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Cover: Tails from the Animal Shelter

Booklist - Tails from the Animal Shleter

Children and families contemplating a pet, as well as those who enjoy learning about different kinds of pets and their care, are the audience for this lively look at shelter animals. An explanation of why shelters exist opens the book—usually, says Shaw, “people problems,”… View →

 
Cover: Tails from the Animal Shelter

School Library Journal - Tails from the Animal Shelter

This primer on the importance of rescuing animals begins by listing some of the reasons animals end up in shelters, including natural disasters, medical issues, and abuse. While these are sad facts, the book’s tone is positive. The text describes the many wonderful ways animal shelters… View →

 
Cover: Tails from the Animal Shelter

Booklist - Tails from the Animal Shelter

Children and families contemplating a pet, as well as those who enjoy learning about different kinds of pets and their care, are the audience for this lively look at shelter animals. An explanation of why shelters exist opens the book—usually, says Shaw, “people problems,”… View →

 
Cover: Everybody's Tree

School Library Journal - Everybody's Tree

Joosse’s text flows well. Her lines have an elegant rhythm and rhyme, while the story zips and zings with fun onomatopoeia. Graef’s colored pencil illustrations are soft and welcoming. A variety of viewpoints nicely convey the scope and size of the tree and the celebration in a bustling, View →

 
Cover: Letters from Space

School Library Journal - Letters from Space

With a final page of facts about NASA, astronauts, and living in space, this must-purchase entertains with a combination of zany art, humor, and solid facts for fascinated young readers craving space travel—even the armchair kind. View →

 
Cover: Welcome to the World

Kirkus Reviews - Welcome to the World

A family of red squirrels introduces a new baby to the waiting world in James and Brown’s latest collaboration. View →

 
Cover: Acoustic Rooster's Barnyard Boogie Starring Indigo Blume

Publisher's Weekly - Acoustic Rooster's Barnyard Boogie Starring Indigo Blume

Happy to contribute to her community but suffering cold feet at the prospect of headlining the Garden City Community Festival, Indigo dreams herself into the swinging barnyard of Acoustic Rooster and his punny-named musical friends. When a sudden storm demolishes the barn, Indigo proves… View →

 
Cover: Sing Some More

Publisher's Weekly - Sing Some More

“An exuberant quartet of birds serenade a community in Diesen’s rhyming picture book. Starting before dawn, the boisterous foursome is oblivious to the exasperation of an owl (who gives some serious side-eye), a sleepy human family, and other beings. The titular refrain splays across… View →

 
Cover: Truth and Honor: The President Ford Story

School Library Journal - Truth and Honor: The President Ford Story

McDivitt presents an informative, insightful biography of former president Gerald Ford. The text traces Ford’s life from his humble beginnings in Grand Rapids, MI, to the Oval Office. Throughout the narrative, the text emphasizes how Ford’s life prepared him to take over the presidency… View →

 
Cover: Acoustic Rooster's Barnyard Boogie Starring Indigo Blume

School Library Journal - Acoustic Rooster's Barnyard Boogie Starring Indigo Blume

Recommended for independent reading or one-on-one sharing with a child who needs a self-esteem boost and likes jazz and/or farm animals. View →