Anyone who loves Seattle or wants to know its history has been given a great gift—Tributes: Black People Whose Names Grace Seattle Sites...

Molly Hashimoto has done it again! She has created a beautiful book on Mount Rainier that will appeal to all who see this mountain as the...

Seattle, Past to Present, by Roger Sale, introduction by Knute Berger University of Washington Press (December 15, 2019) I will apologize...

Birds of the West An Artist’s Guide by Molly Hashimoto This is an exquisite book! It would be a wonderful gift for either a bird lover or...

Remembering things you didn’t know you had forgotten is the magic that comes from smelling braided sweetgrass. On a recent trip to the...

Murray Morgan is back. The region’s favorite historian and an award-winning journalist, Morgan (1916 – 2000) is the author of more than...

I have been reading a book called Global Warming and the Sweetness of Life, A Tar Sands Tale, by Matt Hern and Am Johal, with wonderful...

Granny Can’t Remember Me is a children’s picture book recently published by long-time Madrona resident, Susan McCormick. The book is a...

Chief Seattle and the Town That Took His Name: The Change of Worlds for the Native People and Settlers on Puget Sound By David M. Buerge...

Curious Kids Nature Guide: Explore the Amazing Outdoors of the Pacific Northwest, By Fiona Cohen, illustrated by Marni Fylling, published...

Book Review: The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman, April 2016 by Penguin Press Last winter we began to hear, on dark evenings, the...

Editor's Note: This month our usual book critic, Anne Depue, is off enjoying warmer climes: Italy! To appease your search for mental...