Reviews
“In this first title of her new series, Friedman delves into a plethora of teen concerns as April copes with body-image worries, friendships, family relationships and first kisses. She consummately conveys April’s self-absorption, adeptly capturing the turmoil of the shifting View →
Sadie's Almost Marvelous Menorah
“The fragility of a child’s lovingly crafted clay menorah highlights the symbolism of the candle-lighting ritual. At school, Sadie works hard to carefully sculpt and paint her clay menorah, featuring a raised, centered candle holder for the shamas (lighting candle)… View →
“From Sunday to Friday, a young, small boy named Ted spends his days doing some big things to make the world a kinder, better place. On Shabbat he rests, dreaming of tikkun olam, the repair of the world. ‘Tikkun Olam Ted’ is a lively toddler book with… View →
What a Way to Start a New Year!: A Rosh Hashanah Story
“Award-winning author Jacqueline Jules’ What a Way to Start a New Year! is a lighthearted and authentic story for Rosh Hashanah that reflects the diversity of today’s Jewish families and the hustle and bustle of daily life.” —Arizona Jewish Post View →
Leaping at Shadows
“Atwood uses a light touch to create pleasant characters and a suspenseful premise, never letting the sinister notes weigh too heavily on the proceedings.” —Publishers Weekly View →
Dino-Wrestling
“Many a little reader will do a victory dance in the stacks for this combination of dinosaurs and hand-to-hand combat.” —Booklist Online View →
A Summer of Sundays
“®eaders’ affection for Sunday won’t waver as this independent protagonist finds a way to balance her desire to be noticed with a growing maturity.” —Publishers Weekly View →
“[P]acked with incident and complex connections between a range of characters. Hays is especially strong at depicting the network of people, old and young, who help Grover and his family move through their grief and, along the way, save his beloved forest.” —starred,… View →
The Epic Evolution of Video Games
“This book satisfies the Science and Technology standard and would be a good free–reading book choice as well as a technology resource for middle school students.” —NSTA Recommends View →
Miracle Mud: Lena Blackburne and the Secret Mud That Changed Baseball
“This story is sure to hook young baseball fans with its action-packed illustrations and unique subject matter….The book is an excellent way to engage young sports fans and could easily be used as a bridge for interdisciplinary activities.” —Library Media Connection View →
Battle of the Dinosaur Bones: Othniel Charles Marsh vs Edward Drinker Cope
“The books are short and full of illustrations; they explore topics students find interesting and provide facts and details enough to give readers a solid beginning.” —Library Media Connection View →
Deadly High-Risk Jobs
“With an emphasis on the ‘wow’ and the ‘gross,’ these beautifully photographed books will appeal to readers, especially boys. They could also serve as hi-lo books for older, struggling readers.” —Library Media Connection View →
Stolen Luck
“The competent writing is suitable to the genre and will appeal to older reluctant readers….The dance terms and ballet-centric subplots give the series special appeal to balletomanes, but they don’t so overwhelm the story lines that they will restrict the… View →
Dino-Wrestling
“The illustrations do a great job of depicting wrestling moves, the action in general, and spot-on facial expressions….This action-packed, informational book will be snapped up by lovers of Wheeler and Gott’s previous dino-sports titles, and by newcomers.”… View →
Fly Frenzy
“This light, early chapter-book series is a great introduction to a classroom study on insects or arachnids.” —School Library Journal View →
Terrific Veggies on the Side
“These are solid choices with an appealing variety of complexity and flavors.” —School Library Journal View →
Their Skeletons Speak: Kennewick Man and the Paleoamerican World
“This title is hard to put down once you start it. This would be an excellent addition to every school library.” —starred, Library Media Connection View →
Robot Rumpus
“This funny and high-energy tale is illustrated with pen-and-ink and bold watercolors.” —School Library Journal View →
I Want a Sister!
“Fans will not be disappointed with this offering, and it is a nice addition to new-sibling collections.” —School Library Journal View →
Drat That Cat!
“Snarky yet sweet, Ross’s pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations add comical details that will reward repeated sharing.” —School Library Journal View →
Don't Spill the Milk!
This family story shines due to Corr’s brightly painted folk-art illustrations….A warm, reassuring tale for storytimes and units on family." —School Library Journal View →
A Really Awesome Mess
“Alternating between scenes of broad humor and deep emotion, the authors present a realistic perspective on the flaws we all carry with us, and the way friendships can form and strengthen under any circumstances.” —VOYA View →
The Saints
“This fast-paced novel will…appeal to fans of The Hunger Games trilogy. " —VOYA View →