Reviews
The Cholent Brigade
“Monty Nudelman loves to help his neighbors and, after a big snowstorm, he shoveled their sidewalks and driveways. Sadly, he hurts his back, and he can’t make his own Shabbat lunch. Luckily, his neighbors made cholent, a special Shabbat stew. See the classic recipe so you, too, can View →
The Missing Letters: A Dreidel Story
“The Hays, the Nuns and the Shins are jealous because the favorite letter for most kids is the Gimel. They decide to hide the Gimel so the dreidel maker can’t use it. Then, they realize you can’t have Chanukah without the Gimel. What will they do?” – Jewish… View →
Way Too Many Latkes: A Hanukkah in Chelm
“It’s Hanukkah in Chelm but (oy vey!) Faigel, the best latke maker in the village, has forgotten the recipe! Yes: potatoes, onions, eggs-but how many of each? Her husband Shmuel knows just what to do: he’ll ask the rabbi. The rabbi, Faigel counters, knows bupkes about… View →
Sammy Spider's Hanukkah Colors
“Sammy Spider and his friend Josh are back for their third holiday board book. Sammy watches from his web as Mrs. Shapiro lights the menorah. Then, they eat latkes and spin dreidels while enjoying the holiday customs.” – Jewish Herald-Voice View →
Way Too Many Latkes: A Hanukkah in Chelm
“The city of Chelm, ‘Village of Fools,’ is the setting of this Jewish folktale. Everyone who has tasted Faigel’s latkes dreams of them. But she can’t remember how many potatoes, eggs or onions are to be used in the recipe so her husband runs to ask the rabbi for advice: View →
The World Cup: Soccer's Global Championship
“[D]eserves to be on every young soccer enthusiast’s bookshelf. . . . Mesmerizing.”—starred, Kirkus Reviews View →
The Cholent Brigade
“When heavy snow falls, thoughtful Monty Nudelman get shovelling and clears his neighbours’ paths. But just as he finishes, his back gives way. He has to miss Saturday-morning synagogue — but all the people he has helped want to show him some kindness in return and all have the… View →
The Missing Letters: A Dreidel Story
“Children will be delighted to find out that dreidels come alive at night at the dreidel factory and talk to one another. Actually, they like to argue about the fairness of the dreidel game rules. The nuns are jealous of the gimels because … who wants to get a nun, anyway? But the… View →
Way Too Many Latkes: A Hanukkah in Chelm
“Chelm stories are supposed to be funny, and this one will inspire giggling in any child, particularly if the reader hams up the character voices. We learn that Faigel makes the best latkes in all of Chelm, but unfortunately for everyone else, she makes only enough for herself and… View →
Honk! Splat! Vroom!
“Everyone (except the cat) wins in this light, funny tale.”—Publishers Weekly View →
Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship
“Qualls and Alko’s layering of print newspaper clippings over paint begs readers to take a closer look. . . . [A]n excellent read-aloud or a launch pad for collaborative classroom writing.”—The Horn Book Magazine View →
I, Claudia
“Pretty Little Liars by way of ancient Rome—a wild, exciting ride, but full of caution about leadership run amok.”—Anthony Breznican, author of Brutal Youth View →
Honk! Splat! Vroom!
“With the minimal text, children can have fun providing their own play-by-play accounts for this action-packed race.”—Booklist View →
Way Too Many Latkes: A Hanukkah in Chelm
“Introduce young readers to Chelm, the traditional village of fools, with Way Too Many Latkes, a Hanukkah in Chelm by Linda Glaser (appetisingly illustrated by Aleksandar Zolotic, KarBen, £6.50). Faigel is making latkes but she cannot remember the recipe. Some careless advice from… View →
Addiction and Overdose: Confronting an American Crisis
“[A] well-constructed, comprehensive text. . . . [A] much-needed book for public and school libraries . . .”—VOYA View →
Auma's Long Run
“Odhiambo’s heartbreaking tale of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s weaves the many threads of the disease’s course into one accessible cloth.”—The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books View →
On the Free
“[A] fast-paced survival story . . .”—VOYA View →
The Zephyr Conspiracy
“[A]n easy-reading, fast-paced series of six gamer adventures.”—VOYA View →
The Notations of Cooper Cameron
“O’Reilly’s rhythmic prose is evocative in its cadence and repetition, giving Cooper’s struggle against his compulsions a poignant immediacy . . .”—The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books View →
Paper Butterflies
“[A] beautifully heartbreaking story . . .”—VOYA View →
The Missing Letters: A Dreidel Story
“It is night in the dreidl workshop and the Hebrew letters (drawn by Iryna Bodnaruk as big-eyed creatures, similar to clothed baby hedgehogs) are having a debate — except for the gimmels, who are sleeping sweetly in their tray). The other letters are upset that everybody wants… View →
“Sweeping lines and elongated shapes make goats and camels appear graceful in this arid Kenyan landscape and lend a refreshing, contemporary tone to the story. Readers will be drawn to Etabo’s vulnerability and to his sister, Akiru’s generosity.”—Booklist View →
The Magic of Melwick Orchard
“Caprara beautifully captures the unbreakable bond between sisters when life throws a curveball. A tender and imaginative debut.”—Jenn Bishop, author of 14 Hollow Road and The Distance to Home View →
The Missing Letters: A Dreidel Story
“All is not well in the dreidel maker’s shop for the Hebrew letters that will go on the wooden tops. The Gimels have been hidden by the others, who then learn Chanukah wouldn’t be complete without them! Is it too late? For ages four to nine.” – The Jewish Chronicle … View →