With a mix of humor, melancholy, and pathos, Kevin Maloney’s memorable novel "The Red-Headed Pilgrim" follows an office worker through his midlife crisis. In his childhood, Kevin came to the realization that he was going to die. This... Read More

Watercolors and ink lines stretch across the parchment-like pages in this story about a mischievous cat and his secret life. Max was a troublesome kitten; as an adult, he still tries to snack on baby chicks and teases the other cats in... Read More

In Hiromi Ito’s novel "The Thorn Puller", a woman cares for her aging relatives across two continents while trying to maintain a life of her own. In Japan, Ito’s parents rely on her to provide them care as their health fails.... Read More

It’s Dulce’s seventh birthday, and there’s a party to prepare for! With their parents, she and her sister plan snacks and fun; they play games after Dulce blows out her candles. Prioritizing primary colors and drawn in an upbeat... Read More

Playing with proportions both in its illustrations and in its language (“A goodnight kiss on the forehead never stops kissing”), this picture book uses intricate line drawings in a stark red, black, and white palette to illustrate... Read More

Narrated in intermittent rhymes and using onomatopoeia, this educational picture book traces a headwater stream from its origins in the falling rain; its waters burble up from the ground and tumble over rocks. The illustrations are... Read More

Christopher S. Reigeluth’s "The Masculinity Workbook for Teens" provides information and activities for self-defining masculinity and gender identity. The workbook focuses on the difficulties that young men grapple with during the... Read More

A psychology enthusiast dives into writings by and about his favorite psychologist in Graeme Macrae Burnet’s literary novel "Case Study". Upon discovering that her sister had been seeing rogue psychologist Collins Braithwaite before... Read More