"The Remarkable Story of Willie the Crow" is a heartwarming tale for young readers about embracing differences. Linda Harkey’s picture book "The Remarkable Story of Willie the Crow" is a tail-wagging tale of a friendship between two... Read More
Bryan Walsh is a marine corps deserter, former IRA bagman, and all around hard case. Back stateside after a stint in Ireland, he’s currently employed by a local gangster and barely scraping by, spending his days rubbing out low-lifes... Read More
A lighthearted story, "Penguin Days" follows Lauren, who is on the autism spectrum. She sometimes misreads social cues, like not understanding why others laugh; she is not always included in groups. Still, Lauren is a rambunctious... Read More
In Andrea Pyros’s engaging "Pink Hair and Other Terrible Ideas", a young girl dealing with the difficulties of junior high also contends with her mother’s breast cancer diagnosis. Josephine is a normal but shy twelve-year-old girl... Read More
Learn about kindness, sharing, listening, and how to be “buff” from the animals, both large and small, of the East African savanna. Songs, chants, rhymes, dance, and lots of dung beetle jokes will have hands clapping, feet tapping,... Read More
An honest and easy-to-implement plan is paired with humor and empathy in Conor Richardson’s Millennial Money Makeover. Conor Richardson knows that millennials think differently about money. After personally going into debt after... Read More
Mary Todd Lincoln never enjoyed much public favor. Some believed her to be a secret segregationist; others condemned her as a spendthrift during a time of war. Leanne Howe’s play "Savage Conversations" radically ups the ante in... Read More
In Thomas D. Peacock’s "Beginnings", Donovan “Little Wolf” Manypenny is an Ojibwe descendant who was raised by a white family in Boston. When his grown daughter digs into his family’s past, it sets him on a geographical and... Read More