Reviews
The Great Sheep Shenanigans
“Lou Pine’s ineptitude gives Wile E. Coyote a run for his money.” —Publishers Weekly View →
A Leaf Can Be . . .
“A smart, sweet, and savvy meditation on form and function as well as a lesson in rhyming and alliteration that explores the many roles of a leaf.” —ForeWord Magazine View →
You Will Call Me Drog
“A thoughtful coming-of-age story.” —School Library Journal View →
Tarantulas: Supersized Predators
“Valuable resources for both students and arachnophiles alike.” —School Library Journal View →
Meltdown!: The Nuclear Disaster in Japan and Our Energy Future
“Broadly informative.” —Booklist View →
The White Zone
“Based on actual events, this novel is a realistic depiction of children caught up in hostilities they cannot fully understand…. Marsden’s detailed descriptions of everyday life make this culture come alive.” —School Library Journal View →
Spotty, Stripy, Swirly: What Are Patterns?
“Another solid entry sure to attract the attention of art and math teachers alike.” —Kirkus Reviews View →
“Little Marcel grows up in Strasbourg, on the border between France and Germany, fascinated with the silent film star Charlie Chaplin. He, too, wants to use only his gestures and the medium of silence to make people laugh and cry. But Hitler intervenes when the boy is 16, and… View →
Meltdown!: The Nuclear Disaster in Japan and Our Energy Future
“This clear and wide-ranging introduction to essential energy issues has much to offer.” —Kirkus Reviews View →
Barnyard Purim
“The loud, chaotic celebration of Purim and its companion story is recreated in a farm-animal play that results in a surprising development. After Farmer Max leaves to attend a Purim play, the animals decide to stage their own version. Chicken offers to direct, orchestrating View →
Izzy the Whiz and Passover McClean
“Eager to help his overworked, stressed mother during the pre-Passover spring cleaning, a little boy invents a super vacuum-type machine that does more than a clean sweep. Wearing a baseball cap and circle-shaped glasses, the round-faced, google-eyed Izzy is a whiz at… View →
Night of the Living Dogs: Book 3
“It may not sound like a compliment, but the talking dog isn’t nearly the oddest thing in this gloriously odd mystery book.” —Kirkus Reviews View →
Dinosaur Goes to Israel
“Dinosaur-loving Middle-Eastern tourists may be a small demographic, but this book targets them perfectly. There’s a theory that any book can be improved by putting a dinosaur in it. You may have a child in your family who believes that ‘Hansel and Gretel and… View →
Hannah's Way
“Sometimes the tiniest actions are the most heroic. In this book—based on a true story—the heroes are children. Illustrator Gustavson is very good at painting eyes. Even when the characters have their eyelids closed, it’s easy to read their expressions. Mostly they look View →
Lights Out Shabbat
“A surprise snow storm and subsequent power outage make this Shabbat even more special for a little boy visiting his Nana and Papa in their Georgia home. Shabbat candles already lit, the evening meal of challah and blintzes is topped off with cherry snow cones and… View →
Forced Out
“Ideal for reluctant readers who know baseball as a complex and strategic sport; the books’ brevity and recurring characters will add appeal. Useful and priced right.” —Kirkus Reviews View →
Sadie and the Big Mountain
“A week-long unit on the holiday of Shavuot has one preschool class excitedly anticipating a planned reenactment of the hike Moses took up Mt. Sinai to receive the Ten Commandments. Resourceful Sadie, of Sadie’s Sukkah Breakfast (2011), enjoys attending her… View →
Jennifer Lawrence: Star of The Hunger Games
“Libraries can expect a good bit of demand over the next few years, as this phenomenally popular trilogy hits the big screen.” —Booklist View →
Is the End of the World Near?: From Crackpot Predictions to Scientific Scenarios
“In the introduction to Is the End of the World Near?, author Ron Miller makes a salient point: He states, ‘Is the world going to come to an end? The simple answer is yes.’ Although the rest of the book is filled with everything from ‘crackpot… View →
The Great Sheep Shenanigans
“Bently employs rollicking rhyme at a breakneck pace to tell the goofy tale.” —Kirkus Reviews View →
Red Bird Sings: The Story of Zitkala-Ša, Native American Author, Musician, and Activist
“Zitkala-Sa is…an interesting figure…and one who rarely turns up in collective or individual biographies; this account offers insight not just into her achievements but into the complexity of identity.” —The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s… View →
Popular Clone
“Gadget geeks will thrill at the wildly imaginative inventions that populate the Bas household….®eaders will likely end up fantasizing about what they could get away with if only they too had a Two.” —The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Literature View →
No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller
“The storytelling format, candid perspectives, supplemental images, and historic connections bring to life an unheralded individualist whose story will engage readers.”&mdashstarred, School Library Journal View →
The Knife and the Butterfly
“Azael is a dynamic and sympathetic main character with an authentic voice…. This hard-hitting novel [will be an] an assured success in libraries serving high school students.” —School Library Journal View →