Ellen Bass’s poems might best be described as transcendental incidentalism. In "Like a Beggar", her prose moseys along, skillfully detailing tightly framed shots, one right after another, and then “a boy on a bicycle rides by.”... Read More

Some poets can’t contain their morosity, some, their cynicism, and others make mirth at the damndest times. Sasha Steensen, step forward, si vous plaît, cha-cha-chagrin included. Wickedly sharp, Steensen will relentlessly poke a stick... Read More

Laureates disdain the limerick, poetic device of many a hick. But not always. Case in point, Paul Ingram, renowned wit and bookseller at Prairie Lights Bookstore in Iowa City, who weathered the limeridicule and released this... Read More

Yes, poetry delights, yes, poetry disturbs, but at best, poetry brings clarity to the half truths and enduring myths of the human race. By that measure, Stonehenge is a majestic poem created by long-ago masons to better help them... Read More

Plagued by nightmares, comic superhero–adoring Charlie is lovable in his innocence and sheepishness. He’s bullied at school, but when his most frightening nightmares turn out to be true, he must learn to take control and overcome his... Read More

The tagline of this series, “A Treasury of Glorious Goddesses,” sums up the noble aim of the books: to educate young readers on little-known mythology and to open minds to other cultures and alternate understandings of the world. In... Read More

Martin Cruz and Hannah Vaughan believe their town is cursed; that’s why the high school football team always loses, the two major factories went bankrupt, and strange accidents keep occurring. The kids team up to save the mysterious... Read More

This laugh-out-loud adventure follows curious Murilla Gorilla as she tries to solve the case of the hole in the hammock. Her adorable friendliness and absent-mindedness make her a heroine to cheer for. Join this goofy detective and her... Read More