The Book Pages: Making poetry in Joshua Tree Plus, Naomi Hirahara shares a 'Godfather' story Joshua Trees are silhouetted against a morning sunrise in Yucca Valley.

A review of “The Bone Tree” By Greg Iles HarperCollins $27.99 816 pages Even for readers of Greg Iles’ 788-page “Natchez Burning,” book one in the trilogy about unsolved civil rights ...

17th Annual Festival of Trees Noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, noon to 8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Through Dec. 29.

A Christian publishing company released a children’s book that focuses on the importance of Christmas amid “woke” agendas being pushed. Brave Books publisher released “Mouse in the House ...

THE MANGO TREE (Abrams, 48 pp., $18.99, ages 4 to 8), by Edel Rodriguez, author of the graphic memoir “Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey,” begins happily enough.