Cheese, glorious cheese. Who knew the 9,000 years of innovation, lore, history, and romance in your story? Who knew skim milk cheeses initially flourished not for diet reasons, but because they were cheaper for London’s... Read More

The crafts market has blown up in recent years, and while many books on knitting clothes exist, there are few about knitting as it relates to interior décor. With the impending holiday chaos, a knitting project may not be first on your... Read More

This collaboration between an Inuit throat singer and a children’s librarian investigates the origins of fog. Young readers are invited to accompany a hunter on a springtime journey across the tundra, where he encounters more than he... Read More

Learn the history of macaroni and cheese and pizza, discover the ancestor of the apple, and speculate about what your tortilla is doing when you think it’s just lying there. Taste far-flung places on the globe just by opening your... Read More

This tender, first-person story of a young girl who moves into an eyesore of a house with her mother invites readers along her path of embarrassment to eventual pride as she learns humility and the bounty of asking for help from her... Read More

This fourth installment in an award-winning series follows young Anton through his day in St. Petersburg. He awakens to the strains of “Swan Lake” being played on the piano, visits the Hermitage Museum on a school trip, and practices... Read More

What happens to the air molecules we breathe in and out? Where were they last, and where are they headed? Helping children to understand how their bodies are connected to the earth and other living beings, this smartly conceived book... Read More

The Japanese Chin dog at the center of this tale has a jet-setting lifestyle all readers will envy. Reminiscent of Eloise‘s Manhattan milieu, the book’s lavish and spirited design and illustrations more than make up for a mediocre... Read More