Foor presents a sensible case for the positive benefits associated with ancestral contact. As a teenager, Daniel Foor experienced “contact with nonphysical beings or spirits.” Rather than dismiss the experience as unreal, he pursued... Read More

This is strong nature writing—descriptive and thorough, and helped by Spencer’s obvious devotion to his task. For years, from May to November, Lee Spencer has stood guard over the population of wild steelhead salmon in the same... Read More

Sending little ones off to sleep with thankful hearts and peaceful minds, Good Night: A Toddler’s Bedtime Prayer, from Emmanuelle Rémond-Dalyac, encourages children to recall the wonders of God’s creations around them, from blooming... Read More

Food becomes a vehicle for grief in this fascinating, sympathetic family story. Macabre in its gastronomic obsession and sometimes hyperbolic, Noley Reid’s Pretend We are Lovely reveals a fascinating slide from self-punishment to... Read More

A girl whose brother is killed in a car accident finds herself torn between reality and fantasy, in Melissa Jane Osborne and Veronica Fish’s "The Wendy Project", a beautiful and touching graphic novel. After the accident, Wendy, the... Read More