In his memoir "Portrait in Red", L. John Harris pursues multiple avenues (and delightful detours) in an attempt to solve an art mystery in Paris. Harris, who attended art school at Berkeley in the 1960s, arrived in Paris on magazine... Read More

Elegiac in tone, Jessica Kirkness’s "The House with All the Lights On" is a touching family memoir in which language and technology enable connections with deaf grandparents. Kirkness grew up next door to her grandparents, immigrants... Read More

A mother reassures her child of the depths of her love in this stunning picture book that will fast become a bedtime ritual. “I love you like the mighty eagle loves to soar” and “like wolf cubs love to laze” are among the nature... Read More

This picture book biography is the latest in a celebrated series, rooting adult successes in childhood lessons. Growing up, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry struggled in school; he failed his Naval Academy entrance exams and found little career... Read More

Gerald Easter and Mara Vorhees’s "The Last Stand of the Raven Clan" is an engrossing history of the Tlingit-Russian war, its causes, and its impacts on North America. Written from the perspective of the Tlingit, this refreshing... Read More

In a compelling, conversational style that brings together two unlikely subjects, David Ladensohn’s book explores fly fishing alongside the life and legacy of Leonardo da Vinci. The book follows da Vinci’s life with admiration,... Read More

The life and work of a movie star and fashion icon are recounted in Michele Botton’s graphic biography "Audrey Hepburn". Hepburn was known for her films and sense of style, but the book reveals that there was much more to her.... Read More

Vicky Cowie’s sweet fairy tale book "Tales from Muggleswick Wood" ventures into a magical world of gnomes, pixies, and stink-resistant moles. A grandmother tells a bedtime story, each dedicated to one of her five grandchildren during... Read More