Reviews

Book Review: A playful, curious little hippo wanders away and is found by its mother. As Little Hippo (safely) strays from the herd, readers see joyful mud baths and splashy water play.…

A graciously illustrated rhyming ode to eggs. Wrapped in its own firm shell, this compact board book has a solid, padded cover and opens onto stiff, matte cardboard pages. Creamy white…

Buckle up and get ready for a rollicking road trip with merry monsters. This cast of joyful monsters in bright colors with myriad different sizes, shapes, facial features, and appendages is…

Crisis looms when young Sybilla Peale learns that big brother Rembrandt is taking a beloved fossil for a tour of England. Sybilla is accustomed to living among the wildlife exhibits (“They…

Follow a garden’s growth as pages unfold vertically toward the ground. The book opens vertically on a pretty blue songbird, and more sections of the sturdy, blooming potted plant it’s perched

Who hasn’t wondered where a wish goes? In this airy musing, a wish floats on the wind like a maple seed. The wish takes a breathtaking journey, sailing over water, drifting through canyons,…

Rosenbaum’s text consists of easy, rolling rhymes, with plenty of descriptive language to conjure up the scene: “Sunlight sizzles, hot and bright”; boats “rise and fall in liquid motion”;…

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The butterflies flutter gracefully over almost every page, sometimes singly and sometimes in joyous festoons. The backmatter gives a more detailed history and suggested…

Yusra, a young Syrian woman, travels at the age of 17 with her older sister to escape the war in her country. Having trained since childhood, Yusra dreams of swimming at the Olympics. The…

Though accustomed to making stories with others, an “old Russian typewriter” now spins a tale of its own. This quirky tale begins with the typewriter, painted lovingly in exquisite detail,…

When young Ronnie Rabinovitz’s father wrote a letter on his son’s behalf to Jackie Robinson, neither of them could have predicted that the simple act would spark a cross-cultural,…

Introduces readers to the land, cities, history, and food of Peru. This attractive volume in kid friendly, easy to read, and inviting. Beautiful and bright color photographs are included on…

Book Review: Grades 2-5 – Readers interested in how our modern technologies developed will find a great starting point in the Sequence Developments in Technology series (6 titles), which…

Book Review: Grades 2-5 – Readers interested in how our modern technologies developed will find a great starting point in the Sequence Developments in Technology series (6 titles), which…

Book Review: Grades 2-5 – Readers interested in how our modern technologies developed will find a great starting point in the Sequence Developments in Technology series (6 titles), which…

Book Review: Grades 2-5 – Readers interested in how our modern technologies developed will find a great starting point in the Sequence Developments in Technology series (6 titles), which…

Series Review: The sheer variety that exists among nature and its inhabitants is on full display in the “Spotlight on Nature” series (8 titles), which follows different animals through their…

Series Review: The sheer variety that exists among nature and its inhabitants is on full display in the “Spotlight on Nature” series (8 titles), which follows different animals through their…

Series Review: The sheer variety that exists among nature and its inhabitants is on full display in the “Spotlight on Nature” series (8 titles), which follows different animals through their…

Series Review: The sheer variety that exists among nature and its inhabitants is on full display in the “Spotlight on Nature” series (8 titles), which follows different animals through their…

Follow a sleek black foal frolicking through an idyllic day. Starring a long-legged, curious foal with a white star on its forehead that ensures recognizability even when it’s amid a crowd,…

Boxer tells the story succinctly, clearly drawing the political lines so that young readers will understand the dynamics. Mildenberger’s inclusion of a few black women among those…

Series Review: Grades 3-5 – The high/low books in the Air Power series (6 new titles) rely on concise, clear sentences and, most effectively, bold infographics to detail the developmental…

There are many versions of this legend to explain the meaning behind traditional Chinese New Year celebrations. Loh-Hagan makes it her own by making the hero a young girl who figures out how…