“Man is like a tree,” the painter Marc Chagall wrote, “his roots lie in the earth of his country. Then the branches may spread out over the whole world.” His art, with its poetic synthesis of his Russian Jewish heritage, was... Read More

Sean McPhilemy has written a potentially explosive book, issued at a time when the recently signed Northern Ireland peace settlement offers a last best hope for expanded political cooperation and an end to sectarian violence. It’s a... Read More

The well-known fingerplay about the five little piggies going to market is given new life in David Martin’s picture book. The first little piggie goes to market with a list of things to buy. After some fun with mixed-up words, he gets... Read More

It’s a sad fact that young children need to be educated about the many evils lurking in their lives, including sexual abuse. This book addresses the subject in a straightforward, candid manner. Jimmy’s mother tells him a story about... Read More

For those of us who still don’t “get” the vital connection between preservation of biodiversity and the continued well-being of human beings on the planet, LIFE IN THE BALANCE: Humanity and the Biodiversity Crisis by Niles Eldredge... Read More

My Father, My Self is a seeming no-brainer: Children need good fathers. Yet, as author Masa Aiba Goetz notes, it wasn’t long ago that society regarded fathers as peripheral to the intellectual, emotional and spiritual development of... Read More

Knowledgeable, earnest, and always engaging, Alan Watts was one of the most popular and effective purveyors of that specifically American decoction of Eastern religious philosophies which permeated the counter-cultural activities of the... Read More

Written in the spirit of self-help books by African Americans for African Americans, Haki Madhubuti’s HeartLove takes black people on a journey within themselves. In a community that struggles to maintain family ties and keep its... Read More