For the past 20 or so novels and novellas, Laurie R. King has delivered gripping, award-winning books about Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, stories so intricately linked to the Holmes oeuvre ...

What makes an outstanding book cover? The Book Jacket Designers Guild of the 1940s ... including the Carnegie Medal-winning “Tom’s Midnight Garden.” Milton Glaser was the first graphic ...

For such a curious word, the term "blurb" has amassed ... Wouldn't the right blurb, placed just right on the book's dust jacket, be a recipe for great sales? The thing is, few people seem to ...

For younger children, the picture book “The Curious Garden” by Peter Brown (Little Brown: $16.99, ages 3-6) offers the same encouragement in an equally imaginative way. Liam, a boy who lives ...

This month’s featured book, “The Curious Garden” by Peter Brown, is a timeless tale that captivates readers with its brilliant illustrations and themes about having aspirations and caring ...