Lies, misconceptions and self-deception are at the heart of Miriam Cohen’s funny, scathing, and touching collection "Adults and Other Children". Following the fortunes of girls as they navigate the perilous road to adulthood, Cohen’s... Read More

Full of dark thrills and derring-do, Peter Bunzl’s steampunk fantasy "Skycircus" finds fourteen-year-old Lily receiving a personal invitation to Slimwood’s Stupendous Traveling Skycircus, accompanied by a package that contains her... Read More

In his compelling collection of stories—most only a few pages long—Michael Credico marshals bold, creative images to depict a grim Midwest dominated by slaughterhouses and fast food restaurants. While not much happens and characters... Read More

A happy little dandelion views the world with wonder in this wordless story about enjoying life to the fullest. Dark and smokey shades of black and gray are softened with sunny yellow accents as scenes evolve from tree-lined wildflower... Read More

In a seaside town filled with practical fisherfolk, a young girl discovers a magical world in her dreams. Marianne’s imagination conjures a place where children play gleefully in the starlight and on the backs of a fantasy array of... Read More

Visit the English countryside and discover the inspiration for Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny in this biographical tale in which a young girl from the city becomes a wildly successful children’s book author and illustrator, also... Read More

In 1917, Maria Bochkareva commanded the Women’s Battalion of Death, a unit in the Russian army that fought against invading Germany. In Amber Lough’s novel "Open Fire", this episode in women’s military history is the piercing... Read More

Ironically, just as many of us have become passionate foodies who enjoy global edibles and markets that groan with produce, much of this Rabelaisian banquet has become endangered. In the edifying and entertaining "Lost Feast", Lenore... Read More