The ten-year-old boy who wasn’t cast as Harry Potter faces a lifetime of anxiety and doubt in David Foenkinos’s poignant novel "Second Best". Martin Hill’s life begins when a producer offers him an audition for the role of Harry... Read More

Bright colors and multiple techniques populate the illustrations of this rhyming picture book about embracing your true colors. Tired of being dreary and drab, Henry the hermit crab rebrands himself as Fabulous Crab, attaching corals,... Read More

In the inventive short stories of JoeAnn Hart’s Hudson Prize-winning collection "Highwire Act", people face catastrophes and discover connections with animals. Some of the stories are set in the real world; others occupy a speculative... Read More

Persuasive and thought-provoking, Benjamin Lewin’s "Inside Science" examines how big data is changing biological research. Contemporary scientific methods, Lewin says, are driven by large research teams, aggregated results across... Read More

Martin Stevens’s "Secret Worlds" is a brilliant book on animal perception—the astonishing sensory adaptations that birds, insects, and other creatures evolved for their survival. Humans share five senses with animals; animals have... Read More

Sophie Benson’s "Sustainable Wardrobe" suggests accessible, fashionable, and eco-conscious alternatives to fast fashion. This full-color coffee table book is broken into sections: general knowledge about clothes and their environmental... Read More

In Hiromi Kawakami’s short story collection "Dragon Palace", bizarre encounters guide lonely people onto new paths. In these stories, troubled lives are forever changed by supernatural forces. One man claims that he was once an... Read More

Inspired by the sights at a waterpark she visits with her mother, a child dreams about all the fantastical adventures she’ll have when she’s big. Gorgeous watercolor illustrations utilize bright washes of color and simple black ink... Read More