Reviews
Margaret Bourke-White
“Vividly written for beginning readers, this biography of photographer Margaret Bourke-White captures the excitement and danger she experienced as she took her pictures.” —Booklist View →
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Beowulf: Monster Slayer [A British Legend]
“The abbreviated text nods to the original’s style and tone. . . an easily digestible introduction to one of the earliest ogre-and-dragon tales.” —Booklist View →
Captured by Pirates: Book 1
“Part text and part comic book, this entry casts readers as an English lad setting sail in 1635, making decisions to determine the outcome of encounters with many seagoing dangers.” —Booklist View →
Dazzling Dragonflies: A Life Cycle Story
“The artwork’s mixed-media elements create vivid scenes of the dragonflies in their habitat.” —Booklist View →
Saving the Whooping Crane
“It is refreshing to read a beginning animal story that is not fictional and yet is still interesting.” —Booklist View →
Quirky, Jerky, Extra Perky: More about Adjectives
“Cleary offers more examples of the descriptive words in this upbeat, energetically illustrated book. Beginning with a straightforward definition of the word adjective, Cleary takes off with a series of imaginative examples presented in rhythmic, rhyming verses.”… View →
Count Your Way through Iran
“Arabic-language numerals (and accompanying pronunciation guides) appear on each page, and the airy, stylized watercolors, including a map and an image of the Iranian flag, are instructive and cheerful. A good supplementary choice for the early elementary discussions about the… View →
Juneteenth
“This entry in the On My Own Holidays series offers a solid introduction to the holiday for independent readers. . . leaping, embracing figures convey the resilience and rejoicing of celebrants then and now.” —Booklist View →
Say It with Music: A Story about Irving Berlin
“A good concise biography accessible to many children.” —Booklist View →
Double Cheeseburgers, Quiche, and Vegetarian Burritos: American Cooking from the 1920s through Today
“. . .this interesting, accessible title – for an older audience than others in the series – will find a readership among both report writers and browsers, and it will help satisfy the growing need for titles that encourage kids to learn about the origins of their… View →
Environmental Disasters
“Throughout, high-quality photos anchor the book’s boldly designed pages. . .” —Booklist View →
Everybody's Book: The Story of the Sarajevo Haggadah
“By celebrating the Sarajevo Haggadah’s value as both a guide to family seders and a priceless work of art, Linda Leopold Strauss and Tim Smart demonstrate how this sacred book became important even to those outside its traditions.”—Jewish Book Council View →
I Want Your Moo, 2nd Edition: A Story for Children about Self-Esteem
“The story is told with a light, singsong, snappy rhythm that will keep children on their toes. . . . [T]he animals’ expressions of disbelief are hilarious . . . . [T]his is a lighthearted take on a worthy subject, and a smart read-aloud.”—School Library Journal View →
Jacob's School Play: Starring He, She, and They
“When Ari is misgendered by Jacob, Ari corrects him, but Jacob needs his teacher, Ms. Reeves, to address his arguments against using the pronoun ‘they’: ‘They is for two kids.’ She models thoughtful explanations for adult and child readers. . . . Case’s… View →
Jacob's Room to Choose
“An empowering and uplifting tale for any teacher to read to their kids, Jacob’s Room to Choose is the perfect icebreaker for young students to have meaningful conversations about gender identity and community.”—The Advocate View →
Jacob's School Play: Starring He, She, and They
“An empowering and uplifting tale . . . perfect icebreaker for young students to have meaningful conversations about gender identity and community.”—The Advocate View →
How to Handle Stress for Middle School Success: Kid Confident Book 3
“They used to tell kids to chant ‘sticks and stones’ or ‘just ignore it.’ It didn’t work. This book helps kids find the opposite approach: don’t ignore it; understand it.”—Tom Angleberger, Origami Yoda View →
Jacob's School Play: Starring He, She, and They
“This straightforward and important book that honors everyone will help adults have thoughtful conversations with young children about gender identity, particularly the message about respecting someone’s choice to use ungendered pronouns. Case’s beautifully textured… View →
How to Handle Stress for Middle School Success: Kid Confident Book 3
“Smart and essential!”—Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid View →
How Can I Wait When There's a Treat on My Plate?
“Pete and Dell are sweet-toothed brothers who learn strategies to help them delay gratification in this rhyming picture book. . . . A solid conversation started on topics of self-control.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Jacob's Room to Choose
“Their teacher’s lesson shows that there are more than two ways to dress — not all boys wear short hair, and not all girls wear long hair or dresses. Even their own classroom represents a spectrum of expressions.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Jacob's School Play: Starring He, She, and They
“A learning opportunity for readers outside the nonbinary experience.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Layla's Luck
“It’s more than luck that wins the day. . . . An effective boost of self-confidence for little ones.”—Kirkus Reviews View →