Christi Johnson’s "Mystical Stitches" encourages spiritual forms of artistic expression. Part arts and crafts book, part meditative spiritual guide, it reveals the power of symbols, showing how to create them through fiber arts. The... Read More

Heartfelt and with touches of humor, Christine Jackman’s "Turning Down the Noise" showcases the inviting power of silence. The book tracks Jackson’s growth into appreciation of the practice of silence. Her development happened in... Read More

Jonathan Ned Katz’s "The Daring Life and Dangerous Times of Eve Adams" is the biography of a queer Jewish woman whose life sheds light on the times. The short, fascinating story of Eve Adams, born Chava Zloczewer, is presented in full,... Read More

In Kevin Holowack’s novel "Light on a Part of the Field", members of a flawed, dysfunctional family pursue their separate destinies, even though they cannot break their bonds with each other. Ruth and Al’s marriage was unusual,... Read More

After a boy finds a strange pink creature in his dress-up box, he goes on a quest to find out what to call his new friend, but is dissatisfied with every answer he receives. Bold black lines divide a whimsical palette of green, purple,... Read More

"Black Star" is a fast-moving, twisting futuristic thriller about a woman-versus-woman contest of survival. Harper, a prominent and dedicated scientist, is sent with a crew to a far-off planet, Eleos, to retrieve samples of a flower with... Read More

In E. M. Wright’s steampunk, alternative past novel, humans become biomaton slaves when their body parts are replaced with mechanical ones, and their brains are changed to suit their new stations by dampening or removing all human... Read More

"Ella McBella in the Dark" is a sensitive picture book that encourages the use of one’s inner resources to confront, and conquer, fear. In Laura Pells’s enchanting picture book "Ella McBella in the Dark", a girl conquers her fears... Read More