Book Review
How to Have a Thought
An eccentric picture book befitting its subject, this primer on Charles Darwin offers offbeat advice on problem-solving. When Darwin faced a puzzle, it says, he would walk loops in the woods with only a walking stick and his terrier,...
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Tiny Worlds
A tender tale about seeing the world differently and loving one another all the same, this picture book is a hug put to paper. A boy visits his grandmother in her small house that holds an even smaller world: the miniature Tiny Town the...
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Celebrate We Gullah Geechee
This picture book honors the history and the present of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor, a 12,000-mile stretch of coast from Wilmington, North Carolina, to Jacksonville, Florida. Five children invite readers to experience...
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Disco Dave
Disco Dave is a walrus with the funk in his heart, but he can’t get his feet to boogie to the same rhythm. After one too many dancing disasters, Dave boxes up his bell bottoms and is ready to let his disco dreams die. But when the...
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The Quicksand Theatre Company
A queer fantasy novel that brings literal magic to the theater, Molly Ringle’s "The Quicksand Theatre Company" is an original take on fae legends. The third standalone in an interconnected series, the novel returns to Eidolonia, an...
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Of Death & Desires
Picking up after a novel set two thousand years prior, T. C. Kraven’s Of Death & Desires doesn’t miss a beat in continuing the star-crossed story of Hades and Persephone. After a multimillennial search, Persephone is found in...
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A Vow in Vengeance
Dark academia meets enemies-to-lovers themes in Jaclyn Rodriguez’s debut novel "A Vow in Vengeance". Fifteen years ago, as punishment for a failed uprising, a decree was made by the three immortal kings: the elves, seraphs, and druids...
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A Dance with Death
A gothic fairytale with nods to “Beauty and the Beast,” Amanda Linsmeier’s "A Dance with Death" explores the overlap of love and grief. The three Bell sisters have seen their shares of loss—of their parents, their home, and the...
