The book offers a rich landscape to explore, one that will be new and appealing to many children. Linda Harkey’s Hickory Doc’s Tales is full of adventure and mischief relayed from the perspective of animals. Its stories are silly and... Read More

The legend of the Golem is brought to modern-day Yonkers, New York, in the graphic novel "Brik", by Adam Glass, Michael Benson, and Harwinder Singh. After twelve-year-old Drew loses his grandfather to gang violence, he successfully... Read More

Gentle allusions to the power of belief and of God form the story’s foundation. Liz Johnson combines a tender inspirational romance with the gritty impact of childhood abuse for a powerful story about the struggle to find, accept, and... Read More

A ragtag cast of supporting characters, human and otherwise, shines. In Debbie Burns’s "A New Leash on Love", Megan runs an animal shelter outside St. Louis. The temperamental beauty gives a handsome stranger a piece of her mind when... Read More