Maggie Stiefvater’s exciting, teen-friendly graphic novel Swamp Thing: Twin Branches includes a new origin story for a familiar comic book character. Alec and his twin brother, Walker, couldn’t be more different: Walker is outgoing... Read More

Surprisingly resonant poetry with skillful use of language reveals how animal companions teach us about life and death. Heartfelt verses written for a beloved pet have no doubt graced the journal pages of many a would-be poet. With "Dogs... Read More

Riley Chesterfield Mouse is happy and enthusiastic, eager to try new things and experience life fully. One fall Saturday he decides to join a game of football being played by human boys, but quickly realizes he is much too small. His... Read More

“Round and round she goes; where she stops, nobody knows,” cries the carnival barker as he spins the wheel of fortune. First-time author Sharon San Angelo may have had the same thought as she stepped onto the medical merry-go-round... Read More

“God squeezes but does not strangle” is the familiar saying the author believes best describes the life of Sybil Vaughan. From birth through her death at age forty-three, even though Sybil experienced many struggles, she always felt... Read More

Tasmania is the setting for Oliver Caine’s in Trouble Again, where the titular character, his sister, and his best friend go for an adventure in an abandoned building scheduled for demolition—they discover more adventure than they... Read More

Why do people write children’s books? It’s a question we often ask in these offices as so many picture books come through our door without any clear idea of an audience. Rather, the audience appears to be the authors themselves, the... Read More

Stuck in a rigid structured environment, unlike “Before Things Changed and Large Factories came,” Rosita and Sian search for a Great Work of Art to win a contest challenge and capture the prize of flying in a Great Sailplane. Written... Read More