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THE MOCHI MAKERSEndpapers hint at the treat that the child and Obaachan decide to make together, using a long-standing, matrilineal recipe. With Obaachan’s...
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THIS BOOK IS A MISTAKE!Finn the Frog usually likes his home on the page to be tidy: No doodles allowed by readers—only pictures by the book’s illustrator, Arthur Lin....
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ANXIOUSA young girl sometimes feels odd. The world becomes overwhelming, and it’s hard for her to find her balance. Everything seems dark and scary,...
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PUTIN AND THE RETURN OF HISTORYMartin Sixsmith is a former BBC Moscow correspondent and author of An Unquiet Heart , and his son, Daniel, is a historian and author of The...
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HOPE IS THE THING WITH FEATHERSIn the first stanza of this poem, Dickinson calls hope “the thing with feathers”; she extends the metaphor by referring to hope perching and...
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DID IT HAPPEN HERE?Once upon a time, a flamboyant political novice burst onto the scene. Extolling patriotism and so-called traditional values, he denounced...
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THE MAKING OF A LEADERGeorge C. Marshall (1880-1959) was vital to the Allies’ victory in World War II. Unlike most other American military figures, his postwar career...
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ILLIBERAL AMERICAThe protestations of adherents notwithstanding, there’s not much of a live-and-let-live ethos in American conservatism, born of European ideas...
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PERIL IN PINKJess Byrne and her business partner, Kat Miller, have every reason to be optimistic about the future of Pearl, their pink-themed B&B in...
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SOLAR BEARHow exactly the “solar” bear came to shine is never explained, but Wenzel’s luminescent beast does indeed glow against midnight blue...
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MAHOGANYPurple-curled Mahogany loves sewing and listening to music. As the book opens, Mahogany shows off the fruits of her labor: a gorgeous red...
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BRAVE BABY HUMMINGBIRDIn this addition to a shelf full of successful invitations to wonder at the natural world, Montgomery presents a hummingbird’s life from the...
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DEATH ROW WELCOMES YOUIn 2018, following a decade-long hiatus, Tennessee resumed killing death row inmates. As Nashville-based journalist Hale writes, the last time...
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THE RIGHT KIND OF WHITEBucks is the founder of the Barnraisers Project, which equips “White organizers from across the country to mobilize their own communities for...
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ESSAYS ON ART AND SCIENCEWinner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000, Kandel (b. 1929) brings his fascination with the intersection of art, psychology,...
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THE ANCIENT ART OF THINKING FOR YOURSELFReames, a professor of English at the University of Illinois–Chicago, breathes life into the study and technique of rhetoric, specifically why...
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HELL, NO, WE DIDN'T GO!“We were the last American generation,” writes Greenbaum, “in which lives and careers were interrupted and placed on hold, redirected,...
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THE CLADDAGHThe Leprechauns of the Kelly Clan are traveling across the Irish countryside to meet for their annual festival, during which the clan reunites,...
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SING BY THE BURYING GROUNDBoruch describes her 31 short essays as thoughts, “triggered by surprise,” that have collected into unexpected pools: “thought becoming thought...
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LOOKING FOR THE EID MOONSara admires the dress she’ll wear at the upcoming Eid party, while her younger sister, Lulu, peeks out the window looking for the new crescent...
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DISCIPLINESpark’s fifth novel opens on a Maine island in 2018 as an art appraiser named Gracie Thomas steps off the ferry, ready to be picked up for the...
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SAM AND LUCYSam loves Lucy. Once his smallest hen, she became the “star of the flock” after he lavished extra attention on her. Now Lucy watches over the...
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THE CASE OF THE ZOMBIE NINJASElderton, North Carolina may seem like any old small town, but it’s home to a brilliant supernatural sleuth named Dotty Morgan. The 12-year-old...
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SWALLOWS SWIRLFavoring denim overalls and long brown hair with bangs, the light-skinned narrator romps as the swallows’ lives unfold. A small barn, house, and...
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WHEN YOU GO INTO NATUREFrom virtues such as patience, teamwork, and gratitude to life lessons such as learning to let go and expressing yourself, the points presented...
