In Simon Van Booy’s charming novel "Sipsworth", a widow and a mouse forge an unexpected, exceptional bond. Helen grieves for her husband, her son, and the strength of her once-youthful body. She returns to the village of her childhood,... Read More

Filled with fascinating astronomy-related facts, "Chasing the Stars" covers the first century-plus of the University of Wisconsin’s Washburn Observatory and the science it inspired. Built on a Dakota effigy mound in the 1880s, the... Read More

The story of the Garden of Eden gets juicy in this picture book that looks at the tale from a new perspective: that of the fruit. Rich, saturated greens, reds, and purples pair with swirling patterns and layered lines to create a... Read More

Sara Avant Stover’s compassionate guide for a heartbreak-illiterate world moves beyond grief and pain to nurture richer appreciation for life and the awakening of deeper, more mature personhood. Stover knows that heartbreak can be... Read More

Illustrated by his brother, Manni Coe’s touching memoir demonstrates how the patient rhythms of nature and family nurture can mitigate mental health crises. In November 2021, Coe was in Spain for work. He received a text from England,... Read More

Pithy and enchanting, Uta Seeburg’s "How Would You Like Your Mammoth?" covers the advent of cookery in prehistoric and ancient civilizations, showing how food directs people and illuminates societies. Seeburg asserts that food is a... Read More

A man restarts life after serving ten years as a political prisoner in the graphic biography "The Boy from Clearwater", which records society-wide changes in Taiwan over time. Released from Taiwan’s Green Island prison, Tshua Khun-lim... Read More

Set in the Netherlands, Jaap Robben’s novel "Afterlight" is about an elderly woman’s work to discover what happened to her child. In the book’s present, Frieda is in her eighties. After her husband, Louis, dies, she is deemed too... Read More