The extraordinary pencil-and-oil-paint renderings of animals gigantic and tiny are worth the price of this important book about endangered species. The writer is a conservationist and the artist worked as a zookeeper; their... Read More

Delightfully narrated by the youngest member of the Fabulous Zee Family Flea Circus, Chee tells the story of one of the world’s favorite traditions. This whimsical troupe of performers practices their acts around the yard and in their... Read More

Among the bookstores’ crowded cookbook shelves, Patricia Lewis Mote’s Great Menus: Seasonal Recipes for Entertaining should clearly standout. “Patsy,” as she signed her introduction, has assembled an easy-to-follow guide to meal... Read More

A diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder alters the life of any parent on the receiving end. An accurate label for a child’s worrying behavior means treatment and intervention; finally, parents can stop blaming themselves. But a... Read More

Under Nazi rule, Terezín, a small town in Czechoslovakia, was transformed into a prison for Jewish people from 1941 to 1945. Tens of thousands of Jews were sent there before being transported east to Auschwitz. The Nazis used Terezín... Read More

This is the second collection of stories of the old Buffalo Eaters, or the Plains Indians, recorded from 1890 to 1920, and retold and illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Paul Goble for World Wisdom Press. The stories share themes of... Read More

Among the most popular self-help books on the market, guides to finding romance compete for shelf space in bookstores and libraries. The real problem begins when determining whether the process is an act of giving, a process of... Read More

A polio epidemic in 1916 accounted for 9,000 cases of the disease in New York City alone; in 1952 the United States recorded 58,000 cases of polio; by 1964, after the introduction of the Salk vaccine, 121 cases of polio occurred... Read More