Reviews
Kirkus Reviews - This Sunday My Daddy Came to Church
Dressed in his Sunday best, Omar goes to church every week with his mother but wishes his dad would come, too…In this tender tale, church-going wins over a relatable father with charm and bite-sized guilt. View →
Kirkus Reviews - Miss Betti, What Is This? How Detroit's School Lunch Lady Got Good Food on the Menu
A Detroit cafeteria worker acts on her belief that kids deserve delicious, nutritious food…Dishes up a decidedly well-earned tribute. View →
Kirkus Reviews - My Name Is Ai Lin
An empowering celebration of identity. View →
Kirkus Reviews - ARLO
Quirky, thoughtful, and fun. View →
Carol Baldwin - I Am Gravity
I recommend this book for middle-grade classrooms as well as for younger readers. Everyone can learn from this STEM book! View →
Archimedes Notebook - OH DEER!
What I like about this book: I like Jasper’s inventiveness. I also like how this book is about more than protecting turnip greens. Because, at the end he realizes that there are good reasons to share your veggies. And he discovers a way to have both solitude and a few close friends. View →
Archimedes Notebook - Seasons on the Farm
What I like about this book: As a gardener who lives in a farming community, I enjoyed the way the seasons unfolded in the book. The language, slow and unhurried, invited me to linger on the page and immerse myself into the lovely artwork. I would have lingered longer, but … I hear the… View →
Publishers Weekly - Shipwreck
Laide’s lines frequently use alliteration to evoke maritime drama, describing “fearsome / skull and crossbones/ flapped over ferocious seas.” Saturated coloring and carefully inked detailing give Vélez Aguilera’s realistic full-bleed illustrations an absorbing quality, whether they’re… View →
Kirkus Reviews - The Dog Who Saved the Bees
Would-be animal trainers will find this engaging addition to the working-dog shelf of particular interest View →
Kirkus Reviews - A Cowpoke's Christmas
A refreshingly uncommercial Yuletide tale. View →