In this primer on the impact of plastic waste in our oceans, a young boy turns from rescuee to rescuer when his new friend is in peril. The boy’s small red boat is no match for the roaring, watercolor sea. After a whale, Blue, comes to... Read More

Its illustrations vibrant and cartoonish, this story begins in a forest area that’s gone quiet at summer’s end. The woodland creatures, who miss their human “friends” and the fun chaos that they bring, decide to return the favor... Read More

In "Ripple", Jim Cosgrove recounts his investigation into the murder of a family acquaintance, which took him down a dark, supernatural trail. As a young journalist, Cosgrove returned to Kansas City and visited his childhood church.... Read More

Shannen Dee Williams’s "Subversive Habits" is an awe-inspiring history book about Black nuns who fought for freedom and equality. The first comprehensive history of Black Catholic sisters in the United States, this book reveals the... Read More

In the latest entry in David Cole’s Math Kids series, math whizzes Jordan, Justin, Stephanie, and Catherine are swept up in high-level intrigue as they unravel a particularly puzzling riddle. When the tale begins, the fifth-grade... Read More

In English for the first time, radical 1970s feminist Françoise d’Eaubonne’s manifesto "Feminism or Death" is bold in suggesting the role that feminism might play in saving the environment. An iconic text—one of the first to... Read More

Wildflowers don’t just happen, as is revealed in this bright, delight-filled board book about the interconnectedness, and interdependency, of nature’s tiniest features. Indeed, a field blanketed with poppies and daisies and heather... Read More

Bright, collage-like illustrations add whimsy to this rhyming picture book about a night in the life of an armadillo. The armadillo awakens at the howl of a wolf, heralding that night has begun. Throughout the evening, it feasts on... Read More