Reviews
The Pets You Get
“[T]he children and animals shine and take center stage in the big, bold, and colorful illustrations, with backgrounds minimal or nonexistent.” —School Library Journal View →
Cookie, the Walker
“Part picture book with full-page illustrations, part comic book with speech balloons and panels, the story is illustrated in a cartoonish two-dimensional cartoon style. Funny antics abound.” —School Library Journal View →
My Crocodile Does Not Bite
“This fun read-aloud will keep listeners and readers chuckling. Kulka’s spirited acrylic artwork gives personality to the characters and adds to the humor.” —School Library Journal View →
Two Shy Pandas
“This sweet story could give a gentle push to shy youngsters.” —School Library Journal View →
Oh! If Only...
“Nearly every page is full of movement as animals fly or scamper away, and bright primary colors highlight focal points. Kids will enjoy the increasing destruction and silliness, while the minimal text and refrain make this a good read-aloud.” —School Library Journal View →
Perfect Pizza Recipes
“Lerner’s new cookbook series is informative, colorful, and easy to use….Good for younger kids to use with an adult, and for older cooks to use on their own.”—BayViews View →
Shaking the Foundation: Charles Darwin and the Theory of Evolution
“Many important and fascinating primary source photos, illustrations, and diagrams, as well as interesting sidebars, add to the accessible and well-written text. In eight chapters, Johnson presents the information in a factual, informative style.” —BayViews View →
Two Shy Pandas
“Panda stories are much sought after and this sweet one will help fill the gap.” —BayViews View →
Tim Tebow: Quarterback with Conviction
“The book’s pleasing design, including lots of interesting color photos, newspaper articles, and sidebars, will engage readers, adding extra clarity to the easy-to-understand and informative text.” —BayViews View →
A Marked Man: The Assassination of Malcolm X
“Doeden gives a short but solid introduction to the life of Malcolm X….The design of the book is simple and powerful.” —BayViews View →
Adele: Soul Music’s Magical Voice
“Filled with color and b&w photos, as well as related articles from the USA Today newspaper, the book design is quite inviting….[T]his is very well done.” — BayViews View →
The Whispering Lake Ghosts: A Mystery about Sound
“Specific scientific principles are explained in succinct, easy to understand language at the end of each episode….These will have particular interest to libraries looking to supplement their STEM collections with well-done graphic novels.”… View →
Tillie Pierce: Teen Eyewitness to the Battle of Gettysburg
“The text is interesting and accompanied by superior maps, sidebars, and primary source photographs. Anderson has included a well-thought out activity, ‘Taking Tillie’s Path: An Activity Using Google Earth” that will engage and fascinate readers.” —BayViews View →
Something to Prove: The Great Satchel Paige vs. Rookie Joe DiMaggio
“Skead effectively uses a little-known baseball episode to portray larger issues of race and justice in America, while superbly developing the game’s tension inning by inning. Grainy brown-toned illustrations nicely evoke the dreamy reminiscences of baseball legend, and… View →
The Twelve-Fingered Boy
“Readers will enjoy this trilogy debut, a wild and riveting tale full of allusions to fairy tales, movies, and comic book heroes…Polydactyl heroes are rare in children’s literature, and so are novels like this that make the fantastical utterly believable.”… View →
The Cats on Ben Yehuda Street
“The Cats on Ben Yehuda Street (Kar Ben, £5.99) are a nuisance, thinks Mr Modiano. He is forever shooing them away from the Tel Aviv Fish Palace. But his neighbour, Mrs Spiegel, loves cats. She is fond of Mr Modiano, too, but he always says ‘lo’ (no) when she… View →
Hoop Genius: How a Desperate Teacher and a Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball
“Coy understands the power of detail . . . and his tight focus on the game’s initial season is immediately engrossing. Spare, precise language reflects the game’s welcome sense of order as well as its athletic appeal. Morse’s kinetic paintings, at once dynamic and View →
My Happy Life
“A sweet read for both children and their parents, who may be grateful at the reminder of emotional complexity lurking behind their children’s smiles.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
“A sprawling, brawling and…immersive epic.” —Kirkus Reviews View →
My Happy Life
“A sweet read for both children and their parents, who may be grateful at the reminder of emotional complexity lurking behind their children’s smiles.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Regine's Book: A Teen Girl's Last Words
“[A]n inspiring read for a new audience for this moving title that was originally published in Regine’s Norway.”—Booklist View →
“A useful addition both to the Mouse Math series and to the shelf of math concept books for the youngest.” —Booklist Online View →
“Melmon’s sweet Scarry-esque illustrations make the lessons go down easily.” —Booklist Online View →
Stones for Grandpa
“Londner (Ruby’s Whistle) and Avilés (The Shabbat Princess) present a small boy as he observes two of the distinctly Jewish rituals of mourning: the unveiling of his beloved grandfather’s tombstone (which traditionally occurs one year after a death) and the… View →