As the third entry in the Elemental Witch League trilogy, The Fog raises the stakes to biblical proportions, opening with Satan and the Nephilim unleashing a supernatural “end-of-days” weapon meant to drown the world in terror and death. From there, the novel widens fast—into a globe-spanning, good-versus-evil conflict where a young “Fundamental Witch,” Susan, and her …
Veteran educator and author Margaret Stenerson announces the release of two powerful books that shine a light on the transformative power of knowledge, curiosity, and lifelong learning: My Noble Profession (Third Edition) and The Joy of Knowing: Everyday Wonders and Science Stories. Together, these titles offer a heartfelt tribute to teaching as a calling, and …
The Jesus Trail: Following in the Footsteps of Christ by Pierce Kelley is a deeply moving and contemplative novel that follows sixteen-year-old Mekhaeil Zacharias, a Coptic Christian, as he undertakes a pilgrimage from Nazareth through the Galilee to Jerusalem. Still reeling from the horrific murder of his two older brothers and nineteen other Coptic Christians …
You know when you see someone’s obituary and you think, “I could have sworn they died years ago”? Well this week begins with a story I could have sworn I had reported on some years ago (I think I was actually remembering this story about emergency updates to enable devices to stay connected). The post …
In their debut collaboration, Sodais and Sullivan trace their parallel paths throughout the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan at the start of the 21st century. Sodais was a young Persian-speaking Afghan at the time of the rise of the Taliban, which was brutal for him. “The Taliban used their position of absolute power to punish and …
Maisie, depicted as a contented, slightly chubby young white girl, loves to ride. While her big sister, Zoe, is fast, svelte, and determined, Maisie trundles along on her comfortable, squeaky old bike, ice cream cone held in one hand. She would like to keep up with Zoe, but she’s also happy to ride her own …
When it comes to dogs, reciprocity rules: “We train them—and they train us. We care for them—and they care for us.” Puppy positivity is a big reason for our love of dogs: “Puppies live in the moment and make each day count!” The book recognizes the attributes that make canines beloved companions—fidelity, playfulness—as well as …
Gwendolyn Honeydale’s father is dead, but she seems to be the only one who cares. Her vain sister, Fanny, wears a dress to the funeral so revealing that it distracts the priest, and her stingy mother allows the gravediggers to take as payment the coin in her father’s mouth—the one that tradition says is for …
“Underwater pastures, / ancient as dinosaurs, / vital as trees, / filled with wonders,” Schaub writes as she tantalizingly beckons young audiences to join the racially diverse set of young snorkelers and beachcombers in Le’s flowing marine scenes. Slipping in explanatory notes between lines of sonorous free verse, the author begins by differentiating seagrass—flowering plants …
Middle schooler Mary Seaver is prone to energetic outbursts and offbeat behavior, and she’s filled with imaginative ideas. Her teenage sister, Allison, who goes by Al, is her polar opposite and wants nothing more than a typical high school experience filled with sports and school dances. When an alien presence reveals itself to Mary and …
“Without clear thinking, we only accomplish the wrong things faster,” writes Nugent, co-founder and CEO of a sports-focused tech advisory company. “A Phillips-head screwdriver will never be a hammer, no matter how fervently you swing it.” In these pages, the author lays out a program specific to sports franchises to help them develop productive plans …
Anthropologist Reese (Black Food Geographies, 2019) immerses herself in the subject of how present-day Black families and churches, mostly in the South, use the sharing of food to build and preserve communities and family structures. Reese grew up in rural East Texas, watching a beloved grandmother “stooped over tomatoes and her uncooperative collard greens, while …
Maudy Lorso is the head park ranger at Stone’s Throw State Park in Michigan. She loves her job, and she loves living in the town of Stone’s Throw, which is on the shore of Lake Michigan. Maudy’s life isn’t without complications: She’s running for a seat on the Village Council, but her opponents are wealthy …