What a pleasure to have a reprint of a book, nearly 50 years old, the simplicity and understated quality of which still make it remarkably ...  Read more  »

Paul Rand was at the forefront of commercial design when this was first published in 1956.  Ann Rand’s simple text is a catalogue of unrelated ...  Read more  »

Richards, Jame. Three Rivers Rising: A Novel of the Johnstown Flood Alfred A.Knopf,  New York, 2010. A free-verse historical novel, Three Rivers Rising is set ...  Read more  »

Chinstrap penguins, inhabitants of the Central Park Zoo in New York, are the main characters in this fictionalized true story of how two male penguins ...  Read more  »

Rinaldi, Ann. Leigh Ann’s Civil War  Harcourt, New York, 2009. A well-researched work of historical fiction, Leigh Ann’s Civil War captures not only the poignant ...  Read more  »

Rodriguez, Rachel.  BUILDING ON NATURE.  THE LIFE OF ANTONI GAUDI.  ill by Julie Paschkis.  Henry Holt, 2009. Few adults, and fewer children, will know of ...  Read more  »

Fully painted, intensely colored chapter openings for the four short, humorous stories precede within-chapter silhouettes, providing art on nearly every page. Readers are introduced to ...  Read more  »

Ron Roy hits the mark with his newest mystery for early chapter book readers. The third of his “Super Edition” books, Roy’s Capital Mystery characters ...  Read more  »

Gr. 5-9 A satisfying story of a girl and her realization of who she is, and what she can accomplish. Maya’s parents died when she ...  Read more  »