While on a trip to the beach with her grandparents, Ella becomes upset when her bubbe (grandmother) says she has lost her Yiddish; a master at finding lost things, Ella sets off to find Bubbe’s missing words. Through the charming lens... Read More

The saturated colors of pop art marry with swirling watercolors and sharp geometric shapes in this picture book that’s perfect for budding scientists. An exoplanet is any planet that is outside our solar system; the book explores the... Read More

In Ludmilla Petrushevskaya’s novel "Kidnapped", two boys are switched at birth, leading to unexpected consequences. The story unfolds against the backdrop of the Soviet Union’s collapse. Alina, a poor university student who has been... Read More

Jennifer Berne’s rhyming picture book "How the Sea Came to Be" is an educational and concise explanation of how the ocean and its marine life formed. Chronicling 4.5-billion years of terrestrial evolution, beginning from stages of... Read More

Judith Hicks Stiehm’s thorough biography covers the legal career of the United States’s first woman attorney general. Reno grew up “deeply rooted in Miami” at a time when the future metropolis retained a small-town feel. Her... Read More

A woman’s attempt to avenge her sister leads to a fantastical adventure in Jeremy C. Shipp’s novel "The Merry Dredgers". Seraphina is a birthday party princess, a pet feeder, and the only person left who cares about her spirited,... Read More

A young American and her friend Julia Child are implicated in a murder in Colleen Cambridge’s vibrant cozy mystery novel "Mastering the Art of French Murder". It’s 1949, and Tabitha misses her former life as a riveter in a Detroit... Read More

Jane Marshall’s remarkable memoir "Searching for Happy Valley" unveils just what it is that makes a place “happy,” showing why the answer is so important for humanity and the planet. Marshall—feeling a gap within herself, longing... Read More