Get swept up in the excitement of whatever holiday, celebration, milestone, or fresh new day awaits. A plethora of circus-ready partygoers in a riot of colors, shapes, stripes, and polka-dots cheer while parading up, down, and all around... Read More

Drawing a portrait of your best friend should be no problem, but when bffs Eunice and Kate see how each has depicted the other, their longstanding friendship is put to the test. With opposite personalities and styles, one dreams of... Read More

Tan Le’s "The NeuroGeneration" cracks open the world of brain enhancement to show that the future may be closer than we think. Le, on the cutting edge of research and technology into one of the biggest mysteries—the human... Read More

Karl Coplan’s "Live Sustainably Now" suggests ways to reduce one’s carbon footprint with a “carbon budget” that may seem like a severe challenge, but whose strategies set a realistic example. For the past decade, Coplan has... Read More

In 1917, Maria Bochkareva commanded the Women’s Battalion of Death, a unit in the Russian army that fought against invading Germany. In Amber Lough’s novel "Open Fire", this episode in women’s military history is the piercing... Read More

Emotional and rich, "The Wish and the Peacock" concerns families, loss, and acceptance. After the death of her father, twelve-year-old Paige is determined to fill the gaps left by his absence. She works hard to keep their farm running,... Read More

"Rise Up" is full of inspiring stories about young people who overcame the odds and realized their impossible dreams. With confidence that young people can change their lives and impact the world, this book introduces more than two dozen... Read More

David Putnam’s thriller "The Heartless" asks a timeless question: how far would you go to protect a loved one? Bruno Johnson, a deputy officer with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, thought he left all the blood and... Read More