Andie Solar’s "Pretty Punch Needle" equips its audience to perform its fun and easy craft by introducing beginning techniques––and thirteen projects that don’t look like the work of beginners. Solar describes punch needle work in... Read More

Anna McGovern’s body, mind, and spirit book "Pottering" is an antidote to the ills of modern living. While many books offer trendy cures to the bustle and stress of modern life that involve going to far-off places or making drastic... Read More

The self-help guide "So Embarrassing" is designed for teenagers and uses humor to spell out survival tactics for falls, flatulence, and other mortifying moments. Guided by a large cast of cartoon characters, the book devotes its chapters... Read More

Elisa Macellari’s graphic biography "Kusama" concentrates on the life and work of artist Yayoi Kusama. The book follows a natural arc, moving from Kusama’s childhood in Japan, and her first interest in art, to her years of growing... Read More

A lonely eleven-year-old discovers a secret underworld filled with gnomes and trolls in Jeff Dinardo’s quirky fantasy tale, "The One Great Gnome". The day after she and her parents move from New York City to rural Connecticut, Sarah... Read More

A family holiday takes a turn for the strange and tragic in Marie NDiaye’s novel "That Time of Year". On the last day of their summer vacation, Herman’s wife and son go missing. His only chance of finding them, according to his sole... Read More

Call me Immigrant. In your country, I do the essential work to keep your living standards high, even as you jeer at me and pay me nowhere near the same dollars you do to your exalted citizens, for the same work. Of late, I am coming into... Read More

Kateri Ewing’s "Watercolor Is for Everyone" encourages an intuitive, meditative practice to inspire original creations. Based on a workshop to encourage anyone to try their hand at watercolor, this step-by-step, lesson-filled book’s... Read More