A creative use of photographs and an emotionally engaging narrative will inspire children to pick up an instrument. "We Are Music Stars" by Shanda Ramnarine and Otis Lauritz Gibbs, with photography by Matthew Joseph, is a fictionalized... Read More

Insightful observations on business, music, and language offer a philosophical perspective on the immigrant experience. “Music was always a refuge for me. The most effective by far, ever since childhood,” songwriter and performer... Read More

The bad news is the Earth is sick; the good news is the cure is simple. In his book How Are You, Mother Earth? We’re Taking You to the Doctor!, Gordon Hunter presents the consequences of the overuse and abuse of Earth’s resources and... Read More

The fascinating story of Mexican artist Diego Rivera’s (1886-1957) upbringing and artistic and political evolution is paired with stunning reproductions of his murals and photos of the artist at work. This biography of this master... Read More

D. A-Gravill has written an important book for children and parents. The excellence of "Little Boy and Mr. Scary Snake" lies in the simple, expansive, open-to-interpretation nature of its story. "Little Boy and Mr. Scary Snake" tells the... Read More

Cooking is a common metaphor used in literature for both adults and children and in humorous works and serious ones alike. In The First Secret: A Magic Recipe, Elina Stamatatou offers a spiritual, contemplative take on the classic... Read More

Tina Eshed has drawn on her now-adult son’s love of a special childhood toy in writing The Adventures of Bunzy: The Beginning, the first of what she promises will be several children’s stories about a delightful stuffed rabbit.... Read More

Award-winning Indian artist Ramsingh Urveti tackles a seventeenth-century English poem in this stunningly modern book of white-on-charcoal and charcoal-on-white drawings and cutouts. The poem may be read two ways: either page by page or,... Read More