The comic form, says author Doxiadis, playing himself in this nerdy but engaging offering from Bloomsbury, “is perfect for stories of heroes in search of great goals.” In the case of "Logocomix", the hero is philosopher Bertrand... Read More

Remember reading aloud at school? It was either mortifying or stultifying. Reading aloud is essential for re-enforcing pronunciation, phrasing, vocabularybut for all those not doing the reading out loud its deadly dull. Thats why Francos... Read More

Ah, the acrostic: uninspired staple of poetry sessions in third and fourth grades. Well heres something to shake it up. These poems dont just spell out the obvious with adjectives, they ask questions, move diagonally, and contain whole... Read More

Soft illustrations help tell the story of a baby sea turtle who follows city lights instead of the stars and ends up lost and confused. Animals try to help him by suggesting he could be a painted turtle or a terrapin, and although he... Read More

Cris Arbo used a wild hive in her Virginia backyard as the model for these illustrations. In her imagination, says the biography, she climbed right inside the hive to offer a bees-eye view of the world. Arbo succeeded utterly, and... Read More

Part of the We Both Read series, We All Sleep invites adults and children to read aloud together. The left-hand page is for adults, and highlighted in the simple text is the word the child will use on his right-hand page. Two phrases are... Read More

Remember the rhyme about the woman in the shoe who had so many children Well, this mom knows exactly what to do, and we do too: count, count, count. Radiant watercolors and a marvelous cast of characters make this book a stand-out for... Read More

Elementary school children have an insatiable curiosity for wildlife books. More than stories, these are the books that come home from the library to read with mom and dad. And excellent they are for the one-on-one on the couch, for book... Read More