Reviews
Step Fourth, Mallory!
“Mallory’s chatty, first-person narrative will keep readers’ interest as she tries to solve her problems, with mixed results. With the addition of e-mail messages and a touch of romance, this easy-to-read chapter book has a slightly older theme than its… View →
Real-Life Sea Monsters
“A new addition to the expanding and worthy On My Own Science series makes science feel as mysterious and exciting as science fiction. Jango-Cohen stirs the imagination by sharing spooky sea lore and then moves to scientific research to examine the reality within the myth. . .… View →
An Unspeakable Crime: The Prosecution and Persecution of Leo Frank
“Alphin does a creditable job of unraveling the mess the trial became, a tangle of ‘lies heaped on lies,’ and the rightly ambiguous title leaves readers wondering about two unspeakable crimes – the murder and the public lynching of Leo Frank. Each chapter opens… View →
The Ziz and the Hanukkah Miracle
“Jules incorporates the theme of sharing, as well as apologizing, in a droll version of a holiday tale.” View →
“[A] sweet and gentle…informative story that effectively brings closure to one little boy’s concerns.” View →
Abraham's Search for God
“Jules bases her clearly and effortlessly told legend on several interpretations in the Midrash suggesting how the boy Abraham developed a belief in one unseen God…A promising presentation for early childhood religious instruction.” View →
Peanut Butter and Jellyfishes: A Very Silly Alphabet Book
“Billing itself as ‘very silly’ isn’t an exaggeration for this zany alphabet book as it pairs letters with offbeat combinations like Elvis with evergreens and newts with necklaces. Written in a rhythmic rhyme that conjures the verse of Edward Lear, this text… View →
Guess What Is Growing Inside This Egg
“Posada again succeeds in bringing science to kids in this amazing treasure trove of information and beautiful collage art that’s wrapped up in a guessing game. . . Posada’s artwork lends texture and movement to the pages-readers can almost feel the downy softness of… View →
A Jewish family sits down to eat. ―Bread and butter on my plates./ I‘m so hungry, I can‘t wait.// But Before I take a bite,/ I say some words / that feel just right.‖ The unidentified narrator (a yarmulke-topped little boy or a curly-headed little girl, both early-elementary age in… View →