Depression and a pandemic might not seem like promising fodder for a comic, but Rachael Smith’s graphic novel "Quarantine Comix" captures the daily challenges of the creative life during the Covid-19 lockdown in the UK in an inviting,... Read More

History mutes women; it also depends on them. This paradox is at the heart of a "A Ghost in the Throat", an extraordinary literary memoir that finds life in buried spaces. In her childhood, Doireann Ní Ghríofa got in a tiff over her... Read More

Chris Salisbury’s "Wild Nights Out" is a fun, inventive adventure guide about helping children explore nature after dark. This comprehensive handbook is loaded with activities and information to enrich children’s experiences of the... Read More

Human beings have been obsessed with the color blue for thousands of years, and in "Blue", science journalist Kai Kupferschmidt travels the globe to discover why it has always been so special. Strange as it may seem, science is only... Read More

Jenny Fieri’s The Girl’s Guide to Building a Fort is part field guide, part activity guide for the girl who wants to try everything. The guide covers science, the outdoors, athletics and games, building projects, art, and cooking.... Read More

"Diary of a Young Naturalist" covers a transformative year in Dara McAnulty’s life, following his move to a new home, school, and wilderness haunts in Eastern Ireland. McAnulty is a perceptive, introspective narrator whose descriptions... Read More

In Kavita Bedford’s novel "Friends and Dark Shapes", a bereaved woman struggles to determine her place in the world. After her father’s death, a woman moves into a borderline questionable Sydney neighborhood with three housemates.... Read More

Forty years of living and boating around New England’s largest stretch of salt marsh gave Patricia Hanlon good familiarity with her local environment. However, it wasn’t until she was immersed in the habitat as a swimmer that she... Read More