Reviews
How to Manage Your Social Power in Middle School: Kid Confident Book 1
“In a time of rising anxiety and emphasis on SEL, this book aims to equip readers to bolster self-confidence and agency to take action for healthier relationships and selves and successfully hits the mark.”—School Library Journal View →
“Ramon is a significant and compelling figure to many, and this emotional, fact-based story puts that impact into context as well as giving it a worthwhile narrative.” — The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books View →
Like Ability: The Truth about Popularity
“A reader-friendly guide to breaking down the components of popularity and likability and helping readers achieve their goals. . . . Concise, accessible chapters unpack the phenomenon of popularity and offer exercises and worksheets that lead readers to a greater understanding of… View →
Lobe Your Brain: What Matters about Your Grey Matter
“An overview of the brain and nervous system. . . . Kid-friendly examples abound as they trace the brain’s various parts. . . . A matter-of-fact introduction to typical brains.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Mindful Bea and the Worry Tree
“Addresses anxiety with mindfulness . . . brought to life in the watercolor-and-ink illustrations as long fronds of a malevolent willow tree that leave poor Bea in tangles. . . . [I]nformative for parents.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Lucy in the City: A Story about Developing Spatial Thinking Skills
“First-time author Dillemuth’s encouraging tone and Wood’s easygoing cartoons emphasize Lucy’s capability and independence, even in a frightening situation, and appended materials and activities invite readers to consider their own neighborhood… View →
Mindful Bea and the Worry Tree
“Worry is sometimes inevitable, Silver suggests, but learning relaxation techniques . . . can go a long way toward empowering readers.”—Publishers Weekly View →
Like Ability: The Truth about Popularity
“Gives practical solutions without sounding clichéd. . . . This is a refreshing take on a timeless subject. Most teens will be encouraged and reassured by the discussions of likability versus status. Graphic organizers allow readers to think through or note important points. This… View →
Mapping My Day
“The playful cartoon artwork is simple enough to allow young readers to absorb the mindfulness and geographic reasoning lessons that are demonstrated on each page . . . An excellent addition to geography collections.”—School Library Journal View →
My Anxious Mind: A Teen's Guide to Managing Anxiety and Panic
“According to the authors, one in 20 teens in the U.S. suffers from extreme anxiety. If you know one, you could do a lot worse than handing over this reassuring manual. Short enough to read in a couple sittings and imbued with an optimistic tone that rarely talks down, the book… View →
My Singing Nana
“A tender tribute to families who have loved ones suffering from dementia.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
My Singing Nana
“Mora does an admirable job portraying a family dealing with the long-term reality of dementia . . . [T]he book is worthwhile purchase that provides valuable talking points about dementia and Alzheimer’s with young children.”—School Library Journal View →
My Singing Nana
“A winning story that also serves as a useful family resource.”—Publishers Weekly View →
“. . .full of engrossing, well-selected information and color photos of wolves in the wild. . .” —The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books View →
“Children will enjoy this story on different levels depending on their ages; preschoolers will not know who wrote the letters, but will still find the story and its resolution highly satisfying, while older children will delight in being on the secret with Katie’s parents. View →
“Spare watercolors set the tone for this sage antiwar parable. Vaugelade carries the pacifist message both visually and textually. . .” —Publishers Weekly View →
Pattern Fish
“Preschool educators may call this math readiness or sequencing if they will; kids will simply regard it as a juicy puzzle book and snap up the bait.” —The Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books View →
Songs from the Loom: A Navajo Girl Learns to Weave
“A fascinating glimpse of contemporary Navajo life.” —The Boston Globe View →
Go Free or Die: A Story about Harriet Tubman
“. . .this is a first-rate biography for intermediate readers. . . a fascinating portrait. . .” —The Boston Globe View →
“. . .well organized with an accessible text . . .” —The Boston Globe View →
My Story Friend
“Chen’s mixed-media illustrations include elements of chalk, watercolor, and pastels, using fanciful clothing and setting details to contribute to the tale’s folkloric feel. The boy learns that talking about something hard can soften the experience and maybe even help him cope, and View →