"Generation Dread" probes the psychological, emotional, and spiritual impacts of climate change with recommendations for turning ecoanxiety into action. With the planet appearing to be growing ever more hostile to life, ecoanxiety,... Read More

In Donna Barba Higuera’s distinctive novel "Alebrijes", an impoverished boy defies a realm of fantastical totalitarianism. Leandro is a crafty, compassionate thirteen-year-old who lives with his younger sister, Gabi, outside of... Read More

After her mother’s death, a little girl is joined by Empty, a large translucent creature, in this English-Persian picture book about moving through and growing with grief. Muted gray illustrations gradually gain color as the little... Read More

A girl is consumed with grief and guilt when her mother goes missing in Siȃn Hughes’s luminous novel "Pearl". Marianne recalls the exact moment when the police stopped looking for her missing mother and began searching for her body.... Read More

Kathy Kleiner Rubin’s earnest memoir "A Light in the Dark" spans three brushes with death. As a child, Rubin had lupus and was isolated until high school—the first death sentence she avoided. In college, she and her roommate survived... Read More

The people of Firelight Bay have summer all year, but they have never experienced the wonder of rain. Armed with a cloud in a jar, a coat stuffed with knickknacks, and a lot of ingenuity, two young explorers set out to fix that in this... Read More

In Curtis Campbell’s stunning, funny novel "Dragging Mason County", queer teenagers put on a spectacular show—the Drag Extravaganza—in their small town. In rural Mason County, Peter and his best friend Alan—two of the few gay... Read More

This bilingual counting book uses bold primary colors to depict the diversity and joy of the Bronx. Chefs shimmy to salsa, firefighters roll to reggaeton, and sopranos sway a rumba as children count from one to ten, learning about... Read More