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Young and old alike find snow globes irresistible. It’s so tempting to hold these glass domes in your hands, to shake them gently or turn them upside down. They call to mind winter wonderland scenes, favorite childhood toys and most of all, the places we have visited around the world.

Cook along with Ada and her Grandma as they make Jollof Rice! In this book, Ada is a 6 year old girl who loves cooking and learning. She is part of an international family. Her grandparents are visiting from Nigeria and she is very excited! Her Grandmother has promised to cook a popular dish enjoyed by millions!

If you ever moved as a kid, you know how Lily feels – sad to say goodbye, afraid to start anew and angry – yes, angry – at the unfairness of it all.  Lily is the spunky heroine of  “This is Not My Home” the first children’s book from Eugenia Yoh, a 2022 communication design […]

Quite,  Rural, Magical Grief. — Kirkus Reviews Big gloomy clouds have hung over Delilah’s head and heart since her beloved grandfather died. But remembering an old trick he taught her on the farm, she lassos all the clouds out of the sky to navigate her feelings of sadness and isolation. The Cloud Lasso is a […]

Two woodland friends spot a mysterious pile of snow decked out with funny objects which they put to use in unintended and highly original ways, proving that things are what you make of them.

The epic inside story of the prosecution of a president, by Michael Isikoff, AB ’74 and Daneil Klaidman.

Though it ended more than thirty years ago, the Cold War still casts a long shadow over American society. Red Reckoning examines how the great ideological conflict of the twentieth century transformed the nation and forced Americans to reconsider almost every aspect of their society, culture, and identity.

Between 2016 and 2018, Elissa Bassist (AB ’07) saw over 20 medical professionals for a variety of mysterious ailments. Bassist had what millions of American women had: pain that didn’t make sense to doctors, a body that didn’t make sense to science, a psyche that didn’t make sense to mankind. But then an acupuncturist suggested […]

Ferociously funny and deeply moving, “Mother Doll,” the second novel from Katya Apekina, MFA ’11, forces us to look at how painful secrets stamp themselves from one generation to the next. It’s a family epic and a meditation on motherhood, immigration, identity, and war.

Alum Arang Keshavarzian, LA Æ94, has written a history of the Persian Gulf region that places Iran, Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula together within global processes.