Reviews
A Savanna Food Chain: A Who-Eats-What Adventure in Africa
“This bright colorful book will attract young readers. The format will hold the readers’ interest as they move through the book following the notes. This is a great way to teach about the importance of food chains.” — View →
A Temperate Forest Food Chain: A Who-Eats-What Adventure in North America
“This bright colorful book will attract young readers. The format will hold the readers’ interest as they move through the book following the notes. This is a great way to teach about the importance of food chains.” — View →
“This is a lovely book with a lovely story to tell.” View →
“Eye-popping, full-page photos are the first thing readers will notice upon venturing into this book. The pictures, supplied by a host of talented nature photographers, provide the backdrop for yet another of Sandra Markle’s triumphant texts.” — View →
Mendel's Accordion
“This book is upbeat and delightful, demonstrating that amidst hardships, music can keep people alive and energetic.” View →
In the past century, Jews, as well as other peoples, have increasingly been marrying out of the faith, merging cul-tures and religions into families. This book represents an attempt to deal with this issue as a young girl struggles to understand how she and her grandfather are related… View →
Her Piano Sang: A Story about Clara Schumann
“Written in a clear and lively style. A worthwhile purchase.” —School Library Journal View →
Hanukkah Moon
As Da Costa reminds us in an author’s note that precedes the story, Hanukkah "celebrates a time more than 2,000 years ago, when a small group of Jews fought an army of Syria and took back the holy city of Jerusalem. "When the Jews rededicated their temple and lit the… View →
Always an Olivia: A Remarkable Family History
Herron offers an intriguing children’s story about a family that has a mixed background, based on her own multi-cultural family tree. Half of the family left Spain due to the Spanish Inquisition and then moved to Portugal. They lived in Portugal for many years while keeping their… View →
The Bat-Chen Diaries
This book is a selection of diary entries, writings, poems, and drawings of Bat-Chen Shahak, a 15-year-old Israeli girl who was killed by a suicide bomber in Tel Aviv in 1996. Although she died at a young age, Bat-Chen left be-hind a lot of herself, as the reader can see through her… View →
“Johnson offers clear, concise definitions of these biomes [Desert and Rain Forest] and discusses the distinguishing features of each climate. The many full-color, close-up photographs and black-and-white drawings are sure to engage readers’ interest.” … View →
“Elementary and middle school students will appreciate this well-organized and well-written series with vivid color photos and illustrations on each page.” —MultiCultural Review View →
“Developed in partnership with USA Today, this attractive series is designed for readers at the secondary level. The biographies are accessible even to reluctant readers and feature people that students will find interesting.”… View →
“Developed in partnership with USA Today, this attractive series is designed for readers at the secondary level. The biographies are accessible even to reluctant readers and feature people that students will find interesting.”… View →
"Developed in partnership with USA Today, this attractive series is designed for readers at the secondary level. The biographies are accessible even to reluctant readers and feature people that students will find interesting."… View →
“Written with elementary and middle school students in mind, these volumes provide in-depth information about each featured country.” —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 →
“Written with elementary and middle school students in mind, these volumes provide in-depth information about each featured country.” —MultiCultural Review View →
It's Purim Time!
“Perfect for your preschoolers!” View →
De-Extinction: The Science of Bringing Lost Species Back to Life
Written especially for young adults, yet utterly fascinating for readers of all ages to browse, De- extinction: The Science of Bringing Lost Species Back to Life is about advances in scientific technology to potentially bring back animal species that have gone extinct. A real-life… View →
Death in the Donner Party: A Cause-and-Effect Investigation
Grades 1 – 3, Grades 4 – 5: This nonfiction book gave me a much better understanding of how the Donner Party ran into so many problems as they were immigrating to California. They first decided to take Lansford Hastings shortcut which was suppose to take 350-400 miles off… View →
Tisha B'Av: A Jerusalem Journey
“The latest entry in the Nature in Israel series (Sukkot Treasure Hunt, 2009) explains the origins of Tisha B’Av, a Jewish fast day that commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. A young boy narrates as he and other family members visit the View →
Will and Orv
“Based on historical records, this fictionalized history shows the Wright brother’s flight through Johnny’s eyes.” — Mailbox Magazine View →
Like Spilled Water
“Family obligations, personal desires, and secret lives collide in this tense yet graceful novel about a girl seeking the truth behind her brother’s unexpected death.”—Amelia Brunskill, author of The Window View →