A familiar idiom gets a picture-book twist in this story about a determined animal lover. Olivia’s mother sends her to buy eggs, but she can’t resist when she sees a circus for sale. When the animals make a mess of the house and the... Read More

Going beyond headlines of war and strife, Artem Chapeye’s "The Ukraine" parts the veil to offer an earthy, humane look at the people and places of Ukraine. Chapeye is a Ukranian native and traveling journalist, and his compendium of... Read More

In Brenda Iijima’s multilayered science fiction novel "Presence", interspecies and interdimensional communication is transcendent. On toxic Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay, people from different chronological dimensions coexist,... Read More

Noa the house-sprite can find just about anything—except a friend. With a hat, a sandwich, and boundless determination, he leaves to find a home with friends. Along the way, he meets a bear, a ferret, and a wolf; the quartet’s search... Read More

A heartbroken woman who’s estranged from her father confronts her relationship fears while exploring German cooking in Sara Brunsvold’s homespun Christian novel "The Divine Proverb of Streusel". Though her boyfriend, Isaac, is eager... Read More

"Nothing Sacred" is an anthology of short stories dedicated to the audacious and profane. This incendiary, daring book is filled with a diverse roster of stories that probe the boundaries of social and political conventions. In Alex... Read More

Bright watercolor illustrations follow the true story of a book’s remarkable journey through generations and across multiple wars. In Spain in 1350, a Jewish bride and groom are gifted a handpainted Haggadah, a text that guides the... Read More

A boy who died and saw heaven as a child grapples with his perceptions of the experience, Christianity, and his newfound sexual orientation in Eric Schlich’s humorous, introspective novel "Eli Harpo’s Adventure to the Afterlife". Eli... Read More