Frank Carlson Library

Based on the popular blog of the same name, this guide focuses on creating a homemade atmosphere that reflects your family, without spending a fortune. Instead of throwing away old shirts and boring dishes, or passing up thrift store finds that aren't quite right, author Blair Stocker teaches how to remake, adding special touches to make them work for her home--and yours.

"Gabriel has his eye on the latest shoes, but they cost too much. He checks websites and stores for sales. Readers discover with Gabriel that gently used can be as good as new"--

In the Nakano Thrift Shop, the young woman who works the register falls for her reserved co-worker and asks her employers sister for advice in attracting him and soon comes to realize that love requires acceptance of idiosyncrasies and secrets. In the Nakano Thrift Shop, the objects hold many secrets-- as do the staff and the customers. Hitomi, the young woman who works the register, falls for her reserved co-worker Takeo. She seeks advice from Masayo,...

"Sarah Grayson and her rescue cat, Elvis, can always be found at a charming secondhand shop in the village of North Harbor, Maine. Despite the small-town setting, the daring duo often find themselves wrapped up in murder, but luckily they have help--a quirky group of senior citizens runs an amateur detective agency called Charlotte's Angels out of the store. The Angels are hired to look into who is sabotaging cat shows in the state, and they decide...

When Lauren Collier sells a vintage camera from her late grandfather's estate to Secondhand Blessings, Elizabeth opens the back and is surprised to discover an undeveloped roll of film inside. After Elizabeth tells Mary about the film, with Lauren's permission, Mary offers to get the roll processed, and the prints she had made reveal a mystery involving a local Amish man who mysteriously disappeared decades earlier. Can Elizabeth help Lauren discover...

"When Elizabeth and her friend John, a local police officer, return home after attending a concert, they spot a strange light flashing by the side of the road. When they investigate, they discover a cell phone -- blinking SOS. But whose phone is it? Was the owner in danger?" -- Publisher.

"When Adam Fischer--Rachel's eldest son--faces arrest for a hit-and-run and other serious crimes, the Classen sisters are sure the authorities are targeting the wrong man. Adam doesn't even drive, let alone have a credit card, such as the one used for fraud. But someone claiming to be Adam has been involved in a number of crimes, and all the evidence points to him. As Martha and her sisters, Elizabeth and Mary, learn more about Adam's past, they start...

As summer arrives, Mary and her sisters, Elizabeth and Martha, investigate the mystery of a valuable stamp that vanishes. Meanwhile, they also prepare for a family reunion, and try to create a milkweed preserve for the monarch butterflies.