A father’s balding inspires far-flung, humorous adventures in Jörg Mϋhle’s winsome chapter book When Dad’s Hair Took Off. A child narrates this vibrant story about the fate of their father’s hair: wanting “a life of its... Read More

Impelled by a lifelong fascination with the ties between spirituality and travel, Lori Erickson has visited and written about holy sites across the globe. In "Every Step Is Home", she focuses on her home country, visiting sacred places... Read More

A Russian woman recalls her mother’s final days and her own grieving process in Oksana Vasyakina’s novel "Wound". After her mother’s death, Oksana has an endless list of tasks to complete, the most important of which is to take her... Read More

Curtis Smith’s lyrical novel "The Lost and the Blind" captures the plights of an addict’s son and a father serving a life sentence in prison. Mark is a disadvantaged teenager who seeks to rise above his hardscrabble upbringing in the... Read More

Black holes, new religions, and powerful stories ensnare orbiting beings with their intrigue and potentiality in Lavie Tidhar’s science fiction marvel "The Circumference of the World". In the loneliness of his youth, Eugene Hartley... Read More

A lively memoir that captures the happiness and confusion of being part of two cultures at once, "Dancing into the Light" is celebratory and affecting. Kathryn K. Abdul-Baki’s powerful memoir "Dancing into the Light" is about the joy... Read More

Textured illustrations utilize rich colors and fine details to depict the transformative power of reading through the story of a little girl whose older sister receives frequent letters from a doctor who once visited their village.... Read More

Blues and greens contrast with neon yellow and fiery orange in this philosophical bedtime story that tackles the rhinoceros in the room. When Ludwig’s father comes to check on why he’s not asleep, Ludwig insists there is a rhinoceros... Read More