Reviews
Mallory's Super Sleepover
http://lollipopscottage.blogspot.com/2011/08/books-with-cookies-and-milk-35.html Books With Cookies And Milk (35) Mallory’s Super Sleepover Written by: Laurie Friedman Illustrated by: Jennifer Kalis Mallory wants to celebrate… View →
“Ella, along with her parents and her stuffed animal Koofi the Kof (monkey), fly to Israel. On the plane Ella spills mango juice on Koofi. As the smiling stewardess wipes the juice off Koofi she says, ‘Eyn ba’aya. No problem,’ which becomes a refrain throughout… View →
Jumping Jenny
“Jenny loves to jump. She is constantly jumping over cracks in the sidewalk and over fences with and without her pogo stick. Her jumping gets her in trouble in school, where she knocks over a box of caterpillars in the science room and bumps into the hot lunch cart in the… View →
“Ofanansky and Alpern offer a fresh take on Rosh Hashanah with this picture book tour of a bee farm. Readers follow a children’s class as students are shown how bees make honey. Color photographs and a running narrative combine to produce an easy-to-grasp book that is about science View →
“Helena’s dilemma is one that might more commonly be found in books for older readers, making this gentle, measured treatment a noteworthy achievement.” —Publishers Weekly View →
Jumping Jenny
“There is something about a book that makes us laugh and think at the same time! Jumping Jenny is one of those both engaging and thoughtful.” — Working Mother View →
When I Woke Up I Was a Hippopotamus
“The sheer energy of this gorgeous book perfectly encapsulates the enviably flexible imaginations of young children as a little boy starts the morning as a lazy hippopotamus and metamorphoses into a robot, statue, monkey, monster and even a rocket in the space of one short day.… View →
“Unlike most sleepaway-camp books for this age, this one is reassuring and positive, especially for firsttime campers.” —Booklist View →
Everything I Was
“Irene’s struggle to find what she truly wants will inspire other struggling teens to do the same. The novel is a smooth read, which captivates the audience, making the reader want to read the entire book in one setting…. This novel is for teens who want their voices to View →
Gracie the Lighthouse Cat
“This true story of a double rescue in 1838, in which Grace Darling, a lighthouse keeper’s daughter, alerts her father to a storm-struck ship at the same time the lighthouse cat, Gracie, discovers one of her kittens is missing, is illustrated with lush, expressive paintings.… View →
Going on a Hametz Hunt
“Also perfect for this age is a board book, Going on a Hametz Hunt by Jacqueline Jules, illustrated by Rick Brown ($5.95). Using rhymes and counting, the little ones can be brought into the fun of the pre-holiday search for hametz.” — Chicago Jewish Star Magazine View →
A Tale of Two Seders
“Mindy Avra Portnoy’s A Tale of Two Seders, also offers a different take on the classic family themes of the holiday. The story follows a little girl who after her parents divorce spends one Seder at her mother’s and one at her fathers. Over the years the Seders vary and… View →
Afikomen Mambo
“A newcomer to the Passover scene is the colorfully appealing Afikomen Mambo, by Joe Black and illustrated by Linda Prater. Sold together with the book is a CD with performance by Black, who is well known for his music. Geared to the 3–7 set, this playful combination of… View →
Six Sheep Sip Thick Shakes: And Other Tricky Tongue Twisters
“Tongue twisters constitute one of the few challenges in which failure is as much fun as accomplishment, and here Cleary offers two dozen originals that should reduce the most eloquent youngster to a state of giggling babble. . . Surely there’s a phonics lesson in here… View →
Annie Hoot and the Knitting Extravaganza
“The exuberant and joyful tale about finding one’s bliss is accompanied by watercolor illustrations full of whimsical details (knitted tennis racquet, anyone?).” —The Horn Book Guide View →
Open the Jail Doors — We Want to Enter: The Defiance Campaign against Apartheid Laws, South Africa, 1952
“These series entries address three struggles in the worldwide history of civil rights. Strong texts provide readers with essential background information on such topics as the ILGWU, apartheid, and Chinese government oppression; the activist… View →
Big Bouffant
“This book deals with a serious issue—defining one’s place among one’s peers—in the most entertaining way imaginable.” —ForeWord Magazine View →
Oil Spill!: Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico
“Throughout, Landau applies the clear-sighted, nonalarmist tone of a veteran science writer but still manages to infuse the narrative with nearly the same urgency as an edge-of-your-seat disaster flick…. A spate of books on this topic are likely on the horizon, but few are… View →
The Absolute Value of -1
“The Absolute Value of –1 begins with Suzanne Fisher viewing the audience at her father’s memorial service. In front is her high school sophomore brother, Simon; his girlfriend, Lily, to whom he is indifferent; and best friend for lack of any other, Noah. In three… View →
Draw the Dark
“‘Draw the Dark’ is one of four books launching Minneapolis-based Carolrhoda’s new line of distinctive fiction that the publisher says ‘offers YA authors and their readers an opportunity to explore and experiment with the full range of adolescent triumph and View →
One-of-a-Kind Stamps and Crafts
“No-frills illustrated instructions explain how to create twenty different homemade stamps using inexpensive, readily available materials includes bottle caps, corks, buttons, and craft foam. Rudimentary craft ideas using the stamps—such as decorating invitations or making… View →
Battling Malaria: On the Front Lines against a Global Killer
“Battling Malaria is a fantastic overview of one of the world’s deadliest killers! From the trained scientist who simply wants a review of this global disease to the high school student who is just beginning to understand the life-cycle complexities of a… View →
A Tale of Two Seders
“A young girl has gone to six different Passover seders in the three years since her parents’ divorce. At the sixth seder, attended by both her mom and dad, the girl’s mother likens families to different varieties of charoset, a traditional dish: ‘Some have more… View →
A Hubbub: Book 2
“There are some amusing twists here—’Every fight you avoid is one you win,’ homilizes Ginger’s strict and orderly badger dad, just before helping the young folk set up a paint trap to drive off the feline interlopers—and Tharlet’s delicately detailed panels… View →