Noteworthy new or recent releases
Four albums pay homage to a genre that still lifts spirits today
Four new picture book releases
Four classic fiction reviews
Five recent treadmill books
Several good children’s books get swept up in the furor over critical race theory
Life on the range with Hank the Cowdog
Propaganda film about Korean War shows the power of lies to shape the future
Plus: Al Capone faces justice, and a deadly disaster in Wales
