Peter Knoester’s slender fourth collection of poems reveals an empathetic desire to lend voice to society’s fringes through rhymes that express anguish and regret—often in the form of invocations—from the vantage of several... Read More

Kids with a strong interest in airplanes will love "Chuck Yeager Goes Supersonic", the graphically illustrated life story of Chuck Yeager, an American pilot who was the first to break the sound barrier. The man who became a national hero... Read More

Two sisters find a wiggling nut on their way to school and crack it open to reveal a miniature walrus! Disbelief is followed by acceptance and admiration, and a plan is made to return Benny to the sea, where he belongs. Lessons in... Read More

Some people write poetry as an enjoyable pastime or hobby, others use it as a more creative form of journaling or a path to spiritual healing. Some find pleasure in engaging language as music and medium, some find the discipline is a... Read More

First published in Good Housekeeping magazine in 1966, Priscilla Noble-Mathews’ "The Tale of Eleazar" recounts the New Testament story of the birth of Jesus as told through the eyes of the Virgin Mary’s donkey. It begins with a... Read More

The Japanese Chin dog at the center of this tale has a jet-setting lifestyle all readers will envy. Reminiscent of Eloise‘s Manhattan milieu, the book’s lavish and spirited design and illustrations more than make up for a mediocre... Read More

When a machine replaces an inefficient but beloved employee at a donut shop in this spirited and delightful graphic novel, proprietor Big Mama wishes she’d never complained in the first place. “How did you get that giant box in my... Read More

This painted history of exceptional, sacred Jewish spaces, mostly from the 1700s, 1800s, and 1900s, pivots around their destruction under German rule during WWII. In their absence, these built symbols of faith and beauty were instantly... Read More