When Ava sees an advertisement for the circus, her mother uses her excitement to get some help around the house. Then, Ava dons her headdress—and her invisible cat, Squishy, dons his top hat—and the family heads to the big top. A... Read More

Everyone is worried about Ladybug, whose teacher asked her class to draw elephants. What Ladybug turned in was a mass of dark swirls. The doctor checks her hearing, and concerned adults watch her play, but no one thinks to ask Ladybug... Read More

A tender depiction of mourning, "Bigger than a Dream" follows a boy through a day spent with the spirit of his older sister, who died before he was born. Misty illustrations befitting the dreamlike quality of the boy’s adventure... Read More

In Makenzy Orcel’s "The Immortals", a grieving woman vents her feelings on death and loss. A Haitian sex worker cajoles her client, a writer, into recording the life of her protégé, who was killed in the 2010 earthquake. Despite the... Read More

Linda Schweizer’s "Cosmic Odyssey" is a thrilling account of the cosmological discoveries of the past century that “pulls back the curtain” on the brilliant, eccentric scientists who achieved those breakthroughs. This exceptional... Read More

Some consider deserts vast expanses of barren wasteland; a politician once called them “kitty litter.” If anything can transform such opinions toward respect and appreciation, this multicultural collection of essays by desert-loving... Read More

From one winter to the next, Aggataa, a young Inuit girl, develops appreciation for nature with the help of her grandmother in the Canadian North. When she meets the small, disheveled raven her grandmother saved last winter, Aggataa dubs... Read More

A little girl who wants playtime to never end learns the importance of darkness and rest in "What if Night?" Rich blues and purples form a peaceful backdrop for nocturnal animals and insects, contrasting with the bright white of the moon... Read More