An environmental treatise equating the makeup and function of our bodies and the body of the universe, complemented by extraordinary paper dioramas. “Just as forests grow new trees in place of old ones … you grow entirely new... Read More

A big sister ultimately comes to terms with her younger brother’s death with the help of the mesmerizing butterflies he so loved to draw. A sensitive, uplifting, and important story published by the American Psychological Association.... Read More

“Trying to read with an elephant can be surprising … trying to read with a zebra can be amusing.” A little girl’s thwarted efforts to read among a group of wild animals in Africa is beautifully conceived and illustrated in this... Read More

Many children’s books take on the challenge of entertaining while educating or providing a moral. Mark Gregory Washer’s "Blue Bonnie Butterfly" aspires to teach not one moral, but several, as Blue Bonnie Butterfly learns to “Be... Read More

Ellie’s Long Walk is the true story of two friends, how their relationship began and the close trust and bond that developed over the course of their long walk on the Appalachian Trail in 2008. One of them is Pam Flowers, an intrepid... Read More

The chickadee: a bird so small it fits into a child’s hands; a birdfeeder resident twelve months a year; and a songster with a “fee-bee and a buzzy chicka-dee-dee-dee.” Using rhyming short phrases, Bill O. Smith and Charles R.... Read More

Valentine is a slight boy with an enormous feathered flop of blond hair. He practices the violin with great dedication and appears oblivious to the effect it has on anyone within hearing range. His “Ode to Joy” sets teeth on edge,... Read More

The stars in the night sky inspire a little girl’s meditation on infinity. As Uma tries to ground this overwhelming notion by seeking examples in her own life, she muses on math, music, and immortality until her head aches. Tenderly... Read More