When twins Sidney and Stella—who DO NOT share, not under any circumstance—accidentally take out the moon with a bouncy ball, they must learn to use their greatest strengths (and overcome their greatest weakness) to put things right.... Read More

Simultaneous with the attack on Pearl Harbor (in 1941) was the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. While working in a military station, two Chinese boys assist in the war effort by securing medical supplies for the underground fighters and... Read More

The last great battle of the Indian Wars comes alive for children and adults in accurate, illustrated text. Custer’s Last Battle is a gorgeously illustrated, fictionalized yet well-researched account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn... Read More

When Hilda and her mother move to a new home in the city, the little girl’s wonderfully solitary journeys into nature necessarily cease. How she manages to satisfy her need for independence while assuring her mother of her safety is... Read More

A woman befriends an injured, feral fox, and it adds significantly to her measure of delight in the world. Is she selfish to make friendly overtures to a wild animal? Will it come to harm? A beautifully illustrated story about a... Read More

Within America’s increasingly urban population, fewer and fewer children really understand where their food comes from, or the nuts and bolts of how it’s produced. In Tom and Pearl’s Udder Stand, Tom Paris manages to entertain kids... Read More

A dig site in Montana reveals a great adventure for a group of schoolchildren from Los Angeles, when a nine year old finds the buried skull of a teenaged Tyrannosaurus Rex. The remainder of the fictionalized story of a real event... Read More

Proponents of enriched environments for children will be delighted to discover Mereki and Pangari, whose book-filled home contains several computers, Rolling Stone, and Mad Magazine, but no television. When the children pause from... Read More