Beautiful in its simplicity, "Introducing Teddy", by Jessica Walton, turns the pain and confusion often associated with gender identity and transition into a celebration of friendship and happiness. Young Errol, a boy who enjoys both... Read More

A romance that has stood the test of time, Jacob Dinezon’s touching, traditional novel was originally published in 1891. Recently translated from the Yiddish into contemporary English by Jane Peppler, Hershele: A Jewish Love Story... Read More

To be whole, human beings need to both “wake up” and “grow up.” But while spiritual practices leading to waking up have been around for thousands of years, the stages of growing up have only been discovered by Western schools of... Read More

Spirituality has come a long way since the 1970s, when lots of parents worried that Zen Buddhism was a cult. Lex Hixon, who for seventeen years hosted WBAI 99.5 FM’s Sunday morning radio show, “In the Spirit,” in New York City,... Read More

Part “hard-nosed researcher,” and part “poetic dharma teacher,” Shinzen Young brings fifty years of meditation experience and exploration of the best of what East and West have to offer to bear, showing how science and... Read More

Translated from the original French by Karen Li, "Abigail the Whale", a.k.a. Marlène Baleine, by Davide Cali, follows young Abigail over the course of a week as she learns to use the power of positive thinking to overcome her fears and... Read More

Most kids would panic at the thought of a monster lurking underneath their bed, but not Ethan. He’s desperate to get his back. Hey, That’s My Monster!, from Amanda Noll, is a quirky bedtime story with plenty of good humor, thrills,... Read More

San Diego journalist Tershia d’Elgin became keenly aware of her family’s water footprint on her father Bill’s Colorado farm. William Eaton Phelps had to grow up quickly: his parents left him in Denver while his father was stationed... Read More