In this soothing, ethereal tale-within-a-tale, a girl draws and plays before bed. Though she’s smiling, she also worries about her animal toys, some of whom, she thinks, may be afraid of the dark. It’s a fear she sympathizes with,... Read More

Brianna Lambert’s holistic spiritual guidebook "Created to Play" is about spiritual formation via playfulness. Rooted in Christian scripture, Lambert’s book leads overworked, overwhelmed believers to discover how their lives might... Read More

In Lavie Tidhar’s clever and amusing novel in short stories "The Three Coffin Problem", a vampire judge and his otherwise unremarkable human sidekick travel through medieval Europe, solving a series of crimes involving the vampire... Read More

Eddie doesn’t like Mondays or storms, let alone both combined; an unexpected visit from a larger-than-life friend helps him find the courage to seek out the sun in this inspiring picture book. Reminiscent of claymation media, the... Read More

This interactive picture book puts the reader at the center of the lifecycle of the monarch butterfly through engaging activities and charming narrators. Arlo the caterpillar has been trapped in a lunch box, interrupting his... Read More

After centuries of devotion, Kelsey K. Sather’s epic fantasy novel "Lives of a Salvager" asks how devotion survives. Laurel, a salvager, is one of three humans alive at any time with unique abilities. Her purpose is to support the... Read More

Mixed-media illustrations track an adventure in this charming tale of home, friendship, and the intersection between the two. When Bear is swept away from his island home, he washes up on the shore of a strange new city; a girl, Isla,... Read More

Anthropomorphized mice—a father and his child–go on an observational adventure in this sweet picture book about how all creatures and elements work their ways back home. The young mouse is eager to come along when their father says... Read More