Reviews
A Fall Ball for All
“This satisfying book for the fall season emphasizes the interconnectivity of nature. Soothing at bedtime yet with enough substance for an autumn group storytime.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
The Ghostly Carousel: Delightfully Frightful Poems
“Employing clever puns and unexpected end rhyme, Brown creates as engaging an aural experience as a visual one. . . . [E]mboldens young readers to find fun in things that go bump in the night.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Carey Price: How a First Nations Kid Became a Superstar Goaltender
“An inspiring story, especially for hockey fans and not just for reluctant teen readers.”—Kirkus View →
Royal Pain
“High-concept, easy-to-read romances with feel-good messages.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
The Field Trip
“While an alien attack is the common thread, these stories are less about extraterrestrial problems and more about issues common to many teenagers. Characters struggle with pride, anger, lost love, rivalries, and first crushes.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
The Universe Ate My Homework
“Even readers who don’t share Abby’s aversion to homework will be sucked in.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
“Sweet tales . . .”—Kirkus Reviews View →
“[S]hould work well as a lullaby.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Things We Haven't Said: Sexual Violence Survivors Speak Out
“A necessary and powerful resource.”—starred, Kirkus Reviews View →
“This fun, fast-paced narrative will have readers eager to turn the page and imagine their own fanciful scenarios.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Losing the Girl: Book 1
“[A] gripping, affecting graphic novel. . . . A moody, compassionate reflection of adolescence in turmoil.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Behind the Screen
“High concept, easy-to-read mysteries that will keep the pages turning.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
The Recruit
“Reluctant readers will not be so reluctant after The Recruit; in fact, they’re likely to gobble up the entire series and become readers in the process . . .”—Kirkus Reviews View →
“With its short, rhythmic text and its rich, embellished, shiny pages with animals, flowers, and trees just waiting to be discovered, this is a reassuring yet inventive bedtime book.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Can You Hear a Coo, Coo?
“Surprise, it’s a board book about Noah’s Ark, although readers might not immediately recognize the familiar story. At first glance this cheerful board book seems to be about animal sounds. Pairs of doves, mice, snakes, geese, zebras, monkeys, and tigers move noisily… View →
Bubbe's Got the Beat
“A close-knit Jewish family’s preparations for Shabbat are set to a hip-hop beat in this attractive board book. Each lively four-line verse is sung by a smiling boy sporting a backwards baseball cap. His gray-haired Bubbe, wearing a sunny yellow apron, dances along waving a… View →
Sanctuary: Book 2
“[A] dark and introspective thriller . . .”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Vaccination Investigation: The History and Science of Vaccines
“[W]ell-researched, articulate, and thoughtful . . . an essential purchase . . .”—starred, Kirkus Reviews View →
Economic Inequality: The American Dream under Siege
“This exemplary piece of introductory economics deserves a place in every middle and high school library across the land.”—starred, Kirkus Reviews View →
“This is an extraordinary book, one that can make the needed connection for young children to see human beings as more than their circumstances.”—starred, Kirkus Reviews View →
Troublemakers
“Amid a thoroughly contemporary story about terrorism, email leaks, and a divisive political climate, Lena’s coming-of-age is wonderfully individual and heartbreakingly real.”—starred, Kirkus Reviews View →
What Can't Wait
By day, Dr. Sarah Derry manages the SC STEM Hub and a busy family life. Still, she makes time to read each night, and her choices often involve books with a STEM element. Today, she’s sharing one of her favorites: What… View →
Dig In!: 12 Easy Gardening Projects Using Kitchen Scraps
“[T]his engaging volume’s strength—homing in on plants’ specific regenerative properties—should spark STEM projects and home gardening fun, whether in a backyard or on an apartment windowsill.”—Kirkus Reviews View →