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Come Along

by Michelle Anne Schingler

Embedded with references to children’s classics, including the works of Lewis Carroll and A. A. Milne, this jaunty, irresistible picture book follows a singsong adventure through the funky-animal-populated wilds. Children will be... Read More

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Guardians of Life

by Mike Good

Both breathtaking and intimate, Kiliii Yuyan’s powerful photojournalism anthology "Guardians of Life" captures Indigenous-led efforts to reconnect people and the planet through traditional cultural practices. Central is the concept of... Read More

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What Am I, a Deer?

by Karen Rigby

Polly Barton’s insightful stream-of-consciousness novel "What Am I, a Deer?" is about a translator’s search for meaningful connection. An unnamed Japanese translator works at a computer game corporation in Frankfurt. Eccentric in her... Read More

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King Coyote

by John M. Murray

In Rachael MeyersJones’s stirring novel "King Coyote", a city boy navigates the rugged Vermont wilderness and the even more treacherous landscape of his family’s dissolution. Twelve-year-old King is a “soup-brained zombie” of the... Read More

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