Dogs and Cats

School Library Journal Review: Starred Review. K-Gr 5?This could have been just another book about pets, albeit with a clever gimmick (after reading about one of the species, youngsters can flip the volume over to learn about the other). However, Jenkins has created a book that reaches beyond the mundane and into the spectacular. The […]

Hurricane Force : In the Path of America's Deadliest Storms

School Library Journal Review: Starred Review. Gr 4-8?Using books and other resources listed in his source notes, personal experiences growing up in South Florida and as a reporter for the New York Times, and material garnered from the newspaper, Treaster has created a serious scientific and socioeconomic look at one of nature's deadliest forces. From […]

On Kingdom Mountain

Publisher Weekly Review Mosher's 11th book is the first-rate, offbeat chronicle of Miss Jane Hubbell Kinneson's eventful 50th year in 1930. Ex-teacher, woodcarver, librarian, basketball coach and current self-appointed steward of the wild and pristine town of Kingdom Mountain, Vt., Miss Jane (The Duchess) is entrenched in a battle against her cousin Eben and the […]