Reviews
Let Me Help!
“Tara’s good intentions to help only make more work for her father when she spills the bag of potting soil, knocks the basket of clean clothes into the freshly potted planters, and tips paint on the floor. The model of patience and forgiveness, Dad merely cautions her to… View →
Earth Cycles
“. . . clear language suitable for beginning readers. . . Straightforward, realistic watercolor illustrations. . . Direct, simple, and ideal for classroom support. . . appealing introduction to Earth’s movement. . .” —Booklist View →
It's Back to School We Go!: First Day Stories From Around the World
“For each of the 11 countries – Kenya, Japan, China, Peru, Canada, Kazakhstan, Australia, Germany, Russia, India, and the U.S. – there’s a short paragraph written in the child’s excited voice, accompanied by a page of facts about kids and school, including View →
Marsh Morning
“Short rhymes describe each bird’s part with musical references and metaphors, but it is the lush watercolor illustrations that really sing here. They orchestrate an evocative aviary concert, preserving the individual characteristics of each bird in the attractive… View →
Brilliant Bees
“. . . excellent, large-scale pictures in colored pencil . . . clearly written . . . first-rate. The clean look of the book and the detailed drawings make this a most attractive first look at bees.” —Booklist View →
“Ordinary books of shapes concentrate on the geometric basics, such as squares, circles, and triangles. Rau looks to nature for inspiration and finds stars not just in the sky but in an orange half, a starfish, and a snowflake. She sees spirals in a seahorse, a ram’s horns, View →
All-Girl Crafts
“In her familiar, well-illustrated, step-by-step style. . . instructions are very clear and precisely illustrated with color pictures, the first of which shows the finished project.” —Booklist View →
All New Crafts for Thanksgiving
“This attractive book . . . pages have a cheerful look. As always, Ross offers clear directions . . . A good source of Thanksgiving-themed ideas for parents, teachers, caregivers, and scout leaders.” —Booklist View →
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Pigling: A Cinderella Story [A Korean Tale]
“This graphic-novel adaptation is a fine marriage of art and text, neither outshining the other. Emotions emanate from facial expressions, especially evident in Pear Blossom’s gradual emotional change, which helps draw readers into the story, and brightly colored panels… View →
Lazily, Crazily, Just a Bit Nasally: More about Adverbs
“Comical line drawings zapped with color show animals in a wide variety of roles, from tourist to cowboy to knight. Meanwhile, the rhyming verses gallop along, playfully brandishing adverbs galore. Color coding differentiates adverbs that tell you when (pink), where (purple), how View →
The Vowel Family: A Tale of Lost Letters
“Children are sure to enjoy the goofy story, which lends itself to group decoding as vowels are gradually introduced. Kevin Luthardt’s bright illustrations, featuring people with cartoonish balloon heads, ably echo the story’s silliness. This clever approach to… View →
Hurricanes
“On nearly every page, color photos show people preparing for hurricanes, storms in progress at sea and on land, and communities damaged by hurricanes.” —Booklist View →
Hush Harbor: Praying in Secret
“Illustrated with extremely stylized pictures that don’t prettify their subjects, this captures some of the fear and horror associated with slavery. However, it’s the detailed author’s note that will really give kids insight into the subject. A good choice for… View →
I Know an Old Teacher
“. . .this rendition features plenty of crowd-pleasing gross bits that will get kids going.” —Booklist View →
A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What Is a Noun?
“This book subtitled ‘What Is a Noun?’ appropriately abounds with persons, places and things, while rhymes drop broad hints about using nouns.” —Kirkus Reviews View →
Death on Sacred Ground
“Feder interweaves details of Jewish and Seneca traditions and ceremonies and is knowledgeable about and respectful of both groups. . .” —Kirkus Reviews View →
Nick's Secret
“. . .this simple mystery will satisfy young readers who enjoy the intrigue, and it has the bonus of having a hearing-impaired hero.” —Kirkus Reviews View →
El Día de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead)
“. . .this simple, easy-to-read introduction to El Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) does convey the spirit of this enduring holiday.” —MultiCultural Review View →
Bronco Charlie y el Pony Express (Bronco Charlie and the Pony Express)
“This is an excellent series to entice Spanish-speaking beginning readers (and Spanish learners) to appreciate well-known events in the history of the United States.” —MultiCultural Review View →
My First Yiddish Word Book
“Whether or not they have bubbes (grandmas) and zeydes (grandpas) to help teach them, young children will enjoy this charmingly illustrated introduction to Yiddish vocabulary.” —MultiCultural Review View →
“Written with elementary and middle school students in mind, these volumes provide in-depth information about each featured country.” —MultiCultural Review View →
Roberto Clemente: A Life of Generosity
“This series presents young children with brief biographies of notable men and women throughout world history. Each biography highlights a positive quality of the person and is told with photos and simple sentences in large font for easy comprehension.”… View →
Mary McLeod Bethune: A Life of Resourcefulness
“This series presents young children with brief biographies of notable men and women throughout world history. Each biography highlights a positive quality of the person and is told with photos and simple sentences in large font for easy comprehension.”… View →