Ten-year-old Sprig no longer gets along with her twelve-year old sister, Dakota. But the two manage to pull together during their father's extended business trip to Afganistan. They share concerns about his safety, and share other problems they are having with their friends.

Learn how to make your home and your life more environmentally friendly with these new "green" books.

The Guilford Free Library now owns a Kindle. It is the newest and most successful electronic book reader. With its new easy-to-read "e-paper" and light, compact design, you can take ten unabridged books with you in a device the size of a paperback. Soon you can bring it home and try it out--just ask at the Reference Desk for details.

Michael Pollan's new book In Defense of Food: an Eater's Manifesto revisits some of the themes of his earlier work, The Omnivore's Dilemma and encourages us to take a closer look at what we eat.

Three attractive new cook books focus on the cuisine of the Middle East, Britain and the American South