Starred Reviews
The Key from Spain: Flory Jagoda and Her Music
“This work is a must-purchase for library collections.”—starred, School Library Journal View →
The Great Shark Rescue: Saving the Whale Sharks
“Another wonder of the animal world, adeptly displayed.”—starred, Kirkus Reviews View →
A Map into the World
“Contemplative, curious, and kind.”—starred, Kirkus Reviews View →
Monstrous: The Lore, Gore, and Science behind Your Favorite Monsters
“Informative and entertaining throughout for readers undead or otherwise.”—starred, Kirkus Reviews View →
In the Jerusalem Forest
“Readers will be happily confused by this picture book.Almost every page of the story—based on a piece by Israeli national poet Hayim Nahman Bialik—is gently disorienting. The narrator is a young girl walking through the woods with her mother, and as they look at the reflections in View →
Old Man of the Sea
“[T]his gorgeous story will have [readers] returning to the beginning of the book once again to embark on the journey. . . . A masterpiece.”—starred, Kirkus Reviews View →
Eek, You Reek!: Poems about Animals That Stink, Stank, Stunk
“[T]he foolish foulness may just hook those who think poetry stinks. Rancid rhymes and syncopated stank and plenty of eeeew just for you.”—starred, Kirkus Reviews View →
Nature's Ninja: Animals with Spectacular Skills
“[T]he text encourages emerging scientists by noting that this research is current and ongoing—and that the more scientists learn, the more there is to learn. Arigatou gozaimasu for entertaining enlightenment!”—starred, Kirkus Reviews View →
My Whirling Twirling Motor
“The story reinforces that his being overactive and impulsive is not intentional and does not make him bad. The young narrator eventually internalizes his parents’ focus on his accomplishments, rather than his challenges, and he wonders what positive things he will do… View →
Stage Dreams
“This charming and poignant queer romance set against a Civil War–era backdrop will resonate with readers.”—starred, School Library Journal View →
“Color and composition combine to beautifully express friendship and the wonders of the world.”—starred, Kirkus Reviews View →
The American Dream?: A Journey on Route 66 Discovering Dinosaur Statues, Muffler Men, and the Perfect Breakfast Burrito
“Khor takes that ‘feeling of desperately searching for something better, for a new start,’ and adapts it to their own ‘pilgrimage’ as immigrant and artist traveling historic Route 66 . . . in whimsical full-color detail.”—starred, Booklist View →
The Dozier School for Boys: Forensics, Survivors, and a Painful Past
“A grim, harrowing, and important read with insights into the troubled juvenile justice system.”—starred, Kirkus Reviews View →
Wait, Rest, Pause: Dormancy in Nature
“A refreshingly original exploration of a physical process both common and important in the natural world.”—starred, Kirkus Reviews View →
Summer Green to Autumn Gold: Uncovering Leaves' Hidden Colors
“A visually appealing and unusually informative picture book for curious kids.”—starred, Booklist View →
“[A] refreshing glimpse of the natural beauty found in everyone’s unique features.”—starred, Foreword Reviews View →
Where Dani Goes, Happy Follows
“[A]dds up to far more than the sum of its parts, with gentle humor and deep strains of resilience and kindness. . . .This series just gets better and better.”—starred, The Horn Book Magazine View →
Summer Green to Autumn Gold: Uncovering Leaves' Hidden Colors
“[G]lorious art . . .”—starred, Kirkus Reviews View →
The Spacesuit: How a Seamstress Helped Put Man on the Moon
“An outstanding contribution to the recent spate of reminders that women too helped send men to the moon.”—starred, Kirkus Reviews View →
The Runaways
“An unusual adventure story with a core of mutual grandfather-grandson affection.”—starred, Booklist View →
“[A] delightful and fresh retelling . . .”—starred, Booklist View →
The Runaways
“Stark straightforwardly conveys family tensions, end-of-life concerns, and intergenerational adoration alongside an archipelago’s worth of vivid details . . .”—starred, Publishers Weekly View →
Sincerely, Harriet
“Searle tackles Harry’s anxiety about her illness as well as common adolescent concerns about friendships, school, and family with honesty and tenderness that will resonate with readers.”—starred, Kirkus Reviews View →