Reviews
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 →
Grow Grateful
“Being grateful is key. . . . Lyles’ illustrations are warm and inviting . . . engaging.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Harper Becomes a Big Sister
“Dreamy illustrations. . . . A sweet and useful tool to help introduce new siblings. . . . A new-baby story that will serve as a welcome mirror for queer families.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
The Heart of Mi Familia
“A child explores what being bicultural means to them in ways that feel familiar to young readers. . . . Bicultural kids will feel seen in this sweet family story.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
“Rooks treats her subject with a light touch and age-appropriate language, and her anthropomorphized animals, created with what appear to be watercolors, are delightful. Gentle, reassuring, and persuasive.”—Kirkus Reviews 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 →
“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 →
“. . .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 →
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 →
Let's Visit Israel
“The book is a delightful way to introduce one to four year olds to sites of Israel” —The American Israelite View →
Booker T. Washington
“What a fine little biography of the young Booker T. Washington this is. . . precise language and soulfully illustrated with a soft pastel palette. . . Told so diligently that it cannot help but inspire.” —Booklist View →
Vincent van Gogh
" . . .A fine job of describing van Gogh’s life in a way that children will understand." —Booklist View →