Ten Beautiful Things / Molly Beth GriffinMaribel Lechuga, illustrator / Charlesbridge / Hardcover $16.99 (40pp) / 978-1-58089-936-9 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / In this gorgeous story about claiming home where we are... Read More

If you’ve had the good fortune to visit any of the great cathedrals of Europe, you know what it’s like to be humbled, awed, and inspired all at once. Standing there, staring up at spires, gargoyles, and flying buttresses, you might... Read More

You haven’t been paying attention if you didn’t notice audiobook sales have been on a roll—double-digit growth for eight years now, and that doesn’t include the pandemic year 2020 when preliminary figures show an even more... Read More

“Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.” Though this quote is attributed to Plato, it has held true across millennia as people turn to the art of poetry for comfort, for catharsis, and even as an act of resistance. Poetry sets... Read More

With snails and glaciers as pacesetters, the United States has gradually come around to the idea that marijuana and certain other medicinal plants may not be so bad after all. Dozens of states now allow cannabis for medical purposes, as... Read More

The Great Gatsby / A Graphic Novel Adaptation / F. Scott FitzgeraldK Woodman-Maynard, illustrator / Candlewick / Hardcover $24.99 (240pp) / 978-1-5362-1301-0 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / K. Woodman-Maynard adapts F.... Read More

Every one of us comes from somewhere, like it or not, and most of us can’t help but be curious about our origins and ancestors. We want to know the whos, whens, and wheres of our story as far back in the mist of history as possible.... Read More

How to Heal / I’m certain that I am not alone in thinking that things could not possibly get any worse than the year we had in 2020, when, quite impossibly, they just did. Last week’s introduction to 2021 was a stark reminder that... Read More