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New book recommendations from Grand Rapids Area Library children's librarian Tracy Kampa include stories from Christopher Denise, Mylisa Larsen, Sara Zarr, and more.

"Table for Two" is the latest book from New York Times bestselling writer Amor Towles—a fantastic collection of stories, each told with Towles’ signature wit and sophisticated writing.

Twelve Northern Minnesota teams will race in the Twin Cities on Nov. 1, 2025, plus 37 individual qualifiers from across the Northland.

Students and listeners from across the state send in their nature reports. Depending on the season, reports may cover wildflowers, wildlife, weather and other wonders.

During the Phenology Report for the week of Sept. 23, Staff Phenologist John Latimer covers falling leaves, migrating grosbeaks, and vibrant wildflowers.

Eight individuals from Northern Minnesota will also compete at state from Rock Ridge, Hibbing, Cloquet and Thief River Falls.

KAXE Staff Phenologist John Latimer provides his weekly assessment of nature in Northern Minnesota. This is the week of July 25, 2023.

KAXE Staff Phenologist John Latimer provides his weekly assessment of nature in Northern Minnesota. This is the week of Oct. 31, 2023.

“My favorite hour of the year.” Children’s librarian Tracy Kampa is back to celebrate another year of the Newbery, Caldecott and other American Library Association Youth Media Awards.

Törzs talks about how the 'enforced coziness' of Minnesota winters helps her write and the rules of magic in her debut novel "Ink Blood Sister Scribe."

Writer Robert Saxton turns bedtime stories into his debut novel of suspense, adventure, and wilderness awareness.

Clinton Dexter-Nienhaus is the naturalist at Sax-Zim Bog in northeastern Minnesota. The bog spans 300 square miles from Zim in the north to Floodwood in the south. Photographers and birders flock from all over the world to see the bird species and other wildlife in the black spruce and tamarack bog.

Food writers Lee Svitak Dean and Rick Nelson share the best recipes from the long running Star Tribune cookie contest in The Ultimate Minnesota Cookie Book.

Anna Farro Henderson's new book "Core Samples" highlights personal stories behind her science and political advisory roles and motherhood—a unique and compelling work of creative non-fiction.

Co-editors Michelle Filkins and Margret Aldrich look to reframe the traditional sense of locker room talk and celebrate the privates spaces where women are often at their best in “Locker Room Talk: Women in Private Spaces.”

David Nash's latest novel "In Wells' Time" will have you thinking about how you spend your time. The La Crescent, Minnesota singer/songwriter and author has recently been named a Minnesota Book Award finalist.

Students and listeners from across the state send in their nature reports. Depending on the season, reports may cover wildflowers, wildlife, weather and other wonders.

Minnesota writer and music critic Nate Patrin examines the history of pop songs in films in his new book "The Needle and the Lens."

Students and listeners from across the state send in their nature reports. Depending on the season, reports may cover wildflowers, wildlife, weather and other wonders.

Students and listeners from across the state send in their nature reports. Depending on the season, reports may cover wildflowers, animal behaviors, weather patterns and other wonders.