"Hope on the Border" is an inspiring, action-oriented social science survey focused on the work of one philanthropic organization. Gil Gillenwater’s celebratory social science survey "Hope on the Border" spotlights the compassionate... Read More

The activist’s memoir "A Vision of Hope" draws on personal experiences with family addiction and incarceration to propose systemic reforms. Andrew Drasen’s reflective memoir "A Vision of Hope" combines personal confession with civic... Read More

Romance and intimacy are not pathways to anyone’s happily-ever-after in the poems of "The Thorn Key", whose entries are seamless in reimagining fairy tales in the context of feminist values. Folklorist Jeana Jorgensen’s muscular... Read More

A wiry sapling anticipates a village celebration “on the longest of nights,” crossing her branches that she’ll be chosen to be decorated, danced around, and keep the “darkness at bay.” A wise neighboring tree cautions her that... Read More

A Korean American girl helps her mother prepare to host Thanksgiving in this warm, celebratory picture book about the joy of intermingling cultures. Though the two sides of her family have quite different tastes, the girl hopes to... Read More

Don’t Look Down! is a lively memoir–cum–entrepreneur’s guide that illustrates the benefits of pursuing every opportunity with gusto. Entrepreneur Bob Campana’s lively memoir–cum–leadership guide Don’t Look Down! draws on... Read More

Preparing for bedtime is akin to an adventure in this cheeky, cheery, onomatopoeic rhyming picture book that encourages children to “dream bold and bright.” It begins with the toot of a welcoming train headed for the night. Little... Read More

This warm story in which friendship has a vivifying effect begins on an icy day, when a lonely wolf happens upon a red teddy bear in the snow. It feels like kismet: he’s in want of a friend. Soon, he and the bear are climbing trees,... Read More