Reviews
The College Football Championship: The Fight for the Top Spot
“Numerous color and archival photos add to the excitement of this title, which will score big with football fans.”—Booklist View →
A Spectacular Selection of Sea Critters: Concrete Poems
“This exploration of marine animals around a coral reef is a clever blend of eye-catching pictorials and jaunty, concrete poems. . . . [T]his book’s playful design will likely make a splash among young readers.”—Booklist View →
Super Baseball Infographics
“This attractive compilation of trivia is tailor-made for fact-hungry middle-graders eager to get their hands on information as quickly as possible. . . . A great fit for baseball fans eager to know anything and everything about their favorite game.”—Booklist View →
What Makes Sports Gear Safer?
“By focusing on the myriad ways young readers experience the useful application of STEM concepts every day, this title . . . will likely pique interest in the scientific method and expand the scope of readers’ career aspirations.”—Booklist View →
Being a Good Citizen: A kids' guide to community involvement
The Start Smart: Community series offers readers a way to think about where they live, who helps them, and what it means to be an effective part of their communities. Being a Good Citizen explains in simple language hwo their world is arrange and advises kids on how to find way… View →
The Snow Beast
“The simple yet sensible story reinforces that things are not always as they seem and friends can be found in unexpected places. . . . The off-kilter art is a perfect fit for the text and should enlarge the large Beast’s already large fan base.”—Booklist View →
Last Night at the Circle Cinema
“[T]his contemporary novel is a smart, quirky examination of these teens’ innermost lives. . . . Franklin captures the uncertain thrill of being on the cusp of a major change and the intensity of teenage friendships, and the ending . . . will provoke… View →
“This story is a laugh-out-loud lesson in persistence and support.”—Booklist View →
When I Am Happiest
“The honest portrayal of powerful childhood emotions is the cornerstone of [Lagercrantz’s] writing, and it makes this story wholly engaging and ultimately cathartic. . . . A memorable addition to the Dani series.”—Booklist View →
Information Insecurity: Privacy under Siege
“With an engaging, direct tone and plenty of further reading suggestions, this informative title will provide valuable, accessible insight into an up-to-the-minute topic.”—Booklist View →
Change Is in the Air, Mallory
“Friedman uses a confluence of realistic events to nudge Mallory outside her comfort zone, and the result is a stronger story than most in the series.”—Booklist View →
One Good Deed
“The author lets her characters make her point (the world is a much better place when people are kind), only introducing the Jewish term for this behavior – mitzvot – at the end of the story. Melmon’s upbeat illustrations are similarly nondenominational and will… View →
Fuel under Fire: Petroleum and Its Perils
“Compellingly written…with surprising, sickening statistics….Though concise, a solid purchase for schools and public libraries.”―Booklist View →
“Ever increasing stakes and a solid cliff-hanger ending will have thriller fans hanging on every word.”―Booklist View →
Help! My Brother's a Zombie
“Delightfully macabre stories, which are fast-paced and just silly enough to ward off actual nightmares.”―Booklist View →
Detective Gordon: The First Case
“This involving, thought-provoking chapter book is utterly charming. Nilsson…creates endearing characters and a childlike sensibility through writing that is clean, precise, and amusing. A wonderful choice for independent reading, particularly for kids who become accomplished View →
Guarding Secrets
“Jones offers an unusual and appealing story, especially in his protagonist.”―Booklist View →
I Say Shehechiyanu
“Rocklin’s simple text will help religiously observant young listeners recall their own family experiences, while Filipina’s colorful, cartoon-style artwork will trigger visual memories of these events . . . a good choice for religious schools and observant families… View →
The Moon Dragons
“This might be just the thing for collections in need of a strong female character combined with dragons and a message of humanity.”―Booklist Online View →
Rita's Rhino
“Ross’ playful, ink-and-watercolor illustrations bring to mind Quentin Blake or Sempé’s urban New Yorker covers, but with a bulky rhino at center-stage. Sure to charm….”―starred, Booklist View →
An Ambush of Tigers: A Wild Gathering of Collective Nouns
“In this inventive picture book, 33 animal-themed collective nouns become springboards for the writer’s imagination and the illustrator’s creativity….A lively picture book with plenty of classroom potential.”―Booklist View →
A Timeline History of the Early American Republic
“Time lines running along the bottom of each two-page spread…provide visual information in tandem with the text…but actually it’s the text itself that’s a standout. Clearly written and putting events into context admirably….A crisp format invites… View →
“Koffsky’s vibrant cartoonstyle artwork is well suited to the celebratory atmosphere of this weekly observance. The colorful animals stand out against vivid background hues, and the decision to place the artwork at a 90-degree rotation from standard page turns allows for… View →