An enchanting holiday twist on an old fairy-tale classic finds the big bad wolf stalking a basket-carrying little girl on her way to grandmother’s house, or rather, Bubbe Basha’s. Traditional latkes, candle lighting, and retelling... Read More

With humor and a holiday sense of wonder, Santa ushers Blitzen, Vixen, Prancer, and friends into bed in "Good Night, Reindeer" from Denise Brennan-Nelson. Simple verses mimicking the style and rhythm of Margaret Wise Brown’s Goodnight... Read More

In Jewish tradition, ethical wills are letters that impart important principles and teachings. Elana Zaiman expands on that concept, turning ethical wills into a means of sharing what is important with anyone in a person’s life, in... Read More

From fishermen-crowded bars to Inuit heritage, Nancy Lord brings alive her Alaskan setting. The lives of a group of scientists—and one artist—are altered by an oceanography research trip in Nancy Lord’s insightful novel, "pH".... Read More

For anyone who has ever been afraid of the dark, "Nightlights", by Paul Paolilli and Dan Brewer, explores the wonders of the night sky with soothing verses as fireflies, stars, and campfire in the country give way to the twinkling lights... Read More

Rodney simply cannot pay attention to his teacher while an open window beckons him to go outside, in Carmen Bogan’s Where’s Rodney? A city boy unused to the great outdoors, Rodney is awed and enchanted when a field trip takes him to... Read More

Did he feed the dog? Take his vitamins? As George gets ready for school, he tries desperately to remember something just out of reach, in "What George Forgot", the hilarious story of one boy’s morning routine by Kathy Wolff. Colorfully... Read More

In 1975, British biographer Antonia Fraser caused a scandal by leaving her husband for Jewish playwright Harold Pinter, whom she did not marry until 1980. Like Joan Didion’s recent South and West, Fraser’s "Our Israeli Diary" is less... Read More