Reviews
Behind the Screen
“High concept, easy-to-read mysteries that will keep the pages turning.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Crayola ® Art of Color
“An easy intro to art history for the youngest set.”—Booklist View →
We All Have Value: A Story of Respect
“The blend of fiction and nonfiction works well here, as it gives abstract concepts a relatable form.”—Booklist View →
Who Invented the Television?: Sarnoff vs. Farnsworth
“The David-and-Goliath theme adds appeal to the straightforward text.”—Booklist View →
Losing the Girl: Book 1
“[A] gripping, affecting graphic novel. . . . A moody, compassionate reflection of adolescence in turmoil.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
World's Weirdest Sharks
“[E]ngaging content will have kids bursting to share the wild facts they learn.”—Booklist View →
The Family with Two Front Doors
“Ciddor’s lively novel transports readers to the Jewish quarter of the town of 1920s Lublin, Poland, where the Rabinovitch family of 11 (including a rabbi father, a mother, and their nine children) carries out its Orthodox traditions in both rambunctious and respectful style.… View →
Can You Hear a Coo, Coo?
“This board book tells the story of Noah’s Ark through simple and amusing illustrations accompanied by a text full of animal sounds and movement words. Reading the book is a lively, interactive learning experience. As children look at the color images of the animals, they can… View →
The Weaver
“[T]he underlying, sympathetically portrayed message of finding ways to cope with losing beloved things is one readers may relate to and appreciate.”—Booklist View →
Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship
“It took four people to bring us Can I Touch Your Hair? and countless others to bring it to our library and bookstore shelves. It takes only one person to buy it and show it to a kid. And it takes only one to use it as the conversation starter we’ve needed for so… View →
A Side of Sabotage: A Quinnie Boyd Mystery
Middle Grade Fiction A Side of Sabotage: A Quinnie Boyd Mystery (Quinnie Boyd Mysteries #3) by C.M. Surrisi I had the opportunity to read a digital ARC of this middle grade mystery novel courtesy of NetGalley. A few years ago, I read the Maypop… View →
The Spy Who Played Baseball
Baseball player—Moe Berg—who went by the name of Runt Wolfe—“didn’t just steal bases. He stole enemy secrets.” Jones describes Berg’s childhood in New Jersey, where his love for baseball was matched by his love of learning. Berg played for the… View →
Gal Gadot, best known for playing the title role in Wonder Woman, grew up a long way from Hollywood. Born and raised in Israel, she became a confident, athletic young woman who represented her country in the Miss Universe pageant before serving two years in the military, where she taught View →
The Recruit
“Reluctant readers will not be so reluctant after The Recruit; in fact, they’re likely to gobble up the entire series and become readers in the process . . .”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Troublemakers
“Barter’s debut displays impressive skill and authenticity . . .”—Booklist View →
“With its short, rhythmic text and its rich, embellished, shiny pages with animals, flowers, and trees just waiting to be discovered, this is a reassuring yet inventive bedtime book.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
I Got a Chicken for My Birthday
“This chicken story is definitely as good as a ticket to an amusement park, maybe better.”—Booklist View →
Chavo the Invisible
Chavo the Invisible is the third installment of writer Lee Nordling’s ‘’Game For Adventure” series of wordless mini-graphic novels, following Andrew the Seeker and Belinda the Unbeatable. It’s his first with artist Flavio Silva, as Patty Cake‘s Scott Roberts… View →
Troublemakers
“Barter’s novel should appeal to a wide audience for its emotional honesty and its complex characters and relationships.”—Publishers Weekly View →
Tu B'Shevat Is Coming!
“How better to introduce young children to Tu B’Shevat, the birthday of the trees, than through colorful pictures that show what the holiday is all about? In this colorful board book, a child can see a young family planting trees, feeding birds, and filling plates with… View →
Sadie's Snowy Tu B'Shevat
“Sadie is eager to celebrate Tu B’Shevat, the birthday of the trees, by planting a tree in her backyard—even though the ground is covered in snow. Undeterred, she digs and digs, while beautifully illustrated visions of a magnificent tree—wearing the season-appropriate leaves of… View →
“[A] delightful collection of short stories to be read aloud all in one glorious bedtime gulp or rationed to last a week.”—School Library Journal View →
Bubbe's Got the Beat
“A close-knit Jewish family’s preparations for Shabbat are set to a hip-hop beat in this attractive board book. Each lively four-line verse is sung by a smiling boy sporting a backwards baseball cap. His gray-haired Bubbe, wearing a sunny yellow apron, dances along waving a… View →