So is it true, as jokester-man Stephen Colbert attests, that there is a laugh to be gotten on nearly every page of Ayun Halliday’s book about her pre-internet world travel misadventures? A random test is called for. Open book. Page 89.... Read More

The Well-Dressed Bear has been receiving a lot of phone calls for someone named Jonathan. The caller is nothing if not persistent … and also perhaps desperate. She refuses to believe she has the wrong number, despite the fact that the... Read More

Little Gerbil cannot follow one of the all-important mottos of gerbil life: no matter how hard she tries, or how much she pretends, she cannot sleep curled nose to toes. She decides that she must tell the other gerbils the truth, and by... Read More

Cannibalism … hmmm … not exactly romantic—hard to imagine that consuming human flesh could play a part in a love story. August Kert’s zombie zinger "Bring Me to Life" proves this unthinkable undertaking can be accomplished as... Read More

This all-action, all-the-time thriller will suit adrenalin junkies. In "Drachen", Brendan le Grange spins a modern tale of violent intrigue, telling the story of an intrepid female Indiana Jones-type who seeks treasure lost long ago when... Read More

It’s encouraging to see a children’s book focused so specifically on the value of kindness, and one that gives so many definitions of what that term can mean. In the picture book What Does it Mean to Be Kind?, author Rana DiOrio has... Read More

This charming tale illustrates abstract concepts of inside and outside to the preschool set in suitably simple words and images. A quietly charming tale of friendship and humor, Cindy Helms’s "Outside, Inside" is a fun and educational... Read More

Finding ways to pique interest, explore ideas, and create demonstrable lessons in science can be daunting for any caregiver or teacher. This book makes it easy. Full of fascinating activities and interesting facts, each section offers a... Read More