Reviews
Red Menace
“Red Menace is a compelling and engaging story of a tumultuous and painful time in our history. Through a young boy’s eyes, we are drawn into the experience of a particular family, in that time and place. Marty Rafner is a character with great heart and depth. Lois… View →
Debunk It! Fake News Edition: How to Stay Sane in a World of Misinformation
“Debunk It! ain’t bunk—it’s the real deal on how anyone can learn to see through disinformation and find their way to the truth, regardless of the source or topic. In an era where too many people purposefully or unwillingly spread lies, misinformation and just… View →
A Hoopoe Says Oop!: Animals of Israel
“Any author can find a rhyme for ‘cow’ or ‘moo.’ By the time they start school, most kids have read dozens of books about farm animals, but they may not have seen an ibex or a hyrax or a hoopoe. This board book would make an excellent compendium for children View →
Hair!: Animal Fur, Wool, and More
“In this delightful volume, readers learn how to distinguish the distinctive kinds of hair mammals have and their numerous and often very important uses.”—Booklist View →
Sammy Spider's First Wedding
“The very busy spider who has celebrated many Jewish holidays now adds a festive ceremony to his catalog of experiences. The little eight-legged one watches as Mr. Shapiro and his family build a chuppah, or Jewish wedding canopy, under which the bride and groom exchange their vows. View →
Seymour, the Formerly Fearful
“In many novels the main character overcomes great obstacles to achieve what he or she wants in the world. But Seymour doesn’t want to do anything. Seymour avoids the subway, swimming, going outside, and—most of all—learning to ride a bike. He’s afraid of so many things View →
Exposing Hate: Prejudice, Hatred, and Violence in Action
“A necessary book on a hot-button social issue that can help students develop critical thinking skills while learning more about heinous organizations.”—Booklist View →
When Plants Attack: Strange and Terrifying Plants
“Curious readers will be eager to learn more about these creepy plants.”—Booklist View →
Pavel and the Tree Army
“In a setting featuring the Civilian Conservation Corps, Hyde (Shanghai Sukkah) tells a foundational American story of a struggling immigrant who encounters prejudice but finds his way. Pavel is beset with worry after leaving the bread lines of Depression-era New York City View →
“[S]tudents learn about sequencing, loops, debugging, patterns, nested designs, functions, and other coding terms.”—Booklist View →
Light the Menorah!: A Hanukkah Handbook
“After so many years of celebrating Hanukkah, I thought there was nothing more to learn about the holiday but I was wrong. Jacqueline Jules has written an engaging picture book that I could easily see using with my grown-up family every year. There’s an introduction,… View →
Pavel and the Tree Army
“In Depression-era America, Pavel, a Russian-Jewish immigrant, joins the Civilian Conservation Corps and learns to blend his new American identity with his Jewish one. On the advice of his rabbi, Pavel decides to take a job planting trees all over the country as part of the new… View →
Pickled Watermelon
“Molly is looking forward to spending the summer at camp with her friends when her parents tell her about a change in plans. She will be visiting her father’s family in Israel instead, spending an entire month staying with them and getting to know them. Her paternal grandparents… View →
An Unlikely Ballerina
“This long-overdue picture book biography of Alicia Markova, née Lily Marks (1910–2004), is a pleasure to behold. In clear and concise prose, the author tells the story of a talented Jewish girl born in London, England who loved to dance, overcame adversity, and eventually became a View →
Girls on the Line
“[A] much-needed look at the people who produce the goods we rely on worldwide and the hardships they face. . . . Readers will learn much from this absorbing and realistic tale.”—Booklist View →
Colores del invierno Crayola ® (Crayola ® Winter Colors)
“Art-inclined elementary-schoolers learning to read Spanish will appreciate the suggested activities.”—Booklist View →
Extreme Longevity: Discovering Earth's Oldest Organisms
“Readers will enjoy learning about these amazing organisms.”—Booklist View →
The Edelweiss Pirates
“The Edelweiss Pirates is indeed an interesting look at a group of resisters that most people have never really heard of, and although they didn’t start out as saboteurs, by 1938, they were beginning to increase their subversive acts against the Nazis. I liked… View →
Pickled Watermelon
“Instead of spending the summer with her friends at camp, Molly goes to Israel for a month for a family wedding. She is nervous about the trip, not wanting to leave her beloved Bubbe to go to a foreign country and stay with family she’s never met, who speak a language she barely… View →
Sports Are Fantastic Fun!
“Facts galore, presented in an entertaining fashion; both children and adults will laugh a lot and learn even more.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
http://asianreviewofbooks.com/content/production-line-china-fiction-two-new-novels/ For most people in the West, the relationship with China is one based on products—clothes, shoes, mobile phones—or, should the rumbling trade war materialize, the lack of them. But the people who… View →
Crayola ® Wild World of Animal Colors
“A vibrant informational picture book that will encourage primary grade readers to learn about the use of colors in animals’ anatomy and behavior.”—School Library Journal View →
Self-Driving Cars: The New Way Forward
“Even those who are not tech enthusiasts will find something of interest to learn and contemplate.”—School Library Journal View →