Children's Books
A Perfect Spot – Isabelle Simler
An explosion of color that reveals the mysteries of the tiny animal world, A Perfect Spot details the life of a ladybug as it flits from here to there in an attempt to find a […]
Articles by Josh Olds
Children's Books
The Book that Kibo Wrote – Mariana Ruiz Johnson
A cute little picture book about the influence of stories, The Book that Kibo Wrote is the story about a story that makes its way around the world. It all begins with Kibo, a rhino […]
Children's Books
I Hate Borsch! – Yevgenia Nayberg
Any immigrant will tell you that part of one’s cultural identity is found in food from the motherland. All Ukrainians are supposed to love borsch, but what if (gasp!) you don’t? I Hate Borsch! Is […]
Children's Books
The Writer – Davide Cali and Monica Barengo
The Writer is the story about a man too busy writing to have much of a social life—which means it’s all up his dog to help him find friends. If I hadn’t just watched 101 […]
Non-Fiction
Confessions of a French Atheist – Guillaume Bignon
Ever since Lee Strobel’s now-classic The Case for Christ, the atheist-turned-Christian apologetics-themed memoir has popped up from time to time to varying levels of success. Confessions of a French Atheist by Guillaume Bignon is the […]
Children's Books
The Runaway’s Diary – James Patterson, Emily Raymond, and Valeria Wicker
Emily Raymond is a longtime James Patterson collaborator, particularly on books meant for middle or high schoolers. The Runaway’s Diary is no different, except for it being a graphic novel. Conceptually, I loved this book. […]
Beyond the Page
The Most Misunderstood Women of the Bible: A Conversation with Mary DeMuth
Have you ever read some of the stories of women in Scripture and thought that the traditional interpretation of their narratives just didn’t seem quite right? Eve bears the blame for all sin? Bathsheba complicit […]
Children's Books
Ultimate Quest (Treasure Hunters #8) – James Patterson, Chris Grabenstein, and Juliana Neufeld
Chris Grabenstein has been James Patterson’s primary go-to author for middle-grade fiction and you don’t have to read too far into Ultimate Quest, the 8th Treasure Hunters book, to see why. Patterson and Grabenstein craft […]
Non-Fiction
Neighborliness – David Docusen
“Who is my neighbor?” That is the question the rich young ruler asked Jesus as a means of justifying himself. And in response, Jesus told the story of a very unlikely person being a very […]
Academic
The Preacher’s Guide to Suicide – H.C. Johnson
Everyone has likely had their lives touched by suicide at some point in their lives. Yet, in my personal experience, clergy are often unprepared and unsure how to handle a death in that manner. For […]