In the educational picture book "Gareth Gets a Job", a pup tests out the many jobs that he might perform, desperate to learn his purpose in life. In C. M. Harris’s inspirational picture book "Gareth Gets a Job", a ambitious, eager pup... Read More

Cute and colorful, the picture book "Mighty Zoë" is packed with information about green conures. In Heather Lonczak’s picture book Mighty Zoë: The Misunderstood Parrot, a green-cheeked conure finds a permanent home where the many... Read More

"Now What?" is a charming picture book whose creative, quirky heroines make the best of a dreary day. In Brenda Faatz’s picture book "Now What?", an ordinary day morphs into an opportunity for play, creativity, and mindfulness.... Read More

Three young people learn that “when you have friends, you don’t have to do hard things by yourself” in this heartwarming picture book. In Elizabeth Turnbull’s picture book "Janjak and Freda Go to the Citadel", two children take a... Read More

In her memoir "Afterlight", Isa Milman recounts her struggles as the child of Holocaust survivors. Fraught with memories of the Holocaust, modern politics, and long family histories featuring better times, the book articulates a painful... Read More

Andy Zuliani’s haunting and compact debut novel weaves the stories of four troubled people into an unsettling view of the future. The book begins in the close future with Ana and Win, a best friend driver and scrubber pair. Ana, a... Read More

Malia Márquez’s intense multigenerational novel "This Fierce Blood" incorporates magical realism into its story of three women struggling with family and social expectations. In Vermont, Wilhemina marries Norwegian Johannes, rather... Read More

Robert Fromberg’s memoir "How to Walk with Steve" is about how his autistic brother became the stabilizing force in his life. Fromberg and Steve’s parents were artists, and their moods set the tone of their children’s early... Read More