In its respect for scientific knowledge, the humanist movement embraces the essential value and goodness of human beings while cold-shouldering any belief in the divine or supernatural—we don’t need God to be good, humanists say.... Read More

For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son the ability to turn water into wine. This, it may be remembered, was Jesus’s first miracle. All of which proves that Jesus himself “affirms the importance of joyful... Read More

Adorably drowsy planets gather under a tired sun as they prepare for bedtime, in Sleepy Solar System, by pediatrician John Hutton. Smiles are inevitable with Doug Cenko’s charming renditions of each planet; Earth with cloud curlers and... Read More

Shining bright from the corner of each page, one twinkling star remains constant throughout Phyllis Root’s One North Star: A Counting Book, inspired by the natural wonders of Minnesota, the North Star State. Kicking off with one lone... Read More

Ever so generous, the ancient Romans left future history buffs all manner of Latin-inscribed relics to fawn over, from massive stadiums and temples to milestones, tombs, tableware, and coins. For most of us, the letters and numbers... Read More

"The Story of Dan Bright" works on multiple levels. First and foremost, it’s a cage-rattling exposé of the corrupt criminal justice system of New Orleans. It’s also an honest account of criminal life within a major American city. In... Read More

In Melinda Snodgrass’s "The High Ground", book 1 of the The Imperials Saga, the riddle of interstellar travel has been solved, and humans are but one of several intelligent species sharing the planet. Where there is intelligent... Read More

In a riveting work that Chinua Achebe calls “a masterpiece,” four Indian teenagers are taken from their homes all over America and shipped to a faraway boarding school for Indians to begin a new life. To make them “less Indian,”... Read More