“What do you want from me? I’m nothing! I’m nobody!” screams thirteen-year-old Jessica Ross when confronted by the specter of Grace O’Malley, a true-life sixteenth-century pirate queen. Despite her protest, Jessica is indeed... Read More

There may be a more famous snowman out there, but there aren’t any snowmen more loveable than Bob and Sue. Told completely in rhyme, this lyrical tale will introduce children to these two enchanting snow people and their mystical... Read More

For serious readers of poetry, this author is its epicenter of literary criticism. Throughout her tenure at Harvard University as Professor of English, from thoughtful reviews to her several studies on Yeats, Stevens, Seamus Heaney, to... Read More

“Starbucks-drinking, Levi-wearing, word-loving, munchkin-rearing, artsy-fartsy, faith-filled friends” is how the authors describe themselves in the introduction to this book. In their guileless prose, they prove that it is possible... Read More

This story doubles a child’s anticipation for Christmas with the telling of what happens when Father Frost, the Russian Santa Claus, sends Snegurochka the Snow Maiden to help Santa Claus make toys for Christmas Eve. Father Frost parts... Read More

Plumbing the depths of heartbreak and memory, the author explores the forbidden territories of obsession, death, destruction, and separation in this debut collection of three novellas. She dives into deep waters of myth and dream to... Read More

A coffee table-sized shrine dedicated to the memory and glamour of actress Greta Garbo, this splendid collection of her portraits re-introduces a strikingly beautiful woman on the centennial of her birth in 1905. Garbo had two leading... Read More

This small book took a long time to emerge, but was well worth the wait. The authors, professor of psychiatry Evans (University of Pennsylvania) and science writer Andrews, put together a model text for parents, teachers, clergy, and... Read More