Reviews
High and Low: A Sesame Street ® Guessing Game
“Besides delivering charm, this series offers plentiful learning opportunities as it helps children explore directionality, spatiality, and opposites. . . Children will come to understand the idea of objects’ and their own relative positions in space—a fundamental math… View →
Counting on Shabbat
“This little book provides an opportunity to reinforce counting skills while learning about another culture and one of its beautiful traditions.” —Children’s Literature View →
Roads to Family: All the Ways We Come to Be
“Ginocchio is here for readers who want to learn more about reproduction and families than the simple birds-and-the-bees, sex-leads-to-babies explanations provide. . . Families come in a variety of arrangements, all of which are worthy of pride. Reviewer Rating: 5”… View →
Roads to Family: All the Ways We Come to Be
“Roads to Family is a terrific book for humans of all ages to learn about the different ways families are created. By including stories from nearly every kind of family, this book expands the idea of family beyond typical clinical explanations and is a celebration of… View →
Reimagining Police: The Future of Public Safety
“Readers learn about methods of reform and possible strategies for crime prevention and community building. . . Informative and rousing.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Ghost Orchid
“Applied with a mix of brush shapes and sizes, bold overlapping colors add dynamic depth and movement to the illustrations of this story about an intrepid family of explorers. . . . Children will learn the beginnings of mindfulness and be encouraged to embrace the present… View →
The Big Backyard: The Solar System beyond Pluto
“[T]he reader can be assured that this book is not only informative, but interesting, and beautiful. For anyone wanting to learn about our solar system, this is definitely the book to read.Reviewer Rating: 5” –Children’s Literature View →
The Great Giraffe Rescue: Saving the Nubian Giraffes
“Children who love animals will probably enjoy learning about the Nubian giraffe rescue. Teachers may want to include this title in a unit about animals or wildlife conservation. Reviewer Rating: 5” –Children’s Literature View →
The Beach Dilemma
“Clear episodes capture [the protagonist’s] realistic feelings and infuse her childhood shortcomings and tender worries with wisdom. In the family-driven chapter book The Beach Dilemma, a girl learns that in-between can be a gift—and the right place to… View →
Idil Steps In: A Story about Respect
“[L]oaded with many components from reading comprehension to learning a life lesson. A good fit for a classroom library or a school counselor’s bookshelf, due to the great educational components that are contained within it. Reviewer Rating: 5”… View →
Bo and the Little Lie
“A favor, a lie, and then the consequence, this is what happens to Bo as he makes a bad decision. Bo’s Pop-Pop gives him the responsibility of mailing an important envelope on his way to play with his friends at the park. Bo proves to be irresponsible in several ways. As a… View →
Color: A Sesame Street ® Science Book
“A perfect choice for a preschool class learning about colors and mixing them. Reviewer Rating: 5”—Children’s Literature View →
From the Train
“This is a great little book for a new reader or a child learning about transportation. Reviewer Rating: 5”—Children’s Literature View →
Race Car Drivers
“[P]rofiles real people working in each job and the challenges and opportunities they face, helping readers put what they learn into context. . . . A versatile hi-lo series that will excite and entertain beginning and early readers.”—School Library Journal View →
Minecraft Mobs: An Unofficial Kids' Guide
“ideal for young fans who are just learning about the bestselling game of all time.”—School Library Journal View →
Abby Wambach: Super Striker
“Readers with an interest in soccer, women’s athletics, and sports in general will enjoy learning more about Abby Wambach and her stellar contributions. Reviewer Rating: 4” —Children’s Literature View →
Adele: Music Megastar
“This is a wonderful, hardcover book, celebrating the life and numerous accomplishments of the singer, Adele. The songstress, known for her emotional songs and larger than life voice, has won 15 Grammy awards, met with English royalty, and sung with many celebrities. This book… View →
Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport
“In a collective voice . . . Stelson describes rising tides of anti-Semitism, tearful partings, scary journeys by train and boat, meetings with British foster families, and then a return to Prague at war’s end to search out the scanty remnants of families and, long after, to… View →
The Little Island
“The lesson that the geese learn is both important and impactful, and will definitely resonate with young audiences.”—Children’s Literature View →
Walls and Welcome Mats: Immigration and the American Dream
“This is history presented through the lens of immigration, and readers learn the basics . . . along with new insights.”—Booklist View →
All about Garbage Collectors
“What do garbage collectors do? Readers will find out with this addition to the “Sesame Street Loves Community Helpers” series. It shares the role of garbage collectors in making the city a better place to live. They do more than just pick up trash; they also gather… View →
Explore Rovers
“Scientists are helped by robots or rovers that collect information from different places in space. In this general nonfiction text, the author provides information about the history of rovers and some of the data they collect. Find out what is being planned for rovers and the… View →
Focus on the Great Migration
“Dig deeper to understand more about The Great Migration (1916-1970) when approximately six million African Americans left the South for the North, Midwest, and West regions of the United States. The first chapter starts with a background on slavery in American. Then, Tyner writes… View →
On the Hunt with Eagles
“From the cover, this book inspires awe, showing as it does the magnificent wing span of a bird of prey as it swoops down to catch its meal. Close-up, color photographs and text focus on the Steller sea eagle and the harpy eagle. Information about physical characteristics, diet,… View →