A classroom call to help those in need piques a child’s excitement and leads to self-realizations in the bittersweet picture book "One Can". After helping their class hit its goal of collecting one hundred cans for those with food... Read More

About gardening, nature, medical trauma, and motherhood, the poems of Laura Da’s "Severalty" reflect on what happens when people are severed from their heritage and identity. Severalty, a synonym for separateness, appears to mark... Read More

A fourth grader adopts a creative way to remedy the gulf between how she feels inside and how others perceive her in Julie A. Swanson’s insightful novel "North of Tomboy". No one in Jess’s Northern Michigan rural family, church, or... Read More

In Gary Jackson’s stories-in-poems, superhumans of color navigate violence, visibility, and legacies in the fractured US. Rather than battling traditional villains, Jackson’s superheroes—the Invincible Woman, the Telepath, and the... Read More

Nina Bargiel’s wild, magical self-help guide "The Crone Zone" is about embracing aging and accessing elder wisdom. About the life-changing benefits and joys of claiming cronehood and its “permission slip” to jettison society’s... Read More

Dishing up regional flavor, the second volume of Stephanie Hansen’s True North Cabin Cookbook series includes seasonal recipes and heartfelt tales for the cooler months. October is full of cozy, hearty soups, sheet pan meals, and... Read More

The astute financial guide "Your Money Has Feelings" positions emotional literacy as the foundation for long-term monetary health. Shannon Ryan’s personal finance guide "Your Money Has Feelings" reframes wealth building as an internal... Read More

Triumphs do not come in the form a young immigrant expected in the nuanced memoir "Open Turns". Hendrika de Vries’s moving memoir "Open Turns" is about facing postwar displacement and discrimination in Australia. In war-torn Amsterdam,... Read More