A Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes : North America North of Mexico
The Grail Bird : Hot On the Trail of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker
Spring Snow : the Seasons of New England From the Old Farmer's Almanac
A Country Year : Living the Questions
Among Schoolchildren
Old Friends
The Neddiad : How Neddie Took the Train, Went to Hollywood, and Saved Civilization
Publisher Weekly Review: Starred Review. In Pinkwater's (The Hoboken Chicken Emergency) wonderfully silly book set in the late 1940s, young Neddie Wentworthstein mentions to his father that he wants to eat in the famous restaurant shaped like a hat. Never mind that the Brown Derby is in Los Angeles and the family lives in Chicago?Neddie's […]
How Doctors Think
Publisher Weekly Review: Starred Review. SignatureReviewed by Perri KlassI wish I had read this book when I was in medical school, and I'm glad I've read it now. Most readers will knowJerome Groopman from his essays in the New Yorker, which take on a wide variety of complex medical conditions, evocatively communicating the tensions and […]
Tale of the Children of Hurin
Publisher Weekly Review: Tolkien fans are sure to treasure this tale of Middle-earth's First Age, which appeared in incomplete forms in the posthumously published The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales. Those earlier books, also edited by Tolkien's son, Christopher, only hinted at the depth and power of the tragic story of Túrin and Niënor, the children […]
Rainstorm
Publishers Weekly Like her previous titles (Museum Trip; The Red Book), Lehman's new book follows a lone child on a magical wordless journey. But this one celebrates a slightly more plausible trip, and offers its hero friendship. As the book opens, a boy dressed neatly in short pants and a tie listlessly kicks his ball […]