Reviews
Name That Style: All about Isms in Art
“While art teachers will be happy with the volume, classroom teachers who have to teach art on their own, or those with an interest in visual art, will find this well worth the money. Highly Recommended.” —Library Media Connection View →
Everybody Cooks Rice
“This book is a clever – and delicious – way to show diversity and similarities among families.” — Religion Teachers Journal View →
It's Not My Fault!
“George’s antics are funny and the sequence of events is believable for children who have ‘accidents’ of their own.” —The Reading Teacher View →
Great White Sharks
“. . .the cover features a fierce Great White swimming face first toward its prey with jaws open wide! Right from the cover we are drawn to know who it is swimming toward. How does it track and hunt its prey? How does the prey avoid this predator?”… View →
Will and Orv
“. . .Distinctively illustrated . . .” —The Reading Teacher View →
“There have been several books about Zora Neale Hurston recently published, but A. P. Porter’s Jump at de Sun: The Story Of Zora Neale Hurston is one of the best. Well-placed photographs extend the text and put faces with the many names of individuals in this short chapter… View →
Allen Jay and the Underground Railroad
“Janice Lee Porter’s pencil crayon drawings help create suspense and excitement. . .” —The Reading Teacher View →
The Warriors
“The author shares the richness of the Native American culture through storeis and the game of lacrosse.” —The Reading Teacher View →
Objects in Motion: Principles of Classical Mechanics
“I found the writing style enjoyable and appreciated the historical background. I recommend Objects in Motion for the middle and high school physical science classroom.” —The Science Teacher View →
Ladybugs: Red, Fiery, and Bright
“A colorful description of the ladybug’s life cycle, depicted in beautiful illustrations and expressed in poetic verse.” —The Science Teacher View →
“Children will be fascinated by the brilliant photgraphs and intriguing facts about the world of sharks. If you would like to learn more about sharks, this book is for you.” —The Reading Teacher View →
A Hanukkah with Mazel
“Calling all cat people! The true miracle of Hanukkah ends up being something money can’t buy.”―We Are Teachers View →
Maccabee!: The Story of Hanukkah
“Looking for books that teach young readers the history of Hanukkah? This one does it through rhyme…and the rest is history.”―We Are Teachers View →
Hanukkah Around the World
“Travel all over the world with this fact-filled Hanukkah book.”―We Are Teachers View →
A Wild, Wild Hanukkah
“The animals come to life in this beautifully illustrated Hanukkah book.”―We Are Teachers View →
The Shabbat Box
“A thoroughly delightful portrayal of children, a family, a teacher and her class, and the empowering example of a small child solving a problem without adult help is given through the words and pictures of this charming story.” View →
Sybil Ludington's Midnight Ride
“The emotion of Sybil’s determination, fear, and courage is clearly brought to the reader in Amstel’s text and Beier’s colored illustrations. Teachers of second and third grade will find this an excellent read-aloud selection of a true historical event.”… View →
The Winter Solstice
“Teachers will value the book’s multicultural approach as well as its simple, readable text and attractive watercolor illustrations.” —Booklist View →
The Boy from Seville
“Originally published more than 20 years ago in Hebrew, this newly translated novel is definitely purposive: Manuel discovers that the girl he loves is also a secret Jew and that his teacher could betray them. The horrific persecution (Manuel’s grandparents were burned at… View →
Late for School!
“This laugh-and-a-half book gets its kick from well-structured rhyming text and fruit-colored, in-your-face pictures. Fun for children and teachers alike.” —Booklist View →
Crafts from Your Favorite Nursery Rhymes
“[T]his volume offers 21 ideas revolving around familiar nursery rhymes. Projects include a glove puppet of Mother Hubbard’s dog, a car antenna spider for Miss Muffet, and an aluminum pie tin model of Old King Cole’s crown. The clearly written directions and the… View →
Kathy Ross Crafts Numbers
“The first nine projects highlight the numerals from one to nine, while the rest focus on applications of numbers, such as measurement (a foot-long mother worm and her we little inchworms), telling time (A toy alarm clock made from a discarded compact disc), and counting (a… View →
The New Kid
“In the new Real Kids Readers series, [this]. . . book tell[s] [a] simple, realistic stor[y] and [is]illustrated with full-color photographs of contemporary children from diverse backgrounds. . . Hood’s story is about a new kid, Sid, who acts silly and irritates the teacher View →
All New Crafts for Thanksgiving
“This attractive book . . . pages have a cheerful look. As always, Ross offers clear directions . . . A good source of Thanksgiving-themed ideas for parents, teachers, caregivers, and scout leaders.” —Booklist View →