Join the most confounding wild goose chase ever, a journey of tricky language more than distance or geography. Lewis Carroll’s rib-tickling rhymes follow a determined but bumbling band—a butcher, banker, broker, bellman, and... Read More

The power of love to harbor hope and vanquish obstacles is the core of the classic Ramayana, first written in Sanskrit in 300 B.C. Banished prince Rama’s mission to reunite with his princess, Sita, is populated by monkeys and... Read More

After innocently hitching a ride on a train one night, nine-year-old orphan Danny’s life takes a turn for the marvelous. It’s 1937, and the train happens to transport Duke Ellington and his orchestra. Temporarily adopted by the group... Read More

Adjusting to the loss of his father and an unrecognizable life in England is tough for young Makis. His soccer skills, however, allow him to make friends and claim something of his old self. To help acclimate his mother, Makis teaches... Read More

Join a butterfly on a magical tour of art history through the ages. When she is jostled from the Flemish painting in which she’s lived for over 300 years, she must find her way back. Another butterfly named Brimstone has suffered a... Read More

Broken down into major regions and illustrated with images characteristic of the area, this atlas of maps makes navigating the world’s terrain a pleasure. Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, for instance, boasts pictures of the Vokstok... Read More

Oluwalase Babatunde Benson scales palm trees to collect nuts for oil in his small African village, alerting neighbors to approaching traffic so they can ready to sell their wares. His grandfather taught him the gift of identifying a... Read More

A wonderful book of drawing exercises, Let’s Make Some Great Art maximizes fun and originality, while painlessly and realistically introducing key ideas about perception. Scientific concepts such as light and shade, transparency and... Read More