Reviews
Afikotective
“A delightfully charming and unreservedly recommended pick for family, school, and library children’s book collections.”—Midwest Book Review View →
Focus on the Great Migration
“Dig deeper to understand more about The Great Migration (1916-1970) when approximately six million African Americans left the South for the North, Midwest, and West regions of the United States. The first chapter starts with a background on slavery in American. Then, Tyner writes… View →
When Lightnin' Struck
“Original, deftly crafted, entertaining, thought-provoking with its underlying message about bullying” — Midwest Book Review View →
Rena Glickman, Queen of Judo
“‘Rena Glickman, Queen of Judo’ is an engaging, entertaining and informative read throughout.” — Midwest Book Review View →
A Queen to the Rescue: The Story of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah
“Exceptionally informative, well organized, thoroughly ‘kid friendly’ in presentation, ‘A Queen to the Rescue’ is the highly recommended picture book biography of Henrietta Szold and especially and unreservedly recommended for . . . young readers ages… View →
A Rainy Day Story
“‘A Rainy Day Story’ will prove to be an immediately welcome and enduringly popular addition to family, daycare center, preschool, elementary school, and community library collections.” — James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review View →
Behind the Bookcase: Miep Gies, Anne Frank, and the Hiding Place
“The story of their relationship (and the impending danger to the family in hiding) unfolds in this unique perspective of Anne Frank’s widely known story.” — James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review View →
There Was a Young Rabbi: A Hanukkah Tale
“‘There Was a Young Rabbi: A Hanukkah Tale’ will help children to learn about Hanukkah’s festivities and rituals, and about the Jewish holiday itself.” — James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review View →
The Abba Tree
“A delightfully charming and wonderfully entertaining picture book story for children ages 4-8, ‘The Abba Tree’ is an original tale by author and storyteller Devora Busheri that is delightfully illustrated with the visual imaging of artist Gal Shkedi.” — James View →
“[E]specially and unreservedly recommended for family, daycare center, preschool, elementary school, and community library picture book collections.”—Midwest Book Review View →
My Sister Is Sleeping
“highly recommended for family, daycare center, preschool, elementary school, and community library picture book collections for children ages 3-8.” — James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review View →
Too Far From Home
“A deftly written and thoroughly entertaining story with an important underlying message about the value of tolerance and cultural differences, ‘Too Far From Home’ is an especially and unreservedly recommended addition to family, elementary school, middle school, and… View →
Growing Up Gorilla: How a Zoo Baby Brought Her Family Together
Growing Up Gorilla by Clare Hodgson Meeker is heartwarming true story chronicles what happened after a mother gorilla gave birth for the first time and then walked away from her newborn baby at Seattle’s Woodland Park. . . Profusely illustrated throughout with full color… View →
A Scarf for Keiko
“It’s 1942 and America is at war with the Empire of Japan. Sam’s elementary school class is knitting socks for soldiers and Sam is a terrible knitter. Keiko is a good knitter, but some kids at school don’t want anything to do with her because the Japanese have… View →
The T-Rex Who Lost His Specs!
Two fine new picture book offerings from this press are highly recommended picks for picture book readers looking for different entertainment. Young dinosaur lovers will relish Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross’s The T-Rex Who Lost His Specs! (9781541514560, $17.99), a fun story of a… View →
Navajo Code Talkers
‘Navajo Code Talkers,’ from the series Heroes of World War II, tells the story of the successful communications of the Navajo code talkers, in the US marines, during World War II from 1942 through 1945, in the Pacific theater. This exciting true story of a Marine core of… View →
" . . . [A] delightfully entertaining and original story . . . especially recommended . . . "—Midwest Book Review View →
Hannah's Way
“Hannah’s Way is an American Jewish story that has not been told in picture books before. The time is the 1920s and the place is Northeastern Minnesota, a rural iron mining area called the Iron Range. After her father loses his job in Minneapolis, Hannah’s family moves to… View →
Counting on Shabbat
“An ideal pick for family, daycare center, preschool, and community library board book collections for children ages 1-4.”―Midwest Book Review View →
“All are excellent surveys that should be considered ‘must have foundation references’ for any serious elementary-level collection.” —The Midwest Book Review View →
Oy, Santa!: Or, There's a Latke to Learn about Hanukkah
“‘Oy, Santa’ is especially and unreservedly recommended for family, daycare center, preschool, elementary school, and community library Jewish Holiday/Fiction collections for children ages 4-9.”—Midwest Book Review, Judaic View →
De-Extinction: The Science of Bringing Lost Species Back to Life
Written especially for young adults, yet utterly fascinating for readers of all ages to browse, De- extinction: The Science of Bringing Lost Species Back to Life is about advances in scientific technology to potentially bring back animal species that have gone extinct. A real-life… View →