Reviews
Booklist Review - Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky
Dallas revisits the setting of her best-selling adult novel Tallgrass (2007) in this fictionalized view of U.S. internment camps during WWII. Twelve-year-old Tomi is as American as the strawberries that grow behind her California home, even though both of her… View →
School Library Journal - S is for Sea Glass
Every small publisher needs a staple. Something to keep them going through hard times. Years ago Sleeping Bear Press hit on the notion of writing books with the [letter] is for [word] format and they’ve kept up this abecedarian staple ever since. These are books that are fairly easy to… View →
Kirkus Reviews - Digger and Daisy Go to the Doctor
In this latest outing for Digger and Daisy, the elder dog sister guides the younger dog brother through a visit to the… Young’s comradely canine siblings have a history of enjoying adventures together, but going to the doctor is a different order of things for one simple rea View →
Kirkus Reviews - Kay Kay's Alphabet Safari
Themed alphabet books are like the Little Engine that Could—they just keep on… This one is based on the author/illustrator’s personal experience in Kenya. A young man named Kay Kay promises the children at a new school in his village that he will paint the plain white walls View →
School Library Journal - First Day at Zoo School
PreS-Gr 1—When Amanda heads out for the first day of Zoo School, she sees that everyone has a best friend except her, so she quickly fixes that. “Hey, Gator! Let’s walk to school together! We can be Best Friends!” Poor Alfred, who doesn’t even want to go to… View →
Booklist Review - Rags, Hero Dog of WW1
Mirroring the similarly incredible story behind Ann Bausum’s Stubby the War Dog (2014), Raven’s look at this “small, scrappy gutter-pup” is sweet, exciting, and poignant. It was by chance that Private James Donovan of the U.S. Army’s Fightin’ First Division stepped on the stray’s paw.… View →
Kirkus Reviews - Rags, Hero Dog of WW1
A scrawny mutt is rescued in Paris by an American soldier during WWI, and the smart, intuitive Rags becomes a wartime hero. The true story of the dog’s wartime service is told in dramatic style, with plenty of conflict on Parisian streets and on the battlefields View →
School Library Journal - Dozer's Run
K-Gr 3—The annual Maryland Half Marathon is a fund-raiser for the University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center. Thousands have participated over the years to raise over $1.5 million dollars, but the single biggest booster ran the race only once: Dozer the Goldendoodle has generated… View →
Kirkus Reviews - First Day at Zoo School
Dillard explores friendship between two… It’s the first day of Zoo School. Amanda, a panda, is excited and ready. Alfred, an alligator, isn’t so sure: “Is this really necessary?” When the overbearing and bossy Amanda decides timid “Gator” will be her new best friend, does View →
School Library Journal - Rags, Hero Dog of WW1
Gr 1–4—This heartfelt story introduces a heroic and lovable dog that was found in a Paris doorway by an American soldier during World War I. Private James Donovan and Rags became fast friends, and Rags was whisked off into U.S. Army service, where he learned to root out rats and mice… View →