Let’s take a moment to look back at the twentieth century in order to appreciate the stunning changes wrought by the two great wars. “Appreciate” may be the wrong word in solemn remembrance of the Holocaust, but from the standpoint... Read More

A Piglet Named Mercy / Kate DiCamilloChris Van Dusen, illustrator / Candlewick Press / Hardcover $18.99 (32pp) / 978-0-7636-7753-4 / Buy: Local Bookstore (IndieBound), Amazon / Fans of the Mercy Watson easy chapter series will... Read More

Mira’s Curly Hair / Maryam al SerkalRebeca Luciani, illustrator / Lantana Publishing / Hardcover $17.99 (32pp) / 978-1-911373-61-2 / Buy: Local Bookstore (IndieBound), Amazon / For anyone who has ever wished for straighter,... Read More

It’s not your imagination—you’ve been hearing and reading a whole lot more about autism in the past few years. The reason is because the medical industry didn’t have a clue about the disease until quite recently. Which points to... Read More

We thought you could use a dose of good news about the environment, so we’re pleased to introduce Leigh Calvez, a citizen naturalist here to offer us a report from the whale front. The author of The Breath of a Whale: The Science and... Read More

Zero Bomb / M. T. Hill / Titan Books / Softcover $14.95 (304pp) / 978-1-78909-001-7 / Buy: Local Bookstore (IndieBound), Amazon / Even a surveillance state can’t see everything. M. T. Hill’s Zero Bomb is set in a near-future... Read More

With apologies, this week’s interview requires us to go to hell. Hey, back off. It’s not our fault. The blame falls squarely on the shoulders of reviewer Katie Asher for falling in love with one of the quirkiest books we’ve seen... Read More

Hello, Stranger / My Life on the Autism Spectrum / Barbara MoranKarl Williams / KiCam Projects / Softcover $18.95 (240pp) / 978-0-9997422-5-9 / Buy: Local Bookstore (IndieBound), Amazon / It’s impossible to see inside someone... Read More