The lucky Chinese Year of the Horse begins today, which has our thoughts turning to equines—a popular subject among many book lovers. As a child growing up in a city, my experience with horses was limited to books, Lisa Frank Trapper Keepers, and the occasional school field trip to a farm. But despite this minimal […]

Whether you know a proud kindergarten graduate, a teen donning a cap and gown to get her high school diploma, or someone finishing the last exam for his college degree, a book is an outstanding gift to celebrate all his/her hard work and accomplishments. Here are ten choices that your giftee will enjoy for years to come.

What’s better than vacation? Reading while on vacation. But if you’re traveling with a carload of kids, you might not get much time to sink into an adult novel of your own, what with all the Cheetos flying from the back, little feet incessantly kicking your seat, and sibling squabbles that unfold in spite of […]

I have never had a problematic fave as beloved or as problematic as C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia. Growing up as a young atheist, Jewish, anti-racist, existentialist feminist, there were many moments in Lewis’s text that strained my unadulterated enjoyment of stories that were otherwise precisely in my wheelhouse. Remember when the Pevensies all die […]