Chapter 16

That Eerie Southern Magic

Twin sisters unravel a town’s haunting folklore in The Pecan Children

By Margaret Kingsbury | June 6, 2024

In The Pecan Children, the two authors behind the pen name Quinn Connor capture the eerie magic of a small Southern town and the twin sisters at the center of its spell. Robyn Barrow and Alexandra Cronin will appear at Novel in Memphis on June 11.

Germs in Action

A comic-style book for young readers offers a delightful tour of the science behind animal immune systems

By Margaret Kingsbury | February 29, 2024

Heather L. Montgomery explores the weird and wonderful world of animal immunology in her latest book for young readers, Sick! The Twists and Turns Behind Animal Germs.

The Call to Serve: The Life of an American President, George Herbert Walker Bush: A Visual Biography

Jon Meacham
Random House
384
$45

“Lavishly illustrated, ‘The Call to Serve’ is an intimate, illuminating portrait of the forty-first president, a man who was so much more than just his politics. In words and images—many found in a lifetime of scrapbooks kept by Barbara Pierce Bush—Jon Meacham brings George H. W. Bush vividly to life.”

~the publisher