"The Magical Rooster" tells the story of Tang Yun, who must travel a long way to the capital city to take the Imperial Exam. Distressed by the idea of her son traveling thousands of miles, his mother embroiders a rooster on her son’s... Read More

This informative work will help children to understand the frontier experience by immersing their imaginations in it. Carole P. Roman turns back the clock to the United States’ frontier days in If You Were Me And Lived In … The... Read More

A royal pain with a red balloon strays from a fair and into an abandoned marionette auditorium where several spooky kooky puppets (called Squickerwonkers) reside. A disembodied voice introduces to the impetuous young heiress each of the... Read More

A collage of words and drawings narrating the life of polymath Peter Mark Roget accompanies this story of the list-maker’s life and career. Both approachable and packed with information, this mini biography introduces children to the... Read More

Charming illustrations and a likable protagonist teach children about self-restraint, following rules, and earning rewards. Zachary Fallon creates a whimsical look at the moral quandaries of a small boy in "Diego Dilemma in the Cookie... Read More

Celebrate the dazzling spectacle of reading, writing, and designing in this vaudeville romp that explores the outside, inside, intellectual side, and imaginative side of these friends we call books. Antique-style fonts and warm-toned... Read More

This light mystery about a special pet will appeal to dog lovers. "The Amazing Sparkey" is a story about the Kelly family’s incredibly smart dog, Sparkey. He reads, adds and subtracts, helps with the grocery shopping, and even gives... Read More

In "The Opera", Kateland Leveillee creates a vivid portrait of the tortured mind of a mad poet. It is a collection that is interesting in its premise but limited in its scope. The speaker in Leveillee’s poems is at once deeply... Read More