About the Background

The background of our website uses art from the cover of the most recent issue of Foreword Reviews, which is sourced from one of the books we reviewed in that issue.

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2025 (current)

Cover image from Toi Te Mana: An Indigenous History of Māori Art, by Deidre Brown and Ngarino Ellis, with Jonathan Mane-Wheoki: Hei tiki representing Ruatepupuke holding a pou pou (carved post), made by Stacy Gordine, the great-great-nephew of celebrated carvers Pine and Hone Taiapa. Stacy Gordine, Hei Tiki Ruatepupuke, 2009, cattle bone, pāua, black goat horn, TePapa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, 2010-0025-1, purchased 2010. Used with permission from the University of Chicago Press. Reviewed here.

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2024

Cover image from Ten-Word Tiny Tales of Love. Illustration copyright © 2024 by Mark Janssen. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA on behalf of Walker Books, London. Reviewed here.

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2024

Cover image from On the National Language: The Poetry of America’s Endangered Tongue, by B.A. Van Sise. Used with permission from Schiffer Publishing. Reviewed here.

JULY/AUGUST 2024

Cover image from Let’s Get Festive! Celebrations Around the World. Illustration by Ewa-Poklewska-Koziełło, published by NorthSouth Books Inc, an imprint of NordSüd Verlag. Reviewed here.

MAY/JUNE 2024

Cover image from Family Values: Kurt, Courtney & Frances Bean. Photographs by Guzman with an Introduction by Michael Azerrad, published by powerHouse Books

Mar/Apr 2024

Jan/Feb 2024

Cover image from The Heirloomed Kitchen: Made-from-Scratch Recipes to Gather Around for Generations, by Ashley Schoenith, Heidi Harris (Photographer). Used with permission from Gibbs Smith. Reviewed here.

Nov/Dec 2023

Cover image from The Brothers Zzli, by Alex Cousseau Anne-Lise Boutin, Illustrator, Vineet Lal, Translator. Used with permission from Eerdmans Books for Young Readers. Reviewed here.