The state of Vermont conjures images of apples, maple sugar candy, individualism. Individualism is expressed in the state’s diverse history and in two new children’s books. The first is about a gutsy small daughter of a former slave... Read More

It is November of 1772 in Esterhaza, the summer palace of Prince Nicholas. During the performance of a new symphony by court composer Franz Joseph Haydn, the baffled Prince watches as, one by one, musicians stop playing, snuff their... Read More

While the persecution of Jews during Nazi rule is not a subject normally associated with young children, there comes a time when this distasteful period in world history must be broached. While we might prefer to shield our children from... Read More

Most people are introduced to haiku sometime in elementary school when they awkwardly attempt seventeen syllable nature poems. In Japan, however, haiku is revered as a true art form, a powerful, poetic example of the axiom “less is... Read More

Each of these two squat schoolbooks presents a typical kindergarten problem. On Penguin’s first day of school, he won’t let anyone else have a turn on the slide. “‘It’s not fair!’ said Warthog. ‘You’ve had eighty-six... Read More

Schneider, acclaimed creator of the nationally syndicated Eek & Meek comic strip, writes and illustrates this hilarious tale about his family’s dog Louie. Given the tremendous damage levied against the household furniture and... Read More

Ben wished he could trade in his sister, Allison, for a happy-go-lucky puppy! While Ben and his friends were having a snowball fight after school, Allison showed up in the middle of it. When his friends made fun of Allison for being in... Read More

With a gold star, a donkey’s ear and a cow’s horn, Hayes has written an English/Spanish version of a well-loved fairytale. Arcía convinces her widowed father to marry their next door neighbor, a widowed mother of two daughters. He... Read More