As the official librarian at Ballonsboro High School, Bessy Beebody, star of The Official Librarian: Bessy’s Back, has almost too much to deal with. Determined to be the best librarian ever, Bessy runs into trouble on her first day of... Read More

The history of Native American peoples is often a tragic mix of broken treaties and repeated clashes with the forces of manifest destiny that marched across the North American frontier. The story of the Southern Cheyenne, a tribe... Read More

Mental illness within a family is frightening, especially for young children who witness parental behavior they don’t understand. Author Texanna Fernandez attempts to explain the family consequences of bipolar disease, which can cause... Read More

Thomas Ousterhout, a psychologist and member the Association of Computing Machinery, the largest computing society in the world, has compiled a startling array of information about advances in computer technology, robotics, surveillance,... Read More

The poet Alexander Pope famously said, “Woman’s at best a contradiction still.” He might have been describing the heroine of Marilee Worrell’s novel, Kenzie. At age forty-two, Kenzie St. Clair is unkissed, a virgin, and... Read More

The story of one remarkable person is often the story of a family. Carolyn Dungee Nicholas’ book, Hilda, about her mother, Hilda Howland May Minnis Mason, pays homage to Hilda’s rise from humble origins in segregated, rural Virginia... Read More

Green Hamster is terribly bored. He’s certain that everyone else on the idyllic island of Fujimini must be having more fun than the hamsters, who are merely planning their daily Hamster Race and a birthday cake snack. In fact, Green... Read More

There is no shortage of books written about dogs—and lately, it seems, more and more books are being written by dogs. The dog is a beloved member of the American family, so it is not surprising that writers are putting words into... Read More