Aaron Sachs’s "Stay Cool" proposes a lighthearted means of tackling the serious subject of climate change. Declaring that the sanctimonious tones of environmentalists have a demotivating impact, this book muses on how humor might be... Read More

Kelsey Blackwell’s "Decolonizing the Body" is a body, mind, and spirit guide to attaining healing and wholeness. Blackwell notes that living in a world wherein their cultures and identities are subjugated affects women of color in... Read More

A sixth grader navigates life’s hard knocks with wit, some wisdom, and experience in Big Nate: Nailed It!, the latest collection of the long-running syndicated comic strip. Nate, seeking to better his fortune, decides he needs a good... Read More

Spirited Clarice returns in Lauren Childs’s chapter book "Clarice Bean, Scram!", encountering a stray dog whose arrival inspires warm capers. Clarice—a curious, naïve, and high-strung girl—wants nothing quite so much as her older... Read More

An enticing visitor spells doom—or a new beginning—for a distinguished but troubled family line in Marie Hélène Poitras’s novel "Sing, Nightingale". The Berthoumieux men have been caught in an endless cycle of control, lust,... Read More