In this collection of short stories, the author takes the reader on a road trip vaster than Jack Kerouac’s and Hunter Thompson’s, encompassing not only different physical countries, but also broad internal nations of the psyche.... Read More

This wonderful example of a literary potpourri offers readers poetry and essays on such varied subjects as language, travels, exile, family, Judaism, memory, Latin America, human rights, painters, and Jewish women. The beautifully... Read More

A much-anticipated family visit goes awry for Clee when her beloved uncle turns out to have some unexpected flaws. Uncle “Fishtank” Hal lives happily on a barge, despite the fact that he hasn’t quite mastered the art of tying... Read More

Strange night noises are transformed into a soothing lullaby in this bedtime book for the very young. A little boy shares a bed with Grandma, Grandpa, and two cats. As he drifts off to sleep, the sounds of the bedroom, the house, and the... Read More

More than three thousand memoirs by Holocaust survivors have been published. After a long silence, those who lived through the horrors of Nazi brutality now seem to be almost frantically rushing to preserve the dire tale of their... Read More

“I had a carrot in my pocket. Oh no! Now it’s gone. / I had a carrot in my pocket. Who ate it? C’mon!” This book takes readers on a journey with a young boy as he retraces his steps on the farm, recalling where he has been and... Read More

Shredded wheat for Thanksgiving dinner doesn’t sound like a very special meal—unless, of course, you are a wily, plump turkey who has evaded the Squawk Valley oven. The villagers are worried, according to this cleverly rhymed picture... Read More

Talk is cheap—unless you’re paying a therapist who says things like “I know how you feel.” The author, a psychologist, knows better than to make such a facile claim. He knows that “at the heart of a truly helpful, healing... Read More