Hunter’s unforgettable historical novel focuses on the circumstances that warp some personalities and strengthen others. Spirited and sorrowful, Laura Hunter’s "Beloved Mother" depicts the cruelties that shape generations in an... Read More

The educational, engaging story of a single tree that became symbolic of environmental activism, "Big Lonely Doug" by Harley Rustad dramatizes the conflict between human consumption and the environment. The story revolves around a... Read More

Rebecca Lawton’s powerful and poetic "The Oasis This Time" celebrates water as a precious natural resource. Though its essays focus primarily on water in the western US, the book also explores humanity’s complex relationship with... Read More

It’s impossible to see inside someone else’s mind to achieve true empathy, but Barbara Moran and Karl Williams’s "Hello, Stranger" comes close. Born in the early 1950s, Barbara Moran felt out of place and lonely for the first few... Read More

Queenie Quail loves to stop and smell the flowers—and chase the bees, watch the worms, and admire the butterflies—and so she’s always a step behind the others. Her observant curiosity exasperates her family until the day it saves... Read More

Diana always feels bored and out of sorts. Her family, teachers, and doctors are worried about her perpetual despondence until a random melody inspires her to dance. Now able to express herself through music and movement, she finds new... Read More

When one stormy day turns into two with no end in sight, a brother and sister don their galoshes and head out to search for the biggest puddle in the world—the source of all precipitation. The weather may be damp and gray, but smiles... Read More

Acclaimed First Nations writer Harold R. Johnson returns with "Clifford", a stirring family memoir and a tribute to Johnson’s beloved brother, whose funeral was the impetus for returning to their childhood home. Through wispy images of... Read More