Reviews
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 →
The Super Bowl: Chasing Football Immortality
“A memorable and thought-provoking work of sportswriting that transcends the excitement of championship games.”—starred, Kirkus Reviews 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 →
Whale Quest: Working Together to Save Endangered Species
“Whale lovers and budding oceanographers will surely appreciate this thorough title.”—School Library Journal View →
The Great Penguin Rescue: Saving the African Penguins
“Markle delivers another compelling story of wildlife conservation efforts that deserves a place in most collections.”—School Library Journal View →
Marco Polo: Dangers and Visions
“Italian cartoonist Tabilio and translator Schwandt breathe some new life into Marco Polo and his travels. . . . [M]erits a second read.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Monkey with a Tool Belt and the Silly School Mystery
“Monroe’s illustrations are as delightful to pore over as usual, with changes of perspective and lots of quirky details . . .”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Whale Quest: Working Together to Save Endangered Species
“An informative, well-researched, and engagingly written look at global efforts to protect Earth’s largest mammals.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
There's a Walrus in My Bed!
“A humorous bedtime story that children will recognize as a twist on their own experiences.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Mallory Makes a Difference
“…[T]his chapter-book series has developed a steady readership for its personal narratives in which a likable Everygirl navigates her third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade years. The twenty-eighth volume ends with Mallory’s remarks on “a sign of maturity” and the View →
The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary
“[A] one-of-a-kind, no-holds-barred teen memoir will blow your mind and break your heart.”—David Bowles, author of Chupacabra Vengeance and the Garza Twins series View →
Mini Science Fun
“Whether adding glitter to simulate debris in a tornado’s vortex, or turning painted clothespins and buttons into race cars, these accessible activities will attract budding scientists and crafters alike.”—Booklist View →
A Dangerous Magic
“Dark, creepy, twisted—and an enormous amount of fun.”—Sarah Prineas, Prairie Lights Bookstore View →
Gus's Garage
“[A]n amusing book to reread, since even the smallest details are assigned a narrative purpose. Clearly, one animal’s clutter is another pig’s livelihood in this buoyant, rhyming tale.”—The New York Times Book Review View →
Engineer Arielle and the Israel Independence Day Surprise
“A sister and brother celebrate Israel’s Independence Day. Redheaded, white Arielle happily gets ready for her workday because it is a very special day: Yom Ha’Atzma’ut, Israel’s birthday or Independence Day. Her brother Ezra is also getting ready to go to… View →
If You Were the Moon
“[B]oth a wonderful bedtime read and a versatile early science resource for young children in group settings.”—School Library Journal View →
The Search for Olinguito: Discovering a New Species
“Helgen’s identification of a topic for study and the years-long trajectory of his research are laid out in economical, orderly chapters, supplemented with large photos and and maps that are nicely adapted to science-classroom use.”—The Bulletin of the Center for… View →
Trashing the Planet: Examining Our Global Garbage Glut
“We have met the enemy and it is us. But unless humans go extinct and nature goes her healing ways alone, we are the solution, a message grimly driven home.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Detective Gordon: A Case in Any Case
“[U]nderstatedly hilarious . . .”—The Horn Book Magazine View →