Jimmy Fallon and Annie Barrows Debut on the Indie Bestseller List

By Maryann Yin 

DadaWe’ve collected the books debuting on Indiebound’s Indie Bestseller List for the week ending June 14, 2015–a sneak peek at the books everybody will be talking about next month.

(Debuted at #2 in Children’s Illustrated) Your Baby’s First Word Will Be DADA written by Jimmy Fallon and illustrated by Miguel Ordonez: “Your baby’s first word will be…’Dada!’ Right?” (June 2015)

(Debuted at #11 in Children’s Illustrated) The Daddy Book by Todd Parr: “Some daddies work at home Some daddies work far away Some daddies teach you to walk Some daddies teach you to ride a skateboard All daddies love you!” (April 2002)

(Debuted at #12 in Hardcover Fiction) The Truth According to Us by Annie Barrows: “In the summer of 1938, Layla Beck’s father, a United States senator, cuts off her allowance and demands that she find employment on the Federal Writers’ Project, a New Deal jobs program. Within days, Layla finds herself far from her accustomed social whirl, assigned to cover the history of the remote mill town of Macedonia, West Virginia, and destined, in her opinion, to go completely mad with boredom.” (June 2015)