Reviews
“[T]his collection stand[s] out on the shelf. . . . A clever and inspiring addition to the series.”—School Library Journal View →
The Punctuation Station
“The vibrant art captures the energy of the bustling station crowded with a variety of cartoon animal travelers and the excitement of the train ride itself. . . . [An] informative and entertaining title.”—School Library Journal View →
Michael Jackson: Ultimate Music Legend
“Accompanied by large, colorful, and clear photographs throughout, the narrative takes readers on the journey of Jackson’s incredible success and fame while handling the more difficult aspects of Jackson’s life, such as molestation charges and drug abuse, in an… View →
Hamster and Cheese: Book 1
“[A] humorous mystery. Children who are just beginning to read graphic novels independently will enjoy solving the case with Sasspants. The full-color cartoons enhance the comic appeal.”—School Library Journal View →
Goal!: The Fire and Fury of Soccer's Greatest Moment
“[A] large amount of information is contained in this slim, engagingly readable book.”—School Library Journal View →
Feivel's Flying Horses
“Watercolor illustrations with ink lines illustrate the immigrant experience on New York’s Lower East Side in the late 1800s and help bring to life the magic of Coney Island. . . . [T]his story celebrates the richness of the Jewish American experience.” View →
Sonia Sotomayor: First Hispanic U.S. Supreme Court Justice
“Well organized and straightforward, this biography is appealing with its bright photographs and bold, easy-to-read font. . . . An informative, interesting, and, most of all, inspiring read.”—School Library Journal View →
Hamster and Cheese: Book 1
“[An] electrically charged comic-book story.’”—Kirkus Reviews View →
An Unspeakable Crime: The Prosecution and Persecution of Leo Frank
“By any measure the 1913 murder of teenage Mary Phagan was an ugly incident, just as by any measure the lunching of Leo Frank, a Jew, for the crime was equally horrific. Elaine Marie Alphin directs the story to a teen audience—teenagers being conspicuous players in the drama—and… View →
Garbage Helps Our Garden Grow: A Compost Story
“Clear, vivid photos give this simple introduction to composting a realistic look that makes the process look downright doable. . . It’s good to find a book that treats worms, mold, and rot in a matter-of-fact way, without exploiting the ‘ick’ factor.” View →
A Tale of Two Seders
“Cis’s delightful acrylic paintings beautifully complement the text. . . [A] realistic, contemporary story.”—School Library Journal View →
Hamster and Cheese: Book 1
“Children can look and guess for themselves about the clues and red herrings the book presents. The humor in the characters’ personalities and dialogue makes this a lively and entertaining book.”—Publishers Weekly View →
Dino-Baseball
“Wheeler and Gott already proved they have a winning formula with Dino-Hockey (2007) and Dino-Soccer (2009), and there’s plenty for dinosaur/sports fanatics to enjoy in this latest installment . . . Gott nails the drama of high-stakes game with a series of… View →
Dino-Baseball
“Wheeler includes on-the-field plays as well as typical baseball-crowd fun like a manager’s tantrum, a seventh-inning stretch, and a visit to the snack bar. Gott’s illustrations are masterful at catching the leaping, running action of the battling behemoths and giving… View →
Do I Need It? Or Do I Want It?: Making Budget Choices
“Few books about money issues aim for a very young audience, and this title in the new Exploring Economics series does it well in a friendly, interactive, question-and answer format about getting money, spending it, and saving it. . . . [P]ractical options and the hands-on examples View →
Garbage Helps Our Garden Grow: A Compost Story
“Composting is being incorporated more and more often into elementary school life on a classroom basis or as a program incorporated into school lunch programs. This book, which focuses on home composting, is a nice, mostly pictorial description of the process from the addition of… View →
The Horrors of Andersonville: Life and Death Inside a Civil War Prison
“Combined with photographs and illustrations, the firsthand accounts and quotations make a compelling, interesting book. Numerous sidebars offer intriguing stories about hospital gangrene and surgical fevers, distribution of rations, escape attempts, and cleanliness issues such as… View →
“This book presents eighteen paintings illustrating the volume’s theme of action in art. Works include Lichtenstein’s Blam, Rivera’s The Conquest of Mexico, and Bruegel’s Children’s Games. Each piece is described through… View →
Alien Expedition
“Oddities abound in this convoluted but humorous adventure.”—The Horn Book Guide View →
Hot Pursuit: Murder in Mississippi
“In this short, gripping book, the authors juxtapose chapters that are fictional, centering on this tense decision, with chapters that explain the background of the segregated South and the civil-rights movement. The photo-realist style of the full-color illustrations ratchets up… View →
The Punctuation Station
“The young audience will enjoy learning the concepts as they pore over the details in the cheerful, wittily detailed cartoon art. . . . [O]verall, this offers a fun entry point to the rules of punctuation.”—Booklist View →
Are You Ready for Spring?
“This series deserves to be in every school and early childhood classroom. Both books are winners.”—Library Media Connection View →
Does It Really Take Seven Years to Digest Swallowed Gum?: And Other Questions You've Always Wanted to Ask
“[S]cience and mathematics don’t come in a much slyer package, and an engaging layout with full-bleed pages, dynamic photos, and cartoony drawings makes it all the more fun. This is a rare sort of book that will add pizzazz to science classes.”—Booklist View →
Blue Everywhere
“What a nice concept! . . . These will be a very bright and colorful addition to the 535 section of your collection.”—Library Media Connection View →