Jaunty rhymes and warm, generous family activities mark the beginning of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in this picture book that’s designed to fill young eyes with wonder. Children will learn about the holiday’s exchanges of... Read More

A young girl reveals her fondest memories of growing up with her grandmother in Iran, from early morning prayers and homemade chadors to volunteering at the mosque and enjoying tea with friends and neighbors. It is easy to admire the... Read More

Noah knows it’s the Festival of Lights, not the Festival of Trucks, but when his parents allow him to integrate his favorite toys into their Hanukkah celebration, history and excitement inspire his faith in new and unexpected ways.... Read More

Nikola Tesla was an accomplished scientist and inventor as well as an enigmatic technological dreamer, as shown in Amy M. O’Quinn’s thorough biography "Nikola Tesla for Kids". The book moves from Tesla’s youth in modern-day Croatia... Read More

Laura James’s inventive mystery Fabio, The World’s Greatest Flamingo Detective is packed with clues, talented animals, and colorful imagery. Fabio goes to the Hotel Royal to get a refreshing glass of pink lemonade with his friend and... Read More

Damián Lobo is a fix-it man who’s unable to fix his own life. Middle-aged and just laid off from his dead end janitorial job, he wanders Madrid’s streets alone, imagining himself as an interview subject—and figure of ridicule—on... Read More

Set in Gilded Age New York, Norman Lock’s "Feast Day of the Cannibals" is the sixth standalone book in the American Novel series. At the cusp of the nineteenth century, fictional and real life characters intersect in a setting that’s... Read More

A literary foray into the macabre madness of womanhood, Sarah Rose Etter’s "The Book of X" captures the innocent joys and creeping horrors of a young girl’s trek into adulthood. Chapters are organized in short vignettes, offering the... Read More