Charlotte Wilde’s "Eclectic Witchcraft" is a thorough, enjoyable introduction to witchcraft as a practice. The book lays out all of the fundamentals of witchcraft, starting with working with energy. It covers protection work, the... Read More

In Burhan Sönmez’s literary novel "Stone and Shadow", an Istanbul cemetery is the site of loves lost, recast, and reunited. In the 1930s, a traveling flutist introduces an orphaned street musician, Avdo, to a gravestone carver. Avdo... Read More

Jennifer Berne’s rhyming picture book "How the Sea Came to Be" is an educational and concise explanation of how the ocean and its marine life formed. Chronicling 4.5-billion years of terrestrial evolution, beginning from stages of... Read More

In Nothing Could Stop Her, Rona Arato tells the remarkable life story of trailblazing Jewish American journalist Ruth Gruber. Born in Brooklyn in 1911 to a Jewish family from Russia, Gruber was unstoppable from the start. Intelligent and... Read More

Pale yellow stars twinkle against dreamy backdrops of blues and purples in this enchanting bedtime tale. One night, while struggling to sleep, Watson finds a magical world under the “night tent” of his blankets; because he’s not... Read More

In Matthew J. White’s rollicking, imaginative novel "A Feral Chorus", a man who’s stuck in life embarks on a meandering, life-changing road trip from Florida to New Orleans. Guy works as a car salesman in Houston after dropping out... Read More

A stray cat is distraught when he’s expelled from the warm, story-filled library by a children’s librarian who just does not like cats. He finds an ally in Pascal, who’s more than happy to smuggle him in for story time and read to... Read More

Inspired by a true story that brought light in a dark time, this picture book shows how even a spark of hope can make all the difference. In 1945, Gertie the duck built her nest on a precarious post in the Milwaukee River. The local... Read More