Posts Tagged ‘Review’

Beverley Brenna’s new middle grade novel receives glowing praise with Kirkus Reviews calling it “poignant, uplifting, and humorous.” Congratulations Beverley! Don’t miss What If There Are Alligators?, coming to bookstores and libraries September 15, 2026!

Listening for Tigers ––book II in The Tiger Trilogy–– receives glowing praise from Kirkus Reviews, calling Michelle Kadarusman’s sequel to Music for Tigers a “tender, brainy sequel that gives science, intuition, and mental illness equal room to breathe.” Congratulations Michelle! Don’t miss Listening for Tigers, coming to libraries and bookstores near you October 20, 2026!

Calling all Middle Grade lovers! Look here for a glowing, five-star review for What If There Are Alligators? from YA Books Central! “Final Verdict: This is a great book for kids who love nature and animals and those who may suffer from similar anxieties. It is important to talk about it and this can help […]

BYU Children’s Book & Media Review “…This book is not just a fun read but is also a marvelous learning tool, as it also introduces synonyms to young children, counts up to ten, and shows many different sea creatures. Anne-Claire Delisle has the most endearing illustrations. With the bright colors and characters’ goofy smiles, Going […]

“At the start of the emotional tale My Beautiful Birds by Suzanne Del Rizzo, Sami and his family climb a hill while their Syrian village burns in the background below. They continue walking for a day and two nights until they reach a refugee camp: “Helpful hands welcome us in. We made it. We are […]

 “The rise of Arthur Biyarslanov, known as the Chechen Wolf, and his journey from refugee to soccer star to Olympian are chronicled in a narrative biography that is both inspirational and timely. Opening with the Biyarslanov family’s flight from Chechnya in a sequence that could be straight out of a movie, the book draws the […]

This is a book that tries to explain the foster care system to young children. We are introduced to a little rabbit named Elliot and told ‘His mother and father loved him very much.’ But unfortunately, they do not know what to do when Elliot cries or yells or misbehaves….Thomas tells Elliot he will find […]

After the private plane Jared is flying in crashes in the wilderness, the first person to reach him is another teen, Kyle, a member of the Cree nation. Desperate to use his cell phone, Jared insists on climbing a hill, though Kyle warns him against it. Kyle ends up going with Jared to protect him. […]

“…All the World a Poem is a lyrical odyssey examining the richness of poems in shape and content, place and time, purpose and destination. According to Gilles Tibo’s dreamy text, poetry can be anything and everything, filled with grace and love, both reverent and impassioning. The translation from Gilles Tibo’s French Poésies pour la vie […]

In Root Beer Candy and Other Miracles by Shari Green, 11-year-old Bailey knows spending her first summer with Nana Marie is just one more sign of many that her parents’ marriage is in trouble. While they go on a retreat to try and salvage their relationship, Bailey and her younger brother, Kevin, are left to […]