Reviews & Awards

Booklist Review | Meet Lizzo!

Booklist Review | Meet Lizzo!

The spotlight shines on flute-playing popstar Lizzo in this offering from the Easy Star Biographies series (8 titles), which is targeted at beginning readers. Rather than look at her early...

Booklist Review | Meet Lizzo!

The spotlight shines on flute-playing popstar Lizzo in this offering from the Easy Star Biographies series (8 titles), which is targeted at beginning readers. Rather than look at her early...

SLJ Review | Easy Star Biographies (Set 1)

SLJ Review | Easy Star Biographies (Set 1)

Celebrities popular with youngsters are featured in these colorful volumes. Employing simple, straightforward prose, the author shares facts about recording artists, athletes, and actors. Readers learn that Ariana Grande loves...

SLJ Review | Easy Star Biographies (Set 1)

Celebrities popular with youngsters are featured in these colorful volumes. Employing simple, straightforward prose, the author shares facts about recording artists, athletes, and actors. Readers learn that Ariana Grande loves...

SLJ Review | Animal Ghost Stories

SLJ Review | Animal Ghost Stories

Gr 2-4 – Most kids love animals and ghost stories, so this well-written series for younger students about four-legged hauntings is a great combination. Readers get some tantalizing, not-too-scary thrills...

SLJ Review | Animal Ghost Stories

Gr 2-4 – Most kids love animals and ghost stories, so this well-written series for younger students about four-legged hauntings is a great combination. Readers get some tantalizing, not-too-scary thrills...

SLJ Review | Insects Around the World: Africa (Set 1)

SLJ Review | Insects Around the World: Africa (...

Gr 3-5 – Most of the insects in this series are rarely covered in children’s books. Titles feature straightforward descriptions of characteristics and behaviors, accompanied by large ­photographs spanning a...

SLJ Review | Insects Around the World: Africa (...

Gr 3-5 – Most of the insects in this series are rarely covered in children’s books. Titles feature straightforward descriptions of characteristics and behaviors, accompanied by large ­photographs spanning a...

SLJ Review | How to Care For Your New Pet  (Set 2)

SLJ Review | How to Care For Your New Pet (Set 2)

Gr 3-6 – These titles cover key areas of pet ownership, including selection, habitats, feeding, and care. Each spread provides several paragraphs of information and a single large photograph. Conversational...

SLJ Review | How to Care For Your New Pet (Set 2)

Gr 3-6 – These titles cover key areas of pet ownership, including selection, habitats, feeding, and care. Each spread provides several paragraphs of information and a single large photograph. Conversational...

SLJ Review | Military Vehicles

SLJ Review | Military Vehicles

Gr 2-4 – These informative titles describe the history and development of military vehicles. Aquatic transportation like aircraft carriers and submarines are still used today, but battleships have fallen out of...

SLJ Review | Military Vehicles

Gr 2-4 – These informative titles describe the history and development of military vehicles. Aquatic transportation like aircraft carriers and submarines are still used today, but battleships have fallen out of...