Sentiment has been a foundation of writing for centuries, capturing hearts with stories of cherish, misfortune, and yearning. From the slow-burning pressure of period shows to clearing adore stories that…
Teens love an excellent mystery—the fun of fixing a puzzle, the suspense of surprising twists, and the satisfaction of the truth. Whether your youngster is an avid reader or simply…
Introduction Who Was The Author Who Won The Children's Book Award? Kids' writing has a mystical approach to significantly shaping youthful personalities. These books show examples, flash creative mind, and make…
1. Exodus The early spring sky is a deep saturated blue next to the muddy brown of the dry, scrubby hills of the San Miguel Mountains in southern California. Save for…
In March, when parts of the United States began shutting down because of the coronavirus, the best-selling children’s book author Jeff Kinney faced a dilemma. “Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Adventure,” part…
Outsider stories resonate strongly with children: Even the luckiest of us start life in a land of giants where doorknobs and cookie jars hover beyond reach and adults call most…
In “I Confess,” the final essay in Moyra Davey’s new collection of prose pieces, “Index Cards” (2020), she recalls losing, as a child at school, a pencil given to her…
THE VANISHING HALFBy Brit Bennett Brit Bennett’s new novel, “The Vanishing Half,” grapples with that American racial chimera known as passing for white. Bennett asks: What is the cost, to an…
Image ‘A Burning,’ by Megha Majumdar (Knopf, June 2) A train attack in Kolkata brings together the fates and fortunes of three characters: Jivan, a young Muslim who is blamed for the…
How quickly can a whole nation forget about a catastrophe? In Chan Koonchung’s 2009 dystopian novel “The Fat Years,” China endures a huge, fictional crisis. Two years later, nobody seems to…
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OUR MAN: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century, by George Packer. (Vintage, 624 pp., $17.95.) “If you could read only one book to comprehend America’s foreign policy…
