the cities they’re based in. 
Written by National Geographic travel expert Annie Fitzsimmons, each entry of this luxurious volume highlights the unique and storied history of the hotels, the intricacies of their stunning architecture and cozy interiors, the people who have put the properties on the map, and one-of-a-kind experiences to be had within each hotel, whether or not you’re staying as a guest. 

Age Range: Adults 

World From Above 

Retail Availability: Available now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble 

MSRP: $45.00 USD 

Product Description: Go on a global aerial odyssey with this photographic compendium of more than 200 full-color images from on high, by the world’s most innovative photographers at National Geographic. See the world from a unique perspective with this gorgeous, oversized coffee table book—the perfect gift for lovers of art, nature, photography, and travel! Join National Geographic on a world tour like no other, with over 200 exhilarating photographs that’ll take you soaring above the colorful roofs of European cities, discovering the intricate patchwork of American cornfields, tracing the surprising silhouettes of tropical islands, and witnessing the startling intricacy of underwater anemones—all thanks to photographers who refocused their lenses, looking down. 

Age Range: Adults