An Earth Day Celebration is a perfect occasion for youngsters to combine efforts to save the planet they will inherit. Together with her first-grade classmates, Abby, the lead character in Earth Day and the Recycling Fashionista! takes... Read More

A budding writer, young Isabella is thrilled when her teacher announces that one student will be chosen to read his or her work at an upcoming celebration of Pachamama, or Mother Earth, at her school in Ecuador. Through short journal... Read More

Setting out alone in the pathless wilderness, a young Thoreau walks wherever he wants during the day, guided by moose tracks and by the sounds of a waterfall and the promise of a mountaintop view. Huddling close to the warmth of his... Read More

In this sophisticated counting book, ten flightless birds that look like crows endeavor to cross a river. Each one in turn comes up with a remarkably creative solution, using extravagant means such as pulleys, ropes, a catapult,... Read More

Sadie positively needs to go the zoo; it’s been ages and her plans get foiled each time. Finally, she and her dad start out one morning and before long they’re drenched in showers. He says they’ll have to turn around and go home,... Read More

A history lesson by default, a young boy reading about Egypt compares his cat, page by page, to its namesake, the goddess Isis: “Isis was the daughter of the Earth and Sky; I got my Isis when our neighbor’s cat had kittens. (She was... Read More

The premise is an oldie-but-goodie: guess what lies beyond a peek-a-boo hole in the page given a single clue. Artist Edward Gibbs’s debut picture book is a stunner; his extraordinary line drawings will engage anyone (of any age) who... Read More

The US Census Bureau reports there are 17.3 million Spanish-speaking residents in the United States today—thus expanding the market for bilingual illustrated children’s offerings to 4,900 books in print today. The Park Our Town... Read More