A family of aliens receives a warm welcome in this story that draws upon principles of traditional Jewish hospitality. The Abrahams are expecting a visit from their new neighbors; the visitors that arrive, however, are from a little... Read More

Elizabeth D. Hilborn’s "Restoring Eden" covers the devastation caused by agricultural pesticides alongside an impassioned plea for ecological reform. Two decades ago, Hilborn and her husband moved to a North Carolina fruit farm,... Read More

In Debra Borchert’s suspenseful historical novel "Her Own Revolution", a woman is pulled between a sense of duty to her French family and her personal beliefs. Geneviève is a strong-willed Parisienne who resents that she doesn’t... Read More

An eleven-year-old girl with a magical link to a water spirit confronts her destiny in the graphic novel "Kariba". Siku, discovered as a baby in a secret area of the Zambezi River, has the power to manipulate water. Her abilities... Read More

"The Mud Room" is a cryptic thriller in which an analyst and a charming trickster seek a hidden treasure to protect humanity’s future. In Robert Cook’s thriller "The Mud Room", a government analyst discovers a magnificent secret... Read More

While on a trip to the beach with her grandparents, Ella becomes upset when her bubbe (grandmother) says she has lost her Yiddish; a master at finding lost things, Ella sets off to find Bubbe’s missing words. Through the charming lens... Read More

The saturated colors of pop art marry with swirling watercolors and sharp geometric shapes in this picture book that’s perfect for budding scientists. An exoplanet is any planet that is outside our solar system; the book explores the... Read More

Stylized illustrations and a charming narrator bring this stranger-than-fiction story to life. After Henry Miller, an Englishman who made a fortune mining silver in Idaho, passed and the bank swindled his wife and son, they were left... Read More