Books for Adults

A pile of papers that are on top of each other.

Untangling: Sorting Out Past and Present (Chapter 28)

While I was sorting out my mother’s clothes and belongings in the present my mind...
A book cover with many dogs and words

I WANT 100 DOGS by Stacy McAnulty, illustrated by Claire Keane

The humor of writer Stacy McAnulty and illustrator Claire Keane pair as perfectly as Halloween...
A book cover with the title of death of a jaybird.

 THE DEATH OF A JAYBIRD: ESSAYS ON DAUGHTERS AND MOTHERS AND THE THINGS THEY LEAVE BEHIND by Jodi Savage and ORDINARY NOTES by Christina Sharpe

Last week I escaped my old white female perspective thanks to the memoirs of two...
A brown bear and a black dog are standing next to each other.

DOGTOWN by Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko, illustrated by Wallace West

Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko had a blast collaborating on DOGTOWN a book that new...
A picture book cover with two cats and the title of it.

DEAR STRAY by Kristen Hubbard, illustrated by Susan Gal

Kristen Hubbard’s DEAR STRAY has two main characters who are made for each other, a...
A girl is standing in front of a church.

THE LOST YEAR: A SURVIVAL STORY OF THE UKRANIAN FAMINE by Katherine Marsh

Katherine Marsh’s THE LOST YEAR: A SURVIVAL STORY OF THE UKRANIAN FAMINE tells the story...
A book cover with a man riding on the back of a horse.

SIR MORIEN: THE LEGENDOF A KNIGHT OF THE ROUND TABLE by Holly Black and Kaliis Smith, illustrated by Ebony Glenn

Holly Black and Kaliis Smith collaborate on a diverse Arthurian legend of a little known...
A pile of papers that are on top of each other.

Untangling: What residential living means (Chapter 27)

My mother had always created beautiful homes wherever she lived so moving to residential living...
A book cover with an elephant and bird.

GRIEF IS AN ELEPHANT by Tamara Ellis Smith, illustrated by Nancy Whitesides

For whatever reason the children’s book market place is awash in grief books and I’m...
A woman laying on the ground with her cat.

 LAYERS : A MEMOIR by Penelope Bagieu

Penelope Bagieu’s graphic memoir LAYERS: A MEMOIR shares sixteen short illustrated vignettes that show her...