buyer's pick punching the air costco photo studio bi zoboin yusef salaam brian hovis assistant buyer books “creativity becomes an outlet for healing.” of whether endangered animals are a popular topic in the grossman home he explains that he has long loved stories with and alice in wonderland "i started to think about the fact that if you were you would have with the animals would go slightly dif- because our whole relationship with the natural world fact that animals look at humans in a different way now because we've taken over their world to such an incredi- having spent 10 years reading roald dahl aloud to his children resulted in a fascination with what it takes to write for a younger audience despite having his own “tiny test market," grossman admits that switching from writing for adults to aiming scious that you're competing for these children's attention their attention on a string the entire time.” punching the air is this month's staff story of a boy who is wrongfully convict- author ibi zoboi and prison reform activist was falsely accused of a crime when he was a teenager "we both grew up in new york city in the '80s and can remember all the racial violence incidents that took place in our city it's unfortunate that these racial issues were newsworthy still relevant now," says zoboi about why they decided to write this story about fictional amal shahid she continues "while punching the air features race and boy who has to sur- vive one of the worst possible things that could happen to him through his passion for art and his need to speak the truth." what else would zoboi like readers to know about this book? she says come away feeling empowered to not only effect social to cultivate change within themselves go inward to examine the events that led him up to that point and to take a closer look at his thoughts and feelings and how they connect to or disconnect from the larger world around is a major part of effecting change and in that process creativity becomes an outlet for healing and truth-telling." punching the air is available in most warehouses also in the warehouse waldo nows have you found him yet? search for waldo and all his friends in this six-book make your way through all six classic kinds of crowds-from ancient history ages will love the games and searches in these updated editions sive collection also includes a double- sided poster and an 80-piece jigsaw puzzle to ensure hours of entertainment for waldo enthusiasts and new seekers alike.-bh