The Manatee Scientists : Saving Vulnerable Species
Synopsis InThe Manatee Scientists,John Reynolds does an aerial count of manatees from the Florida sky; Lucy Keith spends a weekend rescuing manatees trapped in a dam in Senegal; and Fernando Rosas takes the author on an Amazonian boat trip, looking for a young manatee he released back into the wild, with emotional results. These scientists […]
Moon Over Manifest
School Library Journal Gr 5 8—History and fiction marry beautifully in this lively debut novel. It's as if readers jump off the train in Manifest, KS, in 1936 with Abilene Tucker, 12, the feisty, likable, and perceptive narrator. She is there to live with Pastor Shady Howard, her father's friend, while her father works on […]
Meadowlands : a Wetlands Survival Story
The New York Times – Pamela Paul: Just as some books that children find appealing make librarians want to yank their hair out, so other books guaranteed to please school librarians turn children's gazes toward the recess yard. Then there are the books that satisfy both, like Meadowlands…[which] is tremendously (but not intimidatingly) informative, fun […]
Mathemagic! : Number Tricks
Kirkus Reviews: Stun friends and family members by guessing secret numbers and doing painless long division. Dice and card tricks and finger multiplication are among the fascinating tricks potential mathemagicians will learn to perform. But Colgan goes beyond the ordinary by giving an in-depth, easily understandable explanation of the math behind each trick, as well […]
Girl's Best Friend
Children's Literature: Maggie Brooklyn seems to find herself in one mysterious situation after another, but being the clever seven-grader that she is, it's no problem for her to follow the clues. This entry in the series centers on finding out who's stealing and reselling dogs, but Maggie also works on finding the courage to talk […]
The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic
School Library Journal Gr 4 7—Ten-year-old Persimmony Smudge has a bad day and loses her hat. She finds herself lost as well, survives an encounter with a poison-tongued jumping tortoise, and overhears a conversation between two underground-dwelling Leafeaters, who have total distain for humans. Persimmony travels to tell the king what she's learned and is […]
Grounded
School Library Journal: Gr 4 7—When her father, older brother, and young sister died in a plane crash, Daralynn was at home, grounded for having been out fishing without her parents' permission. Her mother opens a beauty salon in their small Missouri town (population 402) and also prepares the hair of the deceased at the […]
Vespers Rising
Synopsis The Cahills thought they were the most powerful family the world had ever known. They thought they were the only ones who knew about Gideon Cahill and his Clues. The Cahills were wrong. Powerful enemies — the Vespers — have been waiting in the shadows. Now it’s their time to rise and the world […]
The Emerald Atlas
The New York Times – Dana Stevens: Stephens spins a tightly paced, engaging yarn…
The Emperor of Nihon-Ja
Synopsis: Months have passed since Horace departed for the eastern nation of Nihon-Ja on a vital mission. Having received no communication from him, his friends fear the worst. Unwilling to wait a second longer, Alyss, Evanlyn, and Will leave their homeland behind and venture into an exotic land in search of their missing friend. When […]