The Jataka tales chronicle the many past lives of the Buddha, and this picture book follows one in which he is a compassionate, pure white elephant, Sati. His mother protects him, always taking care of him ahead of herself. As she grows... Read More

Martin Stevens’s "Secret Worlds" is a brilliant book on animal perception—the astonishing sensory adaptations that birds, insects, and other creatures evolved for their survival. Humans share five senses with animals; animals have... Read More

Splotches of color are sprayed across scratchy ink lines in this whimsical take on the origin and legacy of bagpipes. Charlie McCandlewick is a nightsweep, but not of the chimney variety; his quarry is the bogle creatures responsible for... Read More

The Math Kids: An Artificial Test is a surprisingly topical and worthy addition to the series, providing gripping suspense as well as brain-puzzling fun. David Cole’s Math Kids series has taken its youthful heroes into many a sticky... Read More

The climate crisis is a global problem, with every individual playing a role: Nikolaj Schultz confronts this conundrum in his lovely, essay-length book "Land Sickness". In beautiful prose that makes everyday moments seem profound,... Read More

A teenager learns when it’s time to set childhood ideas aside in the entertaining coming-of-age novel "Worldwide Crush". A superfan hopes to meet her favorite celebrity in Kristin Nilsen’s funny, bighearted novel "Worldwide Crush".... Read More

A creation story from the Indigenous people of Canada’s Northwest Territories is brought to life through the delicate illustrations of this bedtime story. Sukaq enjoys falling asleep to his mother’s stories; his favorite is one about... Read More

Otherworldly encounters transform a teenager’s new life in Clyde Boyer’s science fiction novel "Girl Out of Time". Anna’s head has always been up past the stratosphere, but when her parents die, she’s forced to come back down to... Read More