Learning to share and play nicely with other children can be a challenge. In "Salad Pie", Maggie finds the playground deserted when she arrives. This, she feels, is the perfect environment for making salad pie. She is not happy when... Read More

In a world filled with distraction and noise, Stone’s book is a welcome call to come home to ourselves and to our place in nature. There is magic in the music of the birds, wild dreams to be dreamed, and much, much more to be seen... Read More

This review does not have words—excepting: brainy, entertaining, and satirical. That and smart-alecky, comic, adorable, artistic, and snort-out-loud funny. This review does not have words in the same way the book doesn’t have words... Read More

Zartman skillfully explores assisted suicide and the border between physical and spiritual reality. A near-death experience leads to a murder charge in There’s a Place, a provocative glimpse of one woman’s perception of the... Read More

A lion creates a “gay pride” in this vividly illustrated and uplifting story. For those who recognize the lack of LGBT-themed picture books in the market, "George the Gay Lion" will be welcomed with utter joy. The gorgeously rendered... Read More

When twins Sidney and Stella—who DO NOT share, not under any circumstance—accidentally take out the moon with a bouncy ball, they must learn to use their greatest strengths (and overcome their greatest weakness) to put things right.... Read More

Simultaneous with the attack on Pearl Harbor (in 1941) was the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. While working in a military station, two Chinese boys assist in the war effort by securing medical supplies for the underground fighters and... Read More

The last great battle of the Indian Wars comes alive for children and adults in accurate, illustrated text. Custer’s Last Battle is a gorgeously illustrated, fictionalized yet well-researched account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn... Read More