Reviews
The Huffalots
“A sweet, quiet book to help kids learn that as fast as feelings come, they can also go.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Fashion Rules!: A Closer Look at Clothing in the Middle Ages
“The book’s original artwork is interspersed with historical replicas and photographs to show off the complicated fads of the Middle Ages.”—Foreword Reviews View →
Behind the Bookcase: Miep Gies, Anne Frank, and the Hiding Place
“The book focuses in particular on Miep Gies, the gentile woman who helped them and then found the diary, and some of the details about her childhood are startling.” — Kirkus Reviews View →
My Sister Is Sleeping
“highly recommended for family, daycare center, preschool, elementary school, and community library picture book collections for children ages 3-8.” — James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review View →
Lulu the One and Only
“This book does more than simply tell a single story of biracial experience: It talks about navigating everyday racism in sensitive, but frank, ways. This affirmation is just as important as the power phrase. . . . All children will benefit from this pitch-perfect discussion of… View →
Second Dad Summer
“The book’s characters are vibrant, and the novel is welcoming and inclusive. Insightful and sensitive, Second Dad Summer is a story all about the meaning of family and the value of acceptance.”—Foreword Reviews, LGBTQ+ Spotlight View →
Too Far From Home
“A deftly written and thoroughly entertaining story with an important underlying message about the value of tolerance and cultural differences, ‘Too Far From Home’ is an especially and unreservedly recommended addition to family, elementary school, middle school, and… View →
Out on a Limb: Book 2
“Another fast-paced adventure for animal lovers, with a side of light romance.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Irving Berlin: The Immigrant Boy Who Made America Sing
“A book to share that celebrates an immigrant and his abiding love for his adopted country, its holidays, and his ‘home sweet home.’”—Kirkus Reviews View →
The Case of the Missing Carrot Cake: A Wilcox & Griswold Mystery
“Readers ready for chapter books will solve the crime and then be surprised by the twist at the end. Here’s hoping for more hard-boiled detecting from Wilcox and Griswold!”—starred, Kirkus Reviews View →
The Accursed Inheritance of Henrietta Achilles: Book 1
“An entertaining adventure.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Buen Shabat, Shabbat Shalom
“What sets this book apart is the use of Ladino, a Spanish-derived language of the Jewish Diaspora not widely spoken worldwide. Families with a Sephardic background will particularly appreciate this book.”— Kirkus Reviews View →
Taking Time
“Author/illustrator Loring-Fisher has created something truly special with this picture book. . . .A must-have for anyone sharing books with young children—simply exquisite.”—starred, Kirkus Reviews View →
Shalom Bayit
“A welcome book for any nature-loving toddler.” — Kirkus Reviews View →
Distant Stars: Book 3
“A tremendous finale to a singular trilogy.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
The Big Bang Book
“A stately recap drawing on current physics and astronomy and appropriately cognizant of their limitations.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
The Deadening: Book 1
“. . . [A] fun premise . . .”—Kirkus Reviews View →
A Girl Like Me
“A book to inspire the next diverse generation of girls to keep working toward breaking glass ceilings . . .”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Growing Up Gorilla: How a Zoo Baby Brought Her Family Together
Growing Up Gorilla by Clare Hodgson Meeker is heartwarming true story chronicles what happened after a mother gorilla gave birth for the first time and then walked away from her newborn baby at Seattle’s Woodland Park. . . Profusely illustrated throughout with full color… View →
Barnyard Bubbe's Hanukkah
“Overall, a sweet, secular book for Hanukkah. Formulaic but fun.”―Kirkus Reviews View →
Baby's Blessings
“Overall, this book would make a wonderful gift for a Jewish family welcoming a new addition, as it certainly conveys the excitement and joy of having a little one in the house. A sweet celebration of a baby, full of Jewish tradition.” —Kirkus Reviews View →
You Do You: Figuring Out Your Body, Dating, and Sexuality
“An affirming, up-to-date book for teens that encourages smart, informed decision-making about their own bodies.”—starred, Kirkus Reviews View →