In Torben Kulhmann’s novel "The Gray City", a determined girl seeks out color in a desaturated world. After moving into a new home, Robin realizes that her new city is absent of all colors but gray. In defiance, she resolves to always... Read More

The author makes the introductions in this tongue-in-cheek, wild ride of a picture book about remarkable children—some of them fantastical, others closer to reality than you think. Each child receives a detailed spread with multiple... Read More

A brother and sister let their imaginations run wild as they embrace the first snowfall in this cozy picture book. The magic touch of the first snow transforms a greenhouse into an ice castle and a snow sculpture into a friendly polar... Read More

A grieving son reconstructs his dying father’s painful life story in Feurat Alani’s historical novel "I Remember Fallujah". Rami has always been a secretive father, spending long hours working and refusing to indulge the curiosity of... Read More

Forbidden love tears apart an Egyptian Levantine family in Éric Chacour’s novel "What I Know About You". Tarek always followed the path laid out by his family: he became a doctor to please his strict father, and he married the woman... Read More

Even during the Rush Era, Quill took his time cleaning the forest, mountains, and sea that all the animals enjoy. His efforts went unnoticed. When Quill went into hibernation, however, the other animals soon realized the impact of his... Read More

Atsuhiro Yoshida’s novel "Goodnight Tokyo" delves into the nighttime activities of a disparate group of Tokyoites. For her latest assignment as a prop procurer for film sets, Mitsuki must secure loquats off-season. Enlisting Matsui’s... Read More

An indefinable connection grows between a reluctant bodyguard and a yakuza’s daughter in Akira Otani’s novel "The Night of Baba Yaga". Shindo’s life is far from perfect, but when she is pressed into service as a chauffeur and... Read More