When we talk about George Washington, how many of us think about his dentist, John Greenwood, who crafted four sets of dentures during the first U.S. president’s career. Were it… Read the rest of the article: The secret sidekicks of history

Corrine Maier and Anne Simon, the duo who brought us the historical graphic novel Freud, are at it again with Marx, a graphic bio of the father of communism, Karl… Read the rest of the article: Marx – A graphic bio of the father of communism

I’m a huge fan of the Game of Thrones HBO series, and yet I admit I don’t retain half the details in this richly layered, complex, many-threaded fantasy series. Which… Read the rest of the article: This book is an enthralling recap of Game of Thrones to prepare you for Season 5

Written by pop-culture authors Buzz Poole and Christopher D. Salyers (who is also a toy camera collector), Camera Crazy is an attractively photographed collection of functioning toy cameras, which were… Read the rest of the article: A history of functional toy cameras

I haven’t recently run across a children’s book that has excited me as much as No Such Thing (see Cory's review here). Usually I see books for young children with… Read the rest of the article: No Such Thing – charming kids' ghost story with a deadpan sense of humor

“Put information in the right visual form and your audience will immediately get the gist.” – Gareth Cook

Open the pages of Cosmic Tourist and journey across the universe with 100 thrilling pit stops along the way. Your itinerary starts with Planet Earth, makes stops on the moon,… Read the rest of the article: The Cosmic Tourist: Visit the 100 Most Awe-Inspiring Destinations in the Universe

For anyone learning how to speak Japanese, this is a fun illustrated “picture dictionary” with over 1500 words that will help build up your Japanese vocabulary. Designed like some of… Read the rest of the article: Let’s Learn Japanese – an illustrated dictionary with over 1500 Japanese words

Great Maps is a visual treat that begins with one of the world’s earliest existing maps – the Bedolina Petroglyph (1500 BC) – found in a valley in northern Italy… Read the rest of the article: Great Maps – Over 60 of the world’s most fascinating and significant maps

The term bitter, when associated with food, has never whet my appetite. Bitter, like sour, leans towards the negative. “She made a sour face.” “He is a “bitter” person. Unlike… Read the rest of the article: Bitter: one of the most interesting and exciting cookbooks I’ve ever read

A few weeks ago while strolling through a farmer’s market in Los Angeles, I came across a vendor cart selling exotic plants that looked like they belonged on another planet.… Read the rest of the article: Air plants look and act like they belong on another planet

The 1960s were a magical decade in the world of toys. Toy companies like Wham-O, Hasbro, Mattel and Kenner were churning out captivating toys faster than toy stores could keep… Read the rest of the article: Light Bulb Baking – The 50-year history of The Easy Bake Oven

This beautifully illustrated picture book takes more than one read to take in all of the delightfully layered pages. At its first level, it tells a sweet story about an… Read the rest of the article: The Memory of an Elephant – A beautifully illustrated multi-layered picture book for all ages

Pre dinosaurs, trilobites roamed the earth’s sea floors for nearly 300-million years before becoming extinct for unknown reasons.

I’m a sucker for trivia, and Listomania is on my top-ten list of fascinating facts books. As the title reveals, the book is loaded with fun tidbits of information (over… Read the rest of the article: Listomania – Over 1,200 fun facts organized by lists

As a continuation of Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter, author Lloyd Kahn (former Shelter editor of Whole Earth Catalog) brings us Tiny Homes on the Move, which showcases 90 nomadic homes… Read the rest of the article: Tiny Homes on the Move – nomadic houses that offer an adventurous yet simpler way of life

A few years ago my then 8-year-old daughter, Jane, started reading collections of old Nancy comic strips. I’d never paid attention to the strip and assumed it wouldn’t appeal to… Read the rest of the article: Over 1000 hilarious Nancy comic strips from 1946-1948

At first glance, I assumed John Kenn Mortensen’s ghoulish images were storybook illustrations that were originally drawn on large sheets of paper. Then I read his tiny introduction and discovered… Read the rest of the article: Sticky Monsters – Magnificent monster drawings on Post-it notes

In the early 1900s, wrapping paper as we know it did not exist in America. People “dressed” their gifts in tissue paper. But in 1917, the greeting card company Hall… Read the rest of the article: All Wrapped Up – A collection of wrapping paper from its artistic glory days of the 1960s

Without question, cocktails are the most fun and playful type of drinks on the menu, with their vibrant colors, toy-like swizzle sticks, plastic straws, paper toothpick umbrellas, swords of stacked… Read the rest of the article: Kiddie Cocktails: hooch free drink recipes in a beautiful book