Reviews
The Epic Origin of Super Potato: Book 1
“Laperla’s parody strikes an easy comedic tone from the first page, and its wackiness unspools effortlessly. . . . A promising start to a series with appeal to strong and reluctant readers alike.”—Publishers Weekly View →
Pandemic: How Climate, the Environment, and Superbugs Increase the Risk
“Goldsmith’s writing is accessible and explains scientific terminology throughout. . . . Current and detailed, this is an ideal fit for middle and high school libraries.”—School Library Journal View →
The Family with Two Front Doors
“The nine children in The Family With Two Front Doors by Anna Ciddor (KarBen, £6.99), live with their mother and rabbi father in 1920s Lublin. They have two doors because they need two apartments to accommodate them all. Ciddor bases the story on the childhood of her Nana Nomi,… View →
Search for the Shamir
“Eric Kimmel has given us another educational monster/demon book. Think Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins (Holiday House, 1994) in ancient Israel. This second book in the Scarlet and Sam series sends the time traveling twins to Jerusalem during the time of King Solomon. They travel… View →
Bubbe's Got the Beat
“A loving rhyming adventure features Bubbe, who has gray hair and wears bright red sneakers. She makes chicken soup and challah, but she is ‘totally cool.’ Using a rap-type rhythm and rhyme, Press shows the love between a grandparent and grandchild as they work together View →
The Family with Two Front Doors
“How can a family have two front doors? Easy – if they live in 1920s Lublin, Poland, have nine children, and need two apartments – one to live in, the other in which the rabbi/father studies and conducts business. Based on Ciddor’s grandmother Nomi’s reminiscences, this View →
Girls on the Line
“A powerful view into the struggles faced by young women in a world that doesn’t value them—and where they must find strength within themselves and each other.”—Joanne O’Sullivan, author of Between Two Skies View →
Carey Price: How a First Nations Kid Became a Superstar Goaltender
“An inspiring story, especially for hockey fans and not just for reluctant teen readers.”—Kirkus View →
“Motherly consolation meets folkloric Indian artwork in ’You’re Safe With Me,’ a picture book by Chitra Soundar with striking illustrations by Poonam Mistry.”—Wall Street Journal View →
The Field Trip
“While an alien attack is the common thread, these stories are less about extraterrestrial problems and more about issues common to many teenagers. Characters struggle with pride, anger, lost love, rivalries, and first crushes.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Royal Pain
“High-concept, easy-to-read romances with feel-good messages.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
An Unlikely Ballerina
“This is a beautifully told, richly illustrated story.” – Chicago Jewish Star View →
All Eyes on Alexandra
“Ima and Abba Crane (as in birds) can’t keep young Alexandra Crane in line, in All Eyes On Alexandra by Anna Levine, illustrated by Chiara Pasqualotto. She’s curious and likes to explore. But winter is coming, and she will need to stay in the “V” formation… View →
The Edelweiss Pirates
“Edelweiss Pirates by JENNI-FER EINGREN, illustrated by DANIELA STAMATIADI, for ages 8 to 12. Kurt and his older brother Albert, who are not Jewish,… View →
The World Needs Beautiful Things
“Even as a slave in Egypt, young Bezalel found beautiful things to collect and keep in his Beautiful Things Box, in this story for ages 3 to 8, The World Needs Beautiful Things by Leah Rachel Berkowitz, illustrated by Daniele Fabbri. When the time suddenly came to leave Egypt,… View →
And There Was Evening, And There Was Morning
“Graphically imaginative and poetically told, And There Was Evening And There Was Morning by Harriet Cohen Helfand, illustrated by Ellen Kahan Zager is the creation story in rhyme. Told simply in rhyming couplets that children 3 to 8 will understand, the illustrations are at once… View →
The Flight of Swans
“McGuire’s spellbinding writing will embark you on a grand adventure.”—Christina Farley, author of the Gilded series and The Princess and the Page View →
“A stunning, reassuring bedtime story.”—starred, Booklist View →
The Flight of Swans
“McGuire has the right balance of heroics, poetics, and pratfalls. . . . Brava performance!”—Jane Yolen View →
Navajo Code Talkers
‘Navajo Code Talkers,’ from the series Heroes of World War II, tells the story of the successful communications of the Navajo code talkers, in the US marines, during World War II from 1942 through 1945, in the Pacific theater. This exciting true story of a Marine core of… View →
Science Educator and Advocate Bill Nye
Prepare for ramped-up STEM engagement with the latest installment in the STEM Trailblazer Bios series. In four to five brisk, photo-filled chapters, entries showcase each innovator’s early life, education, career, and… View →
“Leave a copy casually open at the desk for instant circulation, or put the art teacher, language arts teacher, and this title together and wait for creative sparks to fly.”—starred, The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books View →
Navajo Code Talkers
In the last two years of World War II, the United States Government employed Navajo Marines to create a coding system that was quick and efficient. With the help of these code talkers, the U.S. was able to gain control of important islands in the Pacific that helped to win the war.… View →
Outrageous Animal Adaptations: From Big-Eared Bats to Frill-Necked Lizards
Twenty-four different animals are highlighted in this book about animals who have physically adapted to their environments. Some of the animals include: Geoduck, Vampire Squid, Waxy Monkey Tree Frog and Naked Mole Rat. Each animal has their picture, a classification, their adaptation… View →