"Alessia and the Lamb" is a succinct picture book about a girl’s concern for her rescued animals. In Lorre Wisham’s forthright picture book "Alessia and the Lamb", a girl loses one of her animals at a sanctuary and learns about... Read More

Snoh’s First Road Trip is a visual treat that emphasizes a loving family adventure with educational concepts. In Jacqueline Brooks’s cheerful board book Snoh’s First Road Trip, a toddler learns about shapes and colors while viewing... Read More

"The Riddle of Alchemy" is a dense and lavish text that elucidates a storied natural philosophy and protoscience, showing its creative influence on modern psychology. Paul Kiritsis’s intricate text "The Riddle of Alchemy" surveys an... Read More

The picture book "A Fall Event" is jubilant and comforting in its coverage of common Halloween activities. In Kim Kesty’s earnest picture book "A Fall Event", Halloween is illuminated via seasonal neighborhood scenes. Beginning with a... Read More

A fun mashup of youthful rebellion with heartland quirkiness, For What It’s Worth is a nostalgic comic novel in which absurdities abound. In Nathan Pettijohn’s dark comedy novel For What it’s Worth, an Oklahoma man reminisces about... Read More

In Heather B. Moore’s illuminating novel "Under the Java Moon", a Dutch family is sent to a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp. Inspired by a woman who lived in Batavia (now Jakarta, Indonesia) when she and the women in her family were... Read More

A country’s first Black chief inspector investigates the disappearance of a powerful white man in Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu’s spellbinding mystery novel "The Quality of Mercy". Spokes, once a porter for the British Army, felt convicted... Read More

A headmistress and a wealthy rogue join up for a philanthropic cause in Jennifer Moore’s enthralling Victorian romance novel "Educating Elizabeth". Elizabeth opens a school for underprivileged factory girls in London’s East End with... Read More