Reviews
“A superb early reader/early chapter book . . .”—starred, The Horn Book Magazine View →
The Notations of Cooper Cameron
“An unforgettable, much-needed story; a strong purchase for all collections.”—starred, School Library Journal View →
Addiction and Overdose: Confronting an American Crisis
“®eads like narrative nonfiction. . . . Purchase this selection to update collections on social issues related to drugs and addiction.”—School Library Journal View →
Trashing the Planet: Examining Our Global Garbage Glut
“An excellent resource that’s chock-full of facts about human impact on the planet. Hand to students concerned about the environment, and put it on the shelf for research and reports.”—School Library Journal View →
Marco Polo: Dangers and Visions
“[A]n effective introduction to the explorer. . . Useful as a supplemental text in art, history, geography, or literature classrooms, and recommended as an additional purchase for large graphic novel collections.”—School Library Journal View →
The Best Sukkot Pumpkin Ever
“Many families from Micah’s synagogue are picking pumpkins for a soup kitchen. Micah asks his mother, ’What’s a soup kitchen?’ She explains, and his dad adds the definition of tikkun olam, the Jewish concept of doing good deeds, or ‘repairing… View →
All Kinds of Friends
“Just the ticket for starting conversations about the importance and fun of making all kinds of friends.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion
“[A] conversational, compelling, and visually arresting story . . .”—starred, Publishers Weekly View →
Troublemakers
“Alena’s story is both timely and timeless. It beautifully navigates of-the-moment issues of modern politics and domestic terrorism with the enduring questions young people have always faced: what it means to be good, what it means to be brave, how to love, how to lose, how… View →
The Great Penguin Rescue: Saving the African Penguins
“Smoothly written and beautifully presented, another stellar animal conservation tale.”—starred, Kirkus Reviews View →
Moti the Mitzvah Mouse
“Lots of people commit acts of mischief when no one is looking. Moti the mouse secretly commits good deeds. Moti lives under the kitchen sink in the home of a white, Jewish family, but he sometimes sneaks out to perform a ‘mitzvah.’ The term is a traditional Hebrew word View →
Drop by Drop: A Story of Rabbi Akiva
“A devoted wife is the inspiration behind a noted scholar of Judaism. Rachel, a rich man’s daughter, falls in love with a poor, illiterate shepherd named Akiva who works for her father. She recognizes that a man ‘with such goodness in his heart, who understood so much… View →
Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion
“[A] fascinating volume about a little-known side of the war. An eye-catching title sure to dazzle.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
A Dangerous Magic
“Violent, profane, caustic, grisly, and pitch-black—but all in a good way.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship
“These poems explore diversity with refreshing honesty and complexity—and truly capture the personalities and voices of these two rising stars of poetry.”—Janet Wong, author and co-creator of The Poetry Friday Anthology series View →
Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship
“A fresh and heartwarming take on bridging the racial divide.”—Carole Boston Weatherford, author of Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement View →
Auma's Long Run
“In Auma’s Long Run, Eucabeth Odhiambo shares an unflinching look at the AIDS epidemic’s impact on one Kenyan village and introduces readers to a determined heroine with a commitment to knowledge and a fierce dedication to her family.… View →
Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship
“In tantalizing free verse poems, Irene Latham and Charles Waters reimagine themselves as fifth-grade strangers, then classmates, and finally friends. Can I Touch Your Hair? is a compelling portrait of two youngsters dancing delicately through a racial minefield.”—J. View →
“[A] child’s-eye view of the mystery of ill health itself.”—Publishers Weekly View →
Whale Quest: Working Together to Save Endangered Species
“®esearchers will be well served by this compact volume’s breadth of information.”—Booklist View →
Trashing the Planet: Examining Our Global Garbage Glut
“Soundly researched and carefully sourced, the text speaks to the complexity of the issue, while offering suggestions for action in readers’ own backyards.”—Booklist View →
Auma's Long Run
“[A] moving testament to the power of determination to overcome overwhelming odds is a recommended purchase for all libraries.”—starred, School Library Journal View →