Finally, a book about Mexico of which Mexicans themselves would say “¡Bravo!” Loosely organized around craft, cooking and writing activities, ¡Mexico! describes the country’s history from pre-Columbian to the modern day. This... Read More

Horse and rider are one. Theirs is a relationship of trust, harmony and respect. GaWaNi Pony Boy, accomplished horseman and Native American educator, instructs young enthusiasts between the ages of 8-11 in the ways of horsemanship. He... Read More

The Silent Stars Go By is filled with the nostalgia of Christmas. Set in Madison, Georgia, this touching book tells how life changed for Williams in 1959 as he spent his last Christmas in the country. He brings back Christmases of the... Read More

Elaine Equi’s fine four-part collection, "Voice-Over", is marked by a freshness of view that has always been characteristic of her work. It is not that her subjects are so unusual—in fact, they tend toward ordinary experience; the... Read More

Boston is a city of superlatives—“the oldest,” “the first,” “the largest.” And the photographs in this slick book make the most of what Oliver Wendell Holmes said is—in the most super of superlatives—“the hub of the... Read More

In this collection of poems, Gail Tremblay startles us with her accuracy. Her voice strikes home again and again, as she addresses the malaise that accompanies the dominant culture, which appears to be “victorious” yet lost. She... Read More

In Monarch Magic!, Rosenblatt has described the life cycle of the monarch butterfly and much more. The text is both informative and entertaining. The print is easy to read and attractively displayed on pages with borders as colorful as... Read More

Forget the cold, wet, eeeuw; the glue; the black-smudged strips of newspaper; the mummified ballons. In Papier Mache, Juliet Bawden, a student of textile art and author of three other crafts books, conjures up fantastic fruit platters,... Read More