Gr 8 Up—This well-written volume effectively explores a topic of intense historical debate...
Gr 9 Up—This novel picks up where Shattered Mirror (Delacorte, 2001) left off, and it will be difficult to follow the story without having read that book...
Gr 5—9—It is the 1800s in Philadelphia, the home of the nation's first hospital...
K-Gr 3—This lesser-known title by the author of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (Puffin, 1977) is introduced to a new audience in a beautiful, bilingual edition featuring a Japanese translation alongside the original English text...
PreS-Gr 2—Chester is, quite understandably, in awe of his best friend, Forsythia; after all, she can bake incredible cakes, play piano upside down, grow prize-winning roses, perform in the circus and the ballet, train ferocious animals, and paint royal portraits...
K-Gr 3—Environmental threats facing fish in various habitats around the world are introduced in a picture-book, read-aloud format...
K-Gr 3—Raj, a handsome marmalade cat with a golden coat and chocolate stripes, believes he is a tiger...
K-Gr 2—A boy with a vivid imagination tells about his relationship with his older sister...
K-Gr 1—When Tim tells his parents the truth—that a ninja ate the last slice of cake, that an astronaut took his dad's hammer, and that a giant squid ate his homework—they send him out to rake leaves and think about his habit of telling lies...