Two bugs, Frieda and Gloria, green and slightly grasshoppery in appearance, are about as opposite in personality as friends can be. Tall Gloria is brave and adventurous; short Frieda is afraid of everything, real and imagined. When... Read More

“Many think of the word courage only as defined in the dictionary,” writes Deborah Collins Stephens, “….and see it solely as a solitary journey. We believe the journey of courage is best walked with women friends who, literally... Read More

“Old Cowboys never die. They just ride off into the sunset.” That adage could be the theme of this funny, yet thoughtful book about dreams and destinies and how the two aren’t always the same. Buck, who used to be a cowboy, has... Read More

Not sixty days after September 11 2001 a new threat has struck the United States and it couldn’t be farther from New York City. A low-yield nuclear device has been detonated on Lake Superior fifteen miles from the obscure town of... Read More

“Slave: 14th century, from Medieval Latin sclavus, a captive; a person who is the legal property of another or others and is bound to absolute obedience,” reads a page in this book, which depicts an odyssey from slavery to freedom.... Read More

A paddle across a lake, time to watch rare birds on the water, a frantic attempt to stop a “bad moment” in the woods—through the pages of this delightful book,[i][b][/i][/b] these events on a summer day are the recipe for a young... Read More

These three mice are anything but blind. They find a postcard in their humans’ house and borrow it for a while to examine it. The postcard depicts an elegantly dressed lady—the Portrait of Lady Clopton, painted around 1600 by Robert... Read More

This is a kaleidoscopic, prismatic, bee-bopping, hip-hopping look at the day in the life of one of the most taken-for-granted creatures in a city—the pigeon. From the first line, this poetic tale jogs along until the last page when the... Read More