Vicki DeArmon launched Foghorn Press and Sibylline Press, and has now written an “almost true” memoir of San Francisco’s ...

A new documentary takes a deep look at the art and craft of creating children's picture books, giving respect to an often overlooked genre. "Story & Pictures By" will be screened at Santa Cruz High on ...

Below, in vague chronological order, are a few of my favorites.

A sprawling Yiddish-language epic looks back on the lost world of Jewish life in the shtetls of early 20th-century Europe.

From picture books to middle-grade novels, here are the most popular children's books for every age and stage The best ...

As Women’s History Month draws to a close, I’d like to share four exceptional young adult nonfiction books of some very fascinating women--most whose stories I’d wager you’ve never heard ...

Reading historical fiction is a powerful way to experience the past through the eyes of someone living a very different life.

For about a decade, the prevailing view in the media has been that single mothers were not shunned in Estonian villages.

Nothing gets kids excited about history like a gripping story. Times, people, and places that might seem dull or far away in a textbook come to living, breathing life in historical novels ... check ...

With life lessons, farmyard fun, and Morse code, there’s much to delight young readers in these new books, writes Pet ...

Speculative fiction/thriller author David Giordano will be at the Central Ridge Library Wednesday, April 2, talking about his ...

Getting books into your library is one half of the equation, but the other half is getting them into the hands of your teens.