First published in Hebrew, this amusing picture book tracks a girl and her father as he valiantly tries to get her to sleep. Having only two legs, Shabbat coming every seven days, and things falling down rather than up are just a few of... Read More

"First of His Kind" is an inventive, series-opening science fiction novel about the steep price of progress and knowledge. In Dan Sugralinov’s science fiction novel "First of His Kind", stranded misfits band together to navigate an... Read More

"Blessed Hands" is an engaging short story collection that’s filled with glimpses into the lives of those whose voices are not often heard. Translated from Yiddish, Frume Halpern’s short story collection "Blessed Hands" captures... Read More

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

In the short stories of Maria Judite de Carvalho’s collection "So Many People, Mariana", people search in vain for contentment and belonging. With all the human beings in the world, it should be impossible to ever feel isolated or... Read More

The members of an Algerian immigrant family cope with their losses but retain their dignity in Faïza Guène’s novel "Discretion". Yamina left Algeria for the first time as a child, during the war with France in the 1950s. Since then,... 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