Children’s Books
Children’s Book Roundup: June 2024

Big new titles perfect for the littles.

    The CIA: An Imperial History

    Book Review

    The CIA: An Imperial History

    By Hugh Wilford

    What did the spy service learn from colonialism?

    Forgiving Imelda Marcos

    Book Review

    Forgiving Imelda Marcos

    By Nathan Go

    This poignant debut asks: Who’s entitled to offer absolution?

    Author Q&A

    An Interview with Sarah Faber

    The debut novelist talks Rio, family strife, and the challenge of writing complex characters.

    Book Review

    The Last of the Tsars: Nicholas II and the Russian Revolution

    What happened to the Romanovs as the noose tightened around their necks?

    Local

    5 Reasons to Attend the Baltimore Book Festival

    This FREE, weekend-long event returns to the Inner Harbor on Sept. 22-24th! Here's why you don’t want to miss it.

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    Dinner with Darwin: Food, Drink, and Evolution

    A fascinating discussion of the science and anthropology behind today’s human diet.

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    The Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur

    One of America’s lesser-known commanders-in-chief finally gets his due.

    Book Review

    pH: A Novel

    By Nancy Lord

    pH: A Novel

    An intrepid — and flawed — biologist sounds the alarm about looming environmental catastrophe in the Gulf of Alaska.

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    Crucible of Faith: The Ancient Revolution that Made Our Modern Religious World

    A remarkably complex exegesis on the Bible’s most challenging texts.

    Beyond The Book

    5 Great Books about America’s Birth

    A handful of nonfiction titles that capture how it all began