Reviews

Gr 8 Up—One might think that Ally had become accustomed to things not going her way...

Gr 7 Up—High school sophomore Vanessa is in a rush to grow up...

Gr 5 Up—Artist Peggy Flores provides step-by-step instructions for creating castles through drawing, painting, and clay work and using construction paper, cardboard, and paper rolls in this process-driven video...

Gr 6—10—In this futuristic follow-up to Dark Life (Scholastic, 2010), 15-year-old Ty Townson and his friend Gemma, a homeless orphan who used to live in an above-water trade station, discover a submerged township filled with bodies in a trash vortex...

PreS-Gr 2—This translation of A Treasury of Curious George (Houghton, 2004) contains eight stories: "Curious George Takes a Train," "Curious George Visits a Toy Store," "Curious George and the Dump Truck," "Curious George and the Birthday Surprise," "Curious George Goes Camping," "Curious George Goes to a Costume Party," "Curious George Visits the Library," and "Curious George in the Big City...

PreS-Gr 3—Wellington is a peckish hound who lives with Honey, a cat, and Master Horace...

Gr 9 Up—This is an ambitious attempt to explain conservative politics in the U...

PreS-Gr 2—An unnamed little girl and her brother are sad because their grandmother has died...

Gr 1—3—This whimsically illustrated book includes two CDs...