Reviews
My Heart is Laughing
“This deeply respectful book validates and celebrates the daily challenges of being a child in today’s world.” —Kirkus Reviews View →
“A solid Mouse Math entry that will help youngsters just beginning to add and subtract by ones and twos.” —Kirkus Reviews View →
Lark Ascending
“[T]his is a mighty strong finish to the trilogy, and there is plenty to keep readers turning the pages.” —Kirkus Reviews View →
Bug on a Bike
“A fun-filled and humorous picture book about friendship and sharing…. Snappy and exuberant, this rhyming picture book is sure to be a hit in a read-aloud.” —Kirkus Reviews View →
The Championship!: Book 4
“When two of their schoolmates are kidnapped, Tao and his friends team up to find them. In the fourth installment of this French graphic-novel series, Richard and Ryser set aside their usual short gags for a single book-length mystery: the disappearance of Master Snow’s two… View →
Malala Yousafzai: Shot by the Taliban, Still Fighting for Equal Education
“A portrait of a courageous and admirable young voice for change.” —Kirkus Reviews View →
Lug: Dawn of the Ice Age
“Fred Flintstone would feel right at home in this light-as-pumice comedy.” —Kirkus Reviews View →
I Remember Beirut
“Taken together, her many memories create a distinct sense of time, place, and emotion. Meandering and experimental but surprisingly evocative.” —Kirkus Reviews View →
Perfectly Good White Boy
“Engaging, perceptive, witty and at times gut-wrenchingly sad—this is an extraordinary addition to fiction for teens and adults alike.” —starred, Kirkus Reviews View →
Those Magnificent Sheep in Their Flying Machines
“The seamless melding of Bently’s catchy British doggerel with Roberts’ elegant colored-pencil-and-watercolor illustrations makes this an attractive choice. Just pure, wooly-headed fun.” —Kirkus Reviews View →
Jack and the Wild Life
“Over-the-top situations stitched together by hilarious chapter titles and exaggerated black-and-white illustrations keep the pages turning for young adventurers. Mayhem, adventure and unexpected situations will leave readers wanting more from Jack.” —Kirkus Reviews View →
Fad Mania!: A History of American Crazes
“What lifts Bix’s work to a higher level is the way she sets the fads against realities that made escape into unbridled tomfoolery an act of sanity: the Great Depression, two world wars and those that followed, including the Iraq War, assassinations, Columbine and the… View →
“Spectacular; a book to make anyone think seriously about society’s preordained gender roles.”—starred, Kirkus Reviews View →
The Case of the Vanishing Little Brown Bats: A Scientific Mystery
“With plentiful details about the scientific work, photographs showing scientists and their tiny subjects, clear explanations, and an organization that is both topical and chronological, this title brings science to life.” —Kirkus Reviews View →
Dear Wandering Wildebeest: And Other Poems from the Water Hole
“Latham’s finely crafted verse, at once humorous and serious, dazzlingly opens the imagination to the wilds of the world. Enlightening and engaging, a thrilling panorama of the diversity to be found throughout the animal kingdom.” —starred, Kirkus Reviews View →
Beetle Boy
“Willey takes readers along on Charlie’s painful journey back to physical and emotional health via a meandering timeline of flashbacks, dreams and wrenching conversations, skillfully weaving together the bits and pieces of his life…. Demanding—and riveting.”… View →
“Writing an ABC book has its challenges, as the end of the book may involve a xylophone, yogurt and a zebra; Kafka’s story is refreshingly unarbitrary. Fortunately, the author had to work with only one letter of the alphabet, the Hebrew View →
New Month, New Moon
“A nice blend of planetary science and religious observance.” — Kirkus Reviews View →
Guinea Dog 3
“Youngsters will eagerly jump in for another fast, fun read.” —Kirkus Reviews View →
Sticky Fingers: DIY Duct Tape Projects — Easy to Pick Up, Hard to Put Down
“Chock full of appealing ideas, with a thorough table of contents, index, and a colorful, illustrated layout, to boot.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Up for Sale: Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery
“This slim volume makes clear the grinding reality of the cheapest labor and presents a welcome chance to act.” —starred, Kirkus Reviews View →
Apple Days: A Rosh Hashanah Story
“This is a simple story and on the face of it a slight one, but underneath, it’s an extremely moving tale.” — Kirkus Reviews View →
When Lunch Fights Back: Wickedly Clever Animal Defenses
“This is an outstanding way for readers to meet scientists at work in both field and lab…. Thrilling reading for budding biologists.” —starred, Kirkus Reviews View →