An orphaned mouse skitters through shifting, sometimes magical circumstances in the fantastical chapter book "The Christmas Mouse". In DJ Lenhart’s seasonal chapter book "The Christmas Mouse", an orphaned mouse yearns for... Read More

Instilling appreciation for wildlife in its audience, "Best Nest" is a fun and educational picture book that focuses on avian habitats. Lyndsay Wasko’s vibrant picture book "Best Nest" combines ornithology and splendid illustrations to... Read More

The exciting fantasy novel "The Witchfinder’s Sacrifice" wraps its suspense up in family histories and a longstanding clash among witches. In Rande Goodwin’s entertaining supernatural novel "The Witchfinder’s Sacrifice", a teenager... Read More

A young woman in love makes an impossible choice to protect her family in "Love and Other Cages", a fascinating thriller in an ongoing series. A couple’s happiness is threatened by the Russian mafia in Emilia Ares’s enthralling... Read More

Clara Törnvall’s cheeky, illuminating social manual The Autist’s Guide to the Galaxy turns the tables on autism conversations by focusing on how to engage with neurotypical people. Because articles about neurodiversity are often... Read More

A Japanese Canadian girl exercises her newfound courage in Jennifer Maruno’s historical novel "The Go-Between", about an island summer in domestic service. Sumi and her family live in Vancouver’s Little Yokohama during the 1920s. At... 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

A Chinese photographer in colonial Singapore and a museum archivist forge a connection through their yearning, time-crossing correspondence in Elaine Chiew’s mesmerizing speculative novel "The Light Between Us". In 1920, Tian Wei runs... Read More