Reviews
Kirkus Reviews - Bug on the Rug
This is a pleasing, comical story about finding common ground, owning mistakes, and accepting differences. Readers will enjoy the hilarious proceedings conveyed through jaunty rhymes that scan well and the characters’ expressive mugging. Rhyming words and opportunities for rich vocabulary… View →
Kirkus Reviews - Monsters in the Briny
Meanwhile, the perfectly scanned rhymes are complemented by delicious words like bilious, slewing, and peevish. Don’t know the tune? Sheet music is provided at the end alongside a section offering more info on each mythic sea creature, adroitly named “Now, Here Be Our Monsters.”… View →
Kirkus Reviews - Summer's Call: A Michigan Day
Hellewell has created a nostalgic, rose-tinted narrative, enhanced by illustrations that harken back to the idealized childhood world of Tasha Tudor’s picture books…Backmatter with instructions on how to make a mobile to capture summer memories will spark the imaginations of creative readers. View →
Kirkus Reviews - A Parliament of Owls
“Readers learn the collective nouns for groups of animals in this picture book…As colorful and raucous a collection of animals as ever was.” View →
Booklist - Earth vs. Mars
“Space enthusiasts will find an abundance of information on what it will take to explore and survive on Mars in this volume in the Mission: Mars series…An appealing addition to space and technology collections.” View →
Booklist - What is Asian-Black Solidarity?
“This book is a definite asset for educators and those who wish to learn more about racial justice. Colorful pages and short sentences will appeal to a range of readers, and the book’s timely topic makes it a solid addition to any school or library collection.” View →
Shelf Awareness - Mushroom Rain
“Together Zimmermann and Green prove how fascinating—and beautiful—science and nonfiction can be. The picture book’s poetic insights and enchanting illustrations are likely to scatter seeds that will take root for future mycologists.” View →
Booklist - Do the Work! Zero Hunger
“Straightforward yet encouraging text describes the effects of hunger and explains how Zero Hunger is attainable through smaller goals, such as supporting small-scale farmers. The second half of the book focuses on helpful actions young readers can take at home, at school, and in… View →
Booklist - Do the Work!: Zero Hunger
“Straightforward yet encouraging text describes the effects of hunger and explains how Zero Hunger is attainable through smaller goals, such as supporting small-scale farmers. The second half of the book focuses on helpful actions young readers can take at home, at school, and in… View →
Booklist - What Is Asian-Black Solidarity?
“This book is a definite asset for educators and those who wish to learn more about racial justice…Colorful pages and short sentences will appeal to a range of readers, and the book’s timely topic makes it a solid addition to any school or library collection.” View →
Booklist - Earth vs. Mars
“Space enthusiasts will find an abundance of information on what it will take to explore and survive on Mars in this volume in the Mission: Mars series (6 titles)…An appealing addition to space and technology collections.” View →
Kirkus Reviews - Light the Sky, Firefly!
“A glowing chronicle of the life cycle of a firefly, from tiny egg to luminescent adult. Like a gleaming field of fireflies, it’s tough to take your eyes off this mesmerizing book.” View →
Kirkus Reviews - Mushroom Rain
“In lyrical, attention-grabbing language, [Zimmermann] describes mushrooms’ bizarre shapes and colors and remarkable smells…Star-dusted double-page illustrations convey Green’s enthusiasm for the subject.” View →
Booklist - Bug on the Rug
“Throughout, the rhymes are inventive (the pug is “aghast” and has to work “fast”), and the rug rivals’ words have great texture, like the bug’s sniffling “BIZZLE. BIZZLE. BZZZ! BZZZ!” The cartoonlike… View →
Kirkus Reviews - F is for Feathers: A Bird Alphabet
“This picture book presents a collection of fascinating facts about birding and feathered creatures….An attractive addition to the nature shelf.” View →
Kirkus Reviews - Hello, Baby! I'm Your Mom
“Emotive full-bleed illustrations in glowing hues accentuate the tenderness of maternal love…An informative baby-animal book in which mothers are revered and applauded.” View →
Kirkus Reviews: Jackie and the Mona Lisa
“Bricking’s soft watercolor illustrations evoke nostalgia and skillfully bring the historical period to life. Murphy succeeds in showing how the new, youthful first lady, schooled in the arts and admired by the American public for her fashion style and French affiliation, exerted a huge… View →
Booklist - Jackie and the Mona Lisa
“This ‘little known story of the sway, style, and persistence of America’s favorite First Lady’ certainly delivers…Murphy’s upbeat, hopeful tale of a puzzlingly obscure story is matched here by Bricking’s saturated watercolors, reminiscent of the style of Eloise but… View →
School Library Journal - Monsters in the Briny
“The catchy sea shanty is imminently hummable, and a page of sheet music is included. Alliteration, rhyming, and clever wordplay support language arts lessons, all while introducing new nautical vocabulary. A fun musical maritime adventure, perfect for interactive read-aloud sessions.” View →
School Library Journal - Jackie and the Mona Lisa
“This book may well inspire museum visits; a delightful addition to public or elementary school shelves.” View →