Reviews
Read Anything Good Lately?
“This clever alphabet book follows a family as they encounter opportunities to read. Various resources and genres are introduced as family members read ‘an atlas at the airport,’ ‘a biography in bed,’ and ‘comic books around the campfire.’… View →
Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H. L. Hunley
“She [Walker] really hits her stride, though, in explaining the complex techniques and loving care used in raising the craft, recovering its contents, and even reconstructing models of the crwemembers’ bodies. Thoroughly researched, nicely designed, and well illustrated… View →
Everybody Brings Noodles
“Dooley’s work is a combination of a celebration of the diversity that makes America unique, and a recipe book. Thornton’s illustrations are filled with color and life, and feature the people and places found in his own hometown. Add it to the menu.” … View →
Space Torah: Astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman's Cosmic Mitzvah
“. . . This book is a delight. The details will be fascinating to both children and adults. Spinning a dreidel as it floats in midair? Hebrew school students voting on which miniature Torah to take into space! How do you decide when it’s Shabbat in outer… View →
In the past century, Jews, as well as other peoples, have increasingly been marrying out of the faith, merging cul-tures and religions into families. This book represents an attempt to deal with this issue as a young girl struggles to understand how she and her grandfather are related… View →
I Am Hava: A Song's Story of Love, Hope & Joy
“The origin story of the song is eloquently recounted in Freda Lewkowicz’s picture book for all ages . . . . Indian-American artist Siona Benjamin’s illustrations are as stunning and lyrical as the song itself . . . . Energy and View →
Choo Choo Clickety-Clack!
“Noise! Movement! Trains, boats, and planes! Little ones love motion, and this book brilliantly captures that rush in raucous words and eye-popping art. . . What fun this will be to read aloud; kids will no doubt be inspired to come up with noises and movements of their… View →
Step Fourth, Mallory!
“Mallory’s chatty, first-person narrative will keep readers’ interest as she tries to solve her problems, with mixed results. With the addition of e-mail messages and a touch of romance, this easy-to-read chapter book has a slightly older theme than its… View →
A Jewish family sits down to eat. ―Bread and butter on my plates./ I‘m so hungry, I can‘t wait.// But Before I take a bite,/ I say some words / that feel just right.‖ The unidentified narrator (a yarmulke-topped little boy or a curly-headed little girl, both early-elementary age in… View →
Hanukkah Moon
As Da Costa reminds us in an author’s note that precedes the story, Hanukkah "celebrates a time more than 2,000 years ago, when a small group of Jews fought an army of Syria and took back the holy city of Jerusalem. "When the Jews rededicated their temple and lit the… View →