Bar Fridman-Tell’s aching and alarming novel "Honeysuckle" is part star-crossed love story, part allegory about human attempts to effect dominion over nature. Eight-year-old Rory is distraught when his older sister, Wynne, outgrows... Read More

Blessed with longevity, a granddaughter of Leah sees her people through to freedom in Esther Goldenberg’s triumphant, trilogy-closing novel "The Song of the Blue Bird". Throughout major periods of Jewish history, Blue is there. She is... Read More

A rootless orphan is adopted into a starving village’s heart in Sandrine Collette’s striking novel "Madelaine Before the Dawn". La Foye sits at the edge of the world, cut off from civilization by a winding river. The peasants who... Read More

Images of young creatures being loved and supported fill the therapeutic picture book "You Are My Home". A therapeutic tool for facilitating open communication between young children and their parents, Julia Swaigen’s lovely picture... Read More

Suffused with supreme empathy, M. Darusha Wehm’s "The Department of What It (Really) Means to Be Human" is a probing speculative novel about the seductive landscapes of one’s memories. In New Zealand in 2043, life is more equitable.... Read More

A cookbook replete with light bulb moments for the ingredients you quite possibly already have on hand, Kate Young’s "Dinner at Mine?" is a wisdom-filled, enterprising cookbook. Young’s warm introduction reveals that she always... Read More

A child looks forward to visiting their grandfather’s deli each Sunday in this upbeat picture book that highlights the various delights found in cultural hotspots. Each trip is an opportunity to learn more about their culinary... Read More

This horizon-broadening bilingual picture book includes Hindi and translated Hindi text alongside its English-language explorations of a busy marketplace. Once at the bazaar, Meena is entranced by the variety of fruits and vegetables she... Read More