Collection: Books

The instant New York Times bestseller! "Warm and perceptive." --New York Times "Griffin Dunne knows how to tell a story." --Washington Post"Dunne is a prospector for the incandescent detail." --Los...

The author of Monkeys and Evening focuses her observant eye and lyrical voice on the delicate emotional negotiations of young New Yorkers. As in a series of deceptively simple...

A superb collection of short fiction--her first in thirty years and spanning many geographies--from the critically acclaimed author of Monkeys, Evening, and Thirty Girls. A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK....

In this companion to the bestselling nonfiction picture book Harlem Grown about the real-life urban community farm featured on Humans of New York, it's harvest time for the...

Could you follow your dreams if the whole world was against you? Gunhild dreams of becoming a real-life god, and everyone everywhere thinks it's a...

★ 2020 Ezra Jack Keats Award Winner for Illustration★ 2020 Ezra Jack Keats Honor for Writing★ A Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book...

“What should we watch?”   Never has a simple question sparked more family debate. That’s where this book comes in: Hey Kids, Watch This! is jam-packed with...

A debut collection of gritty, streetwise, and wickedly funny stories about Mexican women who fight, skirt, cheat, cry, kill, and lie their way to survival. "Life's...

Play a bunch of different games in this playdate-in-a-book with small learnings and tender moments.   This board book series invites young readers to take...

A vital anthology exploring the intersections between caregiving and abolition Abolition has never been a proposal to simply tear things down. As Alexis Pauline Gumbs...

Take a moment to stop and smell the flowers on a colorful visit to a flower shop in this bilingual board book series that introduces...

Body Impossible theorizes the concept of virtuosity in contemporary dance and performance through a study of the career of dancer Desmond Richardson. A virtuoso for the...

In a complex tangle of past and present, contemporary artists engage with the legacies of non-Western 20th-century counterculture movements   Increasingly, contemporary artists are returning...

Forrester's vivid, gestural paintings circulate around ideas of ancestry, family, reggae club culture and the violence inflicted on Black communities   This volume presents 45...

Grab a basket and take a delightful stroll through a fruit shop in this first of a bilingual board book series that introduces the youngest...

The life and legacy of pioneering international basketball superstar Hakeem Olajuwon, a two-time NBA champion whose Hall of Fame career forever changed the game, both...

Thoughtful, nerdy fifth-grader Nyla sets out to win her school's bird watching competition, while balancing old friends with new in this heartfelt debut.   Nyla...

Two-time Caldecott Medal winner Chris Raschka captures the sound, passion, innovation, and love of the arts that the renowned jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams shared...

The jazz musician-composer-arranger Mary Lou Williams spent her sixty-year career working in--and stretching beyond--a dizzying range of musical styles. Her integration of classical music into...

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry takes readers on an entertaining and edifying tour of the universe....

In the years immediately after the Civil War, tens of thousands of former slaves deposited millions of dollars into the Freedman's Bank. African Americans envisioned...

The young penguin in this board book edition of Mary Murphy's perennial favorite likes holding hands, dancing, eating new things, reading, and having all sorts...

Calling all budding gardeners! What would you like to grow today? Is it green beans, or peas? Corn or carrots? There's so much to learn...

Have you ever thought about what the best aquatic pet would be? It's an octopus, of course! When a little girl fantasizes about having a...