Reviews
Kugel for Hanukkah?
“Everin’s tale is entertaining and happy and will make a pleasant addition to holiday book shelves. Ashdown’s colorful illustrations feature a googly-eyed family and a menorah depicting each night of the holiday. The historical setting of Hanukkah is assumed. Presents… View →
Room for One More
“As timely as historical fiction can be.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Breaking Out the Devil: Book 3
“[A] well-wrought atmosphere. . . . The black-and-white art is downright moody and dark; its visual intricacy vacillates between terrifying renderings of demons and shadowy and indistinct scenes of Scotland, making for an ambiance that seems intentionally… View →
A Map into the World
“Contemplative, curious, and kind.”—starred, Kirkus Reviews View →
I See Sea Food: Sea Creatures That Look Like Food
“An appetizing addition to the nature shelf.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
The Great Shark Rescue: Saving the Whale Sharks
“Another wonder of the animal world, adeptly displayed.”—starred, Kirkus Reviews View →
Monstrous: The Lore, Gore, and Science behind Your Favorite Monsters
“Informative and entertaining throughout for readers undead or otherwise.”—starred, Kirkus Reviews View →
Friends and Neighbors: Monkey & Robot
“As delightful as any of the bounteous, monkey-filled books out there.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
“Appealing illustrations and minimal, repetitive text make this ideal for toddlers.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Mr. Tempkin Climbs a Tree
“A gentle story with minimal intrigue and plenty of compassion highlights the beauty of intergenerational relationships.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
In the Jerusalem Forest
“Readers will be happily confused by this picture book.Almost every page of the story—based on a piece by Israeli national poet Hayim Nahman Bialik—is gently disorienting. The narrator is a young girl walking through the woods with her mother, and as they look at the reflections in View →
“[A] cheery guide.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
“Uplifting and perspective-bestowing.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
A Time Traveler's Theory of Relativity
“This soft-science-fiction debut will resonate with Madeleine L’Engle fans.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Froggy Day
“A boisterous concept book offers opportunity for wordplay, vocabulary-building, and audience participation.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Dino-Halloween
“Dino lovers will be thrilled to spend a spooky holiday with their favorite cast.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Old Man of the Sea
“[T]his gorgeous story will have [readers] returning to the beginning of the book once again to embark on the journey. . . . A masterpiece.”—starred, Kirkus Reviews View →
Eek, You Reek!: Poems about Animals That Stink, Stank, Stunk
“[T]he foolish foulness may just hook those who think poetry stinks. Rancid rhymes and syncopated stank and plenty of eeeew just for you.”—starred, Kirkus Reviews View →
Nature's Ninja: Animals with Spectacular Skills
“[T]he text encourages emerging scientists by noting that this research is current and ongoing—and that the more scientists learn, the more there is to learn. Arigatou gozaimasu for entertaining enlightenment!”—starred, Kirkus Reviews View →