Ties that bind

Recent picture book releases

Passing the time

Four good reads amid social isolation

If the left wins

Books that look at the deep divisions facing our nation

Graphic crime

Thriller’s drawbacks show a changing PBS

Once-in-a-generation innovation

Jump Shot explores a sport-changing move

Unexpected appeal

Slanted storytelling can’t conceal the charisma of Phyllis Schlafly

Marx and Marks, Taylor and Taylor

New albums from artists with familiar music names

Complex conversations

Defending life and Donald Trump

Bringing children back to life

Poignant PBS films show efforts to help children traumatized by the Holocaust

Tales From the Loop’s negative feedback

Explicit content detracts from entertaining and insightful science fiction show

An adaptation of the Gospels worth watching

The Chosen is smart and entertaining