Métis storyteller Chris La Tray’s expansive memoir "Becoming Little Shell" began as a compassionate inquiry into his father’s rejection of the family’s Native American heritage. Haunted by questions of identity after his... Read More

In Marielle Thompson’s intimate and enlightened historical novel "The Last Witch in Edinburgh", a women’s community entrenched in subtle spell-work and relationships faces misogyny and witch-hunting. In the early 1800s, Nellie, the... Read More

Jennifer Heath’s fabulistic short story collection "The Jewel and the Ember" celebrates love as it’s found in ancient texts. Inspired by Golden Age cinema, including Samson and Delilah, and by the idea of love itself, Heath retells... Read More

The true story of Olaus and Mardy Murie, conservationists integral to the creation of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and to the passage of the Wilderness Act, is told alongside colorful illustrations of the land and animals they... Read More

In Jordan Ifueko’s novel "The Maid and the Crocodile", an orphaned girl fights to make a home for herself while contending with a cursed god. In Oluwan, while trying to find employment as a maid, Sade accidentally binds herself to the... Read More

Inspired by the author’s experience emigrating from Russia with her family after the outbreak of the war on Ukraine, this thoughtful picture book speaks to children during uncertain times. A girl relocates to a sparse apartment in an... Read More

A brother and sister let their imaginations run wild as they embrace the first snowfall in this cozy picture book. The magic touch of the first snow transforms a greenhouse into an ice castle and a snow sculpture into a friendly polar... Read More

A mudslide sets off a string of unexplained violence in "The Orchids Lady", a sun-suffused mystery novel in Freya Smallwood’s Abelove and Bradley series. Ogy Bradley is a neuroscientist and widower who returns home to find his quiet... Read More