In "Blowing Bubbles", Kathleen Cherry’s text and Jill Quinn Babcock’s illustrations combine to portray, honestly and accurately, the uncertainty a child feels when a family member becomes seriously ill. Josh’s thrill-seeking... Read More

Exuberant, colorful, and superlatively upbeat, this rhyme-and-rhythm treat is simply fun. Silly enough to charm an entire kindergarten class, "The Legend of OinkADoodleMoo" is a pure delight. Author Alan St. Jean claims he loves to make... Read More

Wool is used in may ways and by many people, as Carmela Snelbaker’s informative book, "Thank You for Your Service, Sheep!", points out. Wool is used in the airline industry, in the medical field, and by the military. It is even used in... Read More

A haunting account of two Asian writers jailed for their political views reveals the occasional power of stories to earn freedom for prisoners. The stamps in the title represent the letters from distant writers touched by the... Read More

Girl power through the lens of history. Part of The Thinking Girl’s Treasury of Dastardly Dames, West African Njinga reveals her intellectual might as she wars with the Portuguese invaders over the lucrative slave trade. Fascinating... Read More

A wordless narrative of epic proportions follows a family’s survival as rising tides threaten and then consume their home. Stunning, full-bleed illustrations convey all we need to know about their ordeal: that they make it through the... Read More

An especially lyrical departure from the Dane Hans Christian Andersen’s story told by an East Indian writer and based on the extraordinary artwork of a late Iranian illustrator. Only in fairy tales are we assured of happy endings borne... Read More

Born on a remote farm in the 1800s, Jesse lives for the floating library-cum-bookstore he visits with his father by horse-drawn carriage. The object of his affection is Swiss Family Robinson, but he can’t afford the twenty cents it... Read More