Every book, great or small, takes readers on a journey. In this year's Daniel Boone Regional Library One Read, the voyage is more urgent — and gorgeous — than most. Charlotte McConaghy's 2020 novel ...

Essayist Margaret Renkl writes about what she calls "backyard nature," which, to those of us who live in crowded cities, might call to mind creatures to trap or squash, like rats, squirrels, mice and ...

In Charlotte McConaghy's Migrations, climate change has raged to the point that nearly all the animals on earth have gone extinct. But despite the book's frightening logline, it isn't dystopian. The ...

Discover the best children's picture books, chapter books, and middle grade books about immigration, refugees, migration, migrant work, deportation, poverty, and culture. I hope this list is helpful.

Editor's note: For four Sundays in September, Karena Tse of Daniel Boone Regional Library will explore a different aspect of this year's One Read title, "Migrations" by Charlotte McConaghy. Columns ...

This year’s One Read book, “Migrations” by Charlotte McConaghy, showcases the “cli-fi” — climate fiction — genre. Climate change, extinction, romance and mystery are all found within the roughly ...

A panel discussion on the Great Migration and the 9th annual African American Family Book Expo. We continue our look at the new PBS docuseries from Henry Louis Gates, Jr., "Great Migrations: A People ...

On the evening of September 8, 2020, the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos erupted in flames. The inferno was exacerbated by the camp’s close quarters and shoddy construction. As Lauren ...

The Edith’s checkerspot butterfly is a delicate insect, with a wingspan less than a thumb’s length and a tendency to hide from the rain. For many years, these butterflies were thought to be “the ...