Monster makes the best of a bad situation in this well-done installment of the Monster & Me series. A monster comes up with a creative substitution for a Christmas tree in Paul Czajak and Wendy Grieb’s delightful picture book,... Read More

This enjoyable mystery set in a historically accurate Chicago features a strong sense of time and place. In Frances McNamara’s "Death at Chinatown", an accusation of murder against a young woman exposes a much larger mystery within... Read More

Targeting Language Delays serves as a handy tool for adults who work with children with special needs. Written by a speech-language pathologist whose experience includes working with special-needs children, Targeting Language Delays: IEP... Read More

Historically, the portrayal of women in comics has been a frustrating one, with female characters often relegated to the role of love interest, helper, or easily reformed adversary. However, Mike Madrid’s insightful new work, Vixens,... Read More

Though certainly the most novelesque of this group, Jamie’s Got a Gun is far too important a story to be excluded. Seventeen-year-old Jamie lives in poverty on the wrong side of town with a precocious younger sister and an overworked... Read More

This gorgeous collection of twenty-five sea-based comics has something for everyone: pirates, selkies, aliens, talking fish, lighthouse tenders, and sea monsters. The stories in Waterlogged: Tales from the Seventh Sea range from the... Read More

Joel Christian Gill’s Strange Fruit: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History is another must-have to add to school reading lists. Gill’s work, named after the Billie Holliday song, tells the fascinating real life stories of nine... Read More