I have always loved to read outside. It probably has something to do with Anne of Green Gables, or whatever other freckled and bespectacled ...

That title is a quote from a favorite picture book of mine, Shaun Tan's The Red Tree . It's being reprinted soon (coming in April, ...

And wrestle he does, and with such self-effacing cando r! When I first ran across this book while shelving in the Lit. Crit. section, I t...

  I am aghast! A book that I recommended for a scifi staff pick in April of 2009 is already out-of-print! Here's the story: I have been...

The "memoir" genre is difficult because (by definition) a memoir's plot is dependent upon the self-awareness of its author. If...

This Friday marks the release of yet another Jane Eyre film adaptation. There have been nearly 30 versions made as films or TV miniseries ...

Plain Kate by Erin Bow At first glance this story is bleak. The Heroine, Plain Kate, is orphaned young, left only with talent for carving...

It's Black History Month, and in the Kids Department, the display looks beautiful. Local blogger Kitri and the Animals recently blogged...