A talented New Zealand duo teamed up to produce this disarmingly simple ode to nighttime acoustics. Two children lay awake in a sleeper car while they “Whistle past rivers / Whoosh through the tunnels / Roar down the plains / And all... Read More
When Aneel’s grandparents come from India to live with his family, he delights in their customs and stories about distant lands. He dreams of the villagers and animals introduced to him and is impressed with how his Dadi-ma chants... Read More
Remember the Icarochenis? How about the Gaslodon? Don’t worry; neither does anyone else. In Flip-O-Storic, the heads, bodies, and tails of ten actual prehistoric beasts—the popular woolly mammoth and saber-tooth tiger among... Read More
A cement mixer, a bulldozer, and a crane: not your average bedtime protagonists. This sweet rhyming narrative that celebrates the day’s end in an unconventional yet everyday place will convince listeners that there’s a kind of... Read More
Perhaps the two biggest obstacles for novice knitters are the need to learn how to read knitting instructions and the length of time it can take to complete even a small project. Tricia Drake has tackled both problems in this joyously... Read More
Memories consist of momentary flashes, glimpses of the profound and mundane events that became more than mere moments in time; they defined us. "Merit Badges", an unconventional read by Kevin Fenton, feels like rummaging through... Read More
It’s a sobering but widely known statistic that Dr. William Small cites in the introduction to "Relationships 911": fifty-three percent of marriages in America end in divorce. That likely explains the huge business in books, DVDs, CDs,... Read More
The adoption journey can be a maze, and the options overwhelming. Potential adoptive parents face difficult choices that people who haven’t adopted would never suspect—from the type of adoption they choose (domestic, international,... Read More