“Bat Loves the Night” by Nicola Davies, illustrated by Sarah Fox-Davies, 2001, Candlewick Press, $8.99, softbound, 31 pages: Suited for ages 5-8, this beautifully illustrated book starts with an ...

As my regular readers are likely to remember, I may have promised at one point a few columns ago that I would be moving away from my animal themes now that our summer reading program is over (which ...

The following is an excerpt from Bite: An Incisive History of Teeth, from Hagfish to Humans by Bill Schutt. When you purchase products through the Bookshop.org link on this page, Science Friday earns ...

Francesca Lia Block's Weetzie Bat books divide down gender lines in two paperback collections: Beautiful Boys (which contains Missing Angel Juan and Baby Be-Bop) and Goat Girls (which consists of ...