In this moving picture book, Rachel is looking forward to the Purim festival, hoping that her elaborate costume will help her win the coveted Purim crown. On the way to the synagogue, her cousin sees a man offering elephant rides. Rachel... Read More

A world tour comes courtesy of the humble egg in this bright culinary adventure. A is for Avgolemono, a “silky chicken soup” from Greece, and M is for Mote Pillo, hominy “scrambled in a bath of milk” from Ecuador, in this ABCs of... Read More

Laura J. Martin’s "Wild by Design" is essential reading, raising pertinent questions about what it means to be “wild” in an era of widespread ecological disruption. The concept of wildness itself is called into question via... Read More

A ragtag group searches a forest haven in the whimsical illustrations of this picture book about good friends. Duck receives a letter at his egg-shaped home from his friend Rabbit: “Please come! I lost my tooth.” On his way to... Read More

Elizabeth Husserl’s personal finance guide, "The Power of Enough", redefines wealth in terms of holistic well-being. An invitation to transform one’s relationship with money by rejecting the abundance versus scarcity mindset to... Read More

Incorporating a wide range of references to art, science, and religious history, "Knock at the Sky" is Liz Charlotte Grant’s beautiful, daring, sweeping interpretation of Genesis. In this mesmerizing discussion of the biblical book,... Read More

Nuanced, wise, and enthralling, "Elephants in the Hourglass" is Kim Frank’s extraordinary memoir about her adventures investigating the plight of Asian elephants in northeast India—inquiries that run alongside accounts of personal... Read More

Megan Rogers’s engrossing novel "The Heart Is a Star" dissects life, love, and truth. Layla, a troubled mother, wife, and anesthesiologist, navigates a turbulent life and an uncomfortable past. When her distant mother calls with... Read More