Reviews
Khalil's Clothes
“[A]n enjoyable little book for a beginning reader, providing content that is easy and engaging.Reviewer Rating: 5” —Children’s Literature View →
Abby Wambach: Super Striker
“Readers with an interest in soccer, women’s athletics, and sports in general will enjoy learning more about Abby Wambach and her stellar contributions. Reviewer Rating: 4” —Children’s Literature View →
Meet Cooper Kupp: Los Angeles Rams Superstar
“Young football fans will appreciate the story of Cooper Kupp as well as the information, photographs, and statistics that are included in this sports biography. Reviewer Rating: 4” –Children’s Literature View →
Super Potato's Middle Ages Adventure: Book 10
“This journey will entertain and amuse readers interested in the graphic novel genre. Written with a humorous bent, this chapter in the Super Potato saga will entertain readers and leave them wanting to know more about Super Potato, a very unlikely hero. Reviewer… View →
Adele: Music Megastar
“This is a wonderful, hardcover book, celebrating the life and numerous accomplishments of the singer, Adele. The songstress, known for her emotional songs and larger than life voice, has won 15 Grammy awards, met with English royalty, and sung with many celebrities. This book… View →
Roads to Family: All the Ways We Come to Be
“Within each chapter, Ginocchio tells engaging, lengthy stories, based on interviews, of several racially and ethnically diverse parents, from same-sex relationships to individuals who wanted to be parents to heterosexual couples struggling with infertility, and how they brought… View →
The Lady and the Octopus: How Jeanne Villepreux-Power Invented Aquariums and Revolutionized Marine Biology
“Readers will be amazed by Villepreux-Power and the interesting journey she made from seamstress to self-taught scientist, credited with creating the first aquariums and studying live aquatic animals in the process of discovery.” –Children’s Literature View →
Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport
“Stelson masterfully provides background context for today’s young readers, while keeping the focus of the story on the children’s experience. Rating: OUTSTANDING”— BayViews View →
Perfect Presents!
“With its moment of dark humor, this picture book may appeal to school-age children more than preschoolers. Fun for reading aloud.”—Booklist View →
Perfect Presents!
“This short comic, told in very spare language, conveys a sweet, simple message that children should easily comprehend and, hopefully, emulate: Kindness begets kindness. The lively, humorous illustrations . . . are endearingly expressive. . . . This cute story is like a present and View →
The Bear and the Wildcat
“[A] forward-looking book for children who have loved and lost.”—Wall Street Journal View →
Arctic Ice Loss
“This book could be an eye-opening one for children . . . we must continue to do what we can, both for our own future and that of all the animals that depend on it.” –Children’s Literature View →
Super Potato's All-Night Dinosaur Fight: Book 9
“[A] playful book that combines action and adventure with a few laughs.”—Children’s Literature View →
Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport
“In a collective voice . . . Stelson describes rising tides of anti-Semitism, tearful partings, scary journeys by train and boat, meetings with British foster families, and then a return to Prague at war’s end to search out the scanty remnants of families and, long after, to… View →
Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport
“A necessary and inspirational book about a little-known light amid a dark period of history, this book should find a home in all libraries.”—starred, School Library Journal View →
Yuck, You Suck!: Poems about Animals That Sip, Slurp, Suck
“The colorful, comical illustrations bring about a lively scene and show animals with highly expressive facial features. Teachers may want to add this title as a literature connection to a study on animals or animal features.” –Children’s Literature View →
The Little Island
“The lesson that the geese learn is both important and impactful, and will definitely resonate with young audiences.”—Children’s Literature View →
Buildings That Breathe: Greening the World's Cities
“[A] highly recommended book that will enrich readers’ knowledge of our planet Earth while inspiring creatively beautiful change.” –Children’s Literature View →
Focus on Civil Rights Sit-Ins
“The books provide excellent introductions to topics that are often difficult to approach, but must be addressed both in our nation’s classrooms and in our homes in order to have informed citizens who want to make a difference for the betterment of humanity.”… View →
When Dad's Hair Took Off
“A funny and lighthearted take on growing bald.”—Children’s Literature View →
60 American Heroes Every Kid Should Meet
“This book would be an awesome addition to a social studies classroom for upper elementary through junior high students, and it would be a great gift for anyone looking to provide children with inspiring stories of heroic Americans.” –Children’s Literature View →
Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport
“Stelson employs a communal we to narrate this story of 669 primarily Jewish children of the Czech Kindertransport . . . Impressionistic acrylic, collage, and pencil art by Alko is embellished throughout with sparkling stars and round yellow orbs.”—Publishers Weekly View →
Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport
“Quiet but immediate. . . . The in-the-moment text combines with emotional acrylic, colored-pencil, and collage illustrations in Alko’s signature style to create a dreamlike atmosphere.”—starred, The Horn Book Magazine View →