“Never keep secrets from your parents. Trust your parents with everything.” In the town of Candor, Florida, secrets and trust-however blind it may be-rule all its residents. After spending time on a yearlong waiting list, families... Read More

“The Wild Swans,” “The Sleeping Beauty,” “The Princess and the Pea,” “Snow White,” “The Twelve Dancing Princesses,” and “The Frog Prince” comprise this collection of olden times, evil stepmothers, magic rings, and... Read More

By necessity, short story writers must craft details with precision, distilling a character into a few spot-on sentences. This is a skill well-honed in Jill McCorkle’s work, and although she plays with larger themes throughout the... Read More

Beranbaum’s latest writing assignment was to inspire a love of cake baking in a new generation of young cooks. No small task, to be sure. But shes written 8 books already, including The Cake Bible, one of the most successful cookbooks... Read More

Its hard to get more classic comic book than Robin Hood, and while the text doesnt break any molds, the illustrations make up for it. To be more precise, the use of color as an adjective is the outstanding quality of this remake. The... Read More