In an enchanting tale of friendship and harmony, a brown-eyed boy and grey-furred wolf get lost in the woods and find each other. Parallel stories meet in the middle. Expressive and lyrical, the narrative alternates between human and... Read More

An engaging testament to the joys of new parenthood, the journey from the day baby arrives through the formative first year into toddlerhood is related in sweet rhymes with lots of love and emotion. In refreshing perspective,... Read More

The old woman who swallowed a fly has finally met her match in this rollicking, rhyming adventure in overeating. Fun cutouts make room in the old giant’s suspendered trousers for the increasingly wild and zany hijinks. They begin with... Read More

"Mindful Me" by Whitney Stewart is a children’s guide to a relaxed, happy, self-aware life. The book provides life-changing skills of the sort that even adults seldom have. Childhood is full of overwhelming emotional... Read More

Julie Aitcheson’s "First Girl" is a thrilling character-driven literary dystopia. Gabi is a weak, sickly girl, tormented by bullies and friendless except for her grandmother. She also lives in a future time when science is obsolete and... Read More

Bjorn Dihle’s fine essays speak to the greatness of the Alaskan outdoors. When he was young, Dihle’s parents decided to move from Sacramento to Juneau, Alaska. His essays loosely chronicle his adventures from growing up there,... Read More

"All Out of Pretty" is a horrifying story about a young girl with nothing left to lose—and what she does in her desperation. Andrea lives a normal life. She worries about school, has plenty of friends, and enjoys the fringe benefits of... Read More

"The Beekeeper" is Dunya Mikhail’s haunting account of Abdullah, who devoted his life to rescuing mostly Yazidi women and children kidnapped and kept captive by the Daesh, aka the Islamic State. The book includes autobiographical... Read More