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Kirkus Reviews Starred Review: Because I'm New

“The joys and difficulties of adding a baby to the family are detailed in this sweet tale…”

 

Cybils Awards, 2020 Finalist (Elementary Nonfiction): Winged Wonders: Solving the Monarch Migration Mystery

Winged Wonders: Solving the Monarch Migration Mystery is a 2020 Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary (Cybils) Awards Finalist in the Elementary Nonfiction category. Congratulations to author Meeg Pincus and illustrator Yas Imamura!

 

#Bookstagang Best of 2020: Winged Wonders: Solving the Monarch Migration Mystery

The Tiny Activist selected Winged Wonders: Solving the Monarch Migration Mystery for their #bookstagang_betsof2020 Picture Book Award in the Innovative Non-Fiction category.

 

2020 Eureka! Nonfiction Children's Book Honorees

Congratulations to the 2020 Eureka! Honor Award Winners: H is for Honey Bee: A Beekeeping Alphabet (by Robbyn Smith van Frankenhuyzen, illus. by Eileen Ryan Ewen), Tails from the Animal Shelter (by Stephanie Shaw, illus. by Liza Woodruff), and Winged Wonders: Solving the Monarch Migration Mystery (by Meeg Pincus, illus. by Yas Imamura).

 

2020 Eureka! Nonfiction Children's Book Gold Award Winners

Congratulations to the 2020 Eureka! Gold Award Winners: Nian, the Chinese New Year Dragon (by Virginia Loh-Hagan, illus. by Timothy Banks) and T is for Thor: A Norse Mythology Alphabet (by Virginia Loh-Hagan, illus. by Torstein Nordstrand).

 

2021 Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List: Winged Wonders: Solving the Monarch Migration Mystery

Winged Wonders: Solving the Monarch Migration Mystery made the 2021 Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List! Congratulations to author Meeg Pincus, and illustrator Yas Imamura.

 

Kirkus Best Picture Books of the Year (2020): Winged Wonders: Solving the Monarch Migration Mystery & Memoirs of a Tortoise

Winged Wonders: Solving the Monarch Migration Mystery by Meeg Pincus, illus. by Yas Imamura and Memoirs of a Tortoise by Devin Scillian, illus. by Tim Bowers, are two of the “Best Picture Books of the Year”, according to Kirkus Reviews.

 

The San Francisco Book Review 5 Star Review: Lions & Cheetahs & Rhinos OH MY!: Animal Artwork by Children in Sub-Saharan Africa

Lions & Cheetahs & Rhinos Oh My!: Animal Artwork by Children in Sub-Saharan Africa is filled with a plethora of interesting facts about animals who inhabit the vast plains of Sub-Saharan Africa…

 

Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List: Someplace to Call Home

Someplace to Call Home, written by Sandra Dallas, has made it onto the 2021 Texas Bluebonnet Award’s Master List!

 

San Francisco Book Review 5 Star Review: Bobby Babinski's Bathtub

Author Judy Young has written a perfectly charming story in clever rhyme with a rocking meter. Young readers will be completely engaged by this silly rhymer…