Jessica Anne Bratt is a branch manager at Grand Rapids, Michigan, Public Library. She and three other librarians recently launched an initiative called Libraries4BlackLives, pledging support for the Black Lives Matter movement and hosting... Read More

Books that encourage acceptance, discovery, exploration, and uniqueness always make for great storytime fare, and this selection of 16 books, highlighted in our Winter Issue, is replete with variations on all of those themes. You may even... Read More

Teens travel through time, the lair of the devil, and their own haunted memories in these fascinating selections from our Winter 2016 young adult feature. One teen is enmeshed in a Parisian art mystery; another must save a vulnerable... Read More

Brave travelers undertake wild adventures in our Winter 2016 travel book selections: to Ukraine, in the name of love; across the world, foolish, curious, and hungry; into highly dramatic modern Indonesia. One title brings to life the... Read More

Species disappearing, modified ecosystems, the ecological impact of our pursuit of energy: these books offer a sobering view of how drastically human beings have impacted our fragile planet. So, too, do they offer a way forward,... Read More

A quest for Shangri La. Talismans against the darkness. A Buddhist monk on a dramatic quest. A bear looking for his place in the world. Modern takes on the myth of Prometheus. The race to obtain a treasure sought by Templars. These graphic... Read More

It’s no secret: we love university presses, and this annual feature represents our ten favorite books from the eighty or so universities we regularly cover. A Canterbury Pilgrimage / An Italian Pilgrimage Elizabeth Robins Pennell Joseph... Read More

More than mere decoration, these eight titles contain photography and artwork powerful enough to transport lookers-on to grand and gorgeous locales. From the Pacific Northwest to Cuba in flux, from abandoned distilleries to storied stops... Read More