Luna was the best dog a boy could ask for, brought home from the farmer’s market when the narrator was six. She taught him patience, openness in friendships, kindness, support, and love. Losing her devastated him to the extent that he... Read More

Anthropomorphized mice—a father and his child–go on an observational adventure in this sweet picture book about how all creatures and elements work their ways back home. The young mouse is eager to come along when their father says... Read More

This awe-inducing ecological meditation in picture book form invites readers on a “never-ending journey through time and space.” Its ethereal, luxuriant illustrations overlay ghostly images of trees and people atop verdant landscapes... Read More

Bubbling with the joy of discovery, this sweet board book features flip-the-flap surprises across the course of a child’s visit to the zoo. An elephant’s expression turns sour when he realizes that the child has no treats for him; a... Read More

Joey always felt different. By nine years old, she was ready to tell her family the truth: “I am not a boy.” Though nervous about being rejected or misunderstood, she summoned her courage to reveal herself on Shabbat. Instead, she... Read More

In the late 1960s, a grieving twelve-year-old navigates the limitations of her group home in "Doubles", Nora Gold’s poignant novella about a derailed girlhood. Before her mother died, the narrator’s life on her family farm was... Read More

Set among a New Jersey synagogue’s staff and congregants in the month prior to the October 7, 2023 attacks, Nathaniel Popkin’s sobering novel "Partly Strong, Partly Broken" reveals the discord already roiling in liberal Jewish... Read More

A bashful girl is lured outside by a whisper on the breeze: “come, child, into the wild.” An adventure ensues in the depths of her garden; she discovers that “magic is everywhere,” and that her imagination can unlock all... Read More