Bold, bright colors pair with textured pencil lines in this fanciful primer on the parts—and the silliness—of speech. When a researcher discovers a new word—“ashimpa”—everyone has an opinion on what it is. Some are... Read More

A sheep, Rainbow, brings challenge and change to a conformist flock in this whimsical picture book about delighting in differences. Ricky has always wanted to play and have fun, but the rest of her flock discourages being different. When... Read More

Set among people whose worship is based on sacred reciprocity with the earth, K. M. Huber’s rich novel "Call of the Owl Woman" follows as a powerful girl embraces her destiny. Patya comes from a long line of medicine women, but she... Read More

In Marcella Pixley’s aching novel-in-verse "Neshama", a lonely, gifted girl navigates middle school tensions and family secrets with some supernatural help. For Anna, who records ghost poems in her notebook and is ostracized at school,... Read More

A man revisits an ill-fated love affair in the gritty, tragedy-infused Atlantic City novel "Love in a Dark Place". A former lover reflects on his lost partner in Geoffrey Douglas’s historical novel "Love in a Dark Place", about... Read More

A determined teenager comes of age in her ancestral environment in the relatable novel Kat’s Greek Summer. In Mima Tipper’s sympathetic novel Kat’s Greek Summer, a teenage girl reconciles herself to her complex identity. At the... Read More