Reviews
It's Winter!
“. . .an exemplary exploration of a season. . . Swan’s beautiful cut-paper artwork is colorful, crisp, and stark. . . Make room on your shelves for this fresh offering.” —School Library Journal View →
Kathy Ross Crafts Triangles, Rectangles, Circles
“This is a delightful book to enhance understanding of basic geometric shapes; its design is attractively whimsical without sacrificing practicality. With the help of well-drawn, colorful, cartoon-like illustrations, the projects are easy to produce. Children will enjoy the… View →
Star-Spangled Crafts
“Ross is well-known for her creative craft books and this one is no exception. Here she offers ideas for 22 activities, with clear, step-by-step instructions that use commonly found materials. Colorful illustrations set against lots of white background enhance the text along… View →
The Snowflake: A Water Cycle Story
“A beautiful take on the water cycle. Waldman traces the journey of a single drop of water throughout the year, with each month receiving its own spread. The real stunners here, though, are the dazzling, cool-tones paintings that convey the wonders of nature with delicate… View →
Sisters Against Slavery: A Story about Sarah and Angelina Grimké
“. . .clearly written dual biography. . . Finely detailed pencil drawings accompany the text. Students will find useful report information here, and there is rich material for class discussions.” —School Library Journal View →
Crafts From Your Favorite Bible Stories
“Clever crafts constructed from common, inexpensive materials. The 27 topics, with Scriptural notations from the Old and New Testaments, include Noah’s ark, Sara and baby Isaac. . . Jesus walking on water, the ascension, and Paul escaping from prison in a basket. . . These View →
Fabulous Frogs
“This picture book has a fun, simple text replete with froggy sounds and a rhythm and rhyme or near-rhyme that give it a pleasant, poetic flavor. The book presents the life (from mating to birth to growth) of a common frog while featuring illustrations of the leopard frog, spring View →
Spectacular Spiders
“A young girl admires the work of a garden spider living in her backyard and describes its physical and behavioral characteristics. Focusing on the arachnid’s use of spider silk, she tells how it constructs a web to catch insects, employs a ‘dragline’ to escape… View →
Dilly's Summer Camp Diary
“This visual and verbal delight brings to life the emotional ups and downs of three weeks at sleep-away camp. Dilly, who was convinced she would love camp, finds that its not exactly as she’d envisioned. Eventually, her interest in frogs helps her to overcome the rough… View →
It's Spring!
“A companion to the author’s It’s Fall (Millbrook, 2001). The excitement of spring is in the air as a boy explores the world around him. Cut-paper illustrations enhanced by hand painting give a three-dimensional look to the scenes. A double-page spread of a torrential View →
Danger at Sand Cave
“Realistic drawings dominated by shades of gray and brown depict the clothing of the period and add clarification to the text for readers unfamiliar with caves, shafts, and lanterns. This adventure will appeal to beginning and reluctant readers.” … View →
The Copper Lady
“. . .A good introduction to historical fiction, offers a story about one of our national symbols from an interesting point-of-view.” —School Library Journal View →
The Fall of Constantinople
“Iranian Revolution is the stronger of these two books. It begins with background on the role of Islam in Iranian history and describes the 20th-century conflict between the Iranian Shahs who wanted to embrace Western culture and the ultraconservative clerics, such as… View →
Great White Sharks
“These titles focus on what makes these amazing animals such skilled predators. In both titles, the full-color photography bedazzles on almost every page, particularly in showing the owl babies. These solid additions are sure to appeal to young naturalists.” … View →
Everybody Cooks Rice
“This book is a clever – and delicious – way to show diversity and similarities among families.” — Religion Teachers Journal View →
Love, Ruby Valentine
“This story. . . should take a prominent place on Valentine’s Day bookshelves.” —School Library Journal View →
“. . .right on target. . . A must-have for libraries with a Jewish preschool population.” —School Library Journal View →
Bedtime for Maziks
“Parents—and grandparents—will relish reading aloud as much as the children will enjoy hearing and following along.”—The Jewish Voice and Opinion View →
Everybody Brings Noodles
“Dooley’s work is a combination of a celebration of the diversity that makes America unique, and a recipe book. Thornton’s illustrations are filled with color and life, and feature the people and places found in his own hometown. Add it to the menu.” … View →
“Orr illustrates her sympathetic portrait of this wise, gentle, black man with nicely composed paintings of the brilliant hues of the Caribbean.” —Kirkus Reviews View →
Cooking the East African Way
“Each well-organized and well-written book [Cooking the East African Way, Cooking the Mexican Way, and Cooking the French Way] now has a greater emphasis on low-fat and vegetarian recipes. These new titles will be useful for cultural and heritage school projects as well as fun… View →
“. . .attractive and will enchance science collections.” —School Library Journal View →