A little girl leads her friends on an outing but follows them home. Read full book review >
Sandin presents her third slice of Swedish-American history in the venerable I Can Read series. Read full book review >
Thank goodness: Swedish sheep Boo and Baa make their return to America after a six-year absence. Read full book review >
The hens revolt when Rooster gets too big for his britches in this droll barnyard spoof. Read full book review >
There's a delightful authenticity to this fictional account of the events of 1938 in a one-room school in the ranch country of southern Arizona. Read full book review >
Bubble confidently walks right to the tent, securely holding his sleeping bag and pillow for his overnight tent adventure with his sister, uncertain Pearl, who awkwardly holds her gear as if it might fall on her feet. Read full book review >
From Winthrop (The Little Humpbacked Horse, 1997, etc.), a look at joint custody through the eyes of second-grader Michael, who talks to his father in Delaware via cordless phone while riding his bike in front of his Arizona home, where he lives with his mother. Read full book review >
The author of Linnea in Monet's Garden (1987) explores the connection between Alice Liddell, the book Alice, and its creator in an inviting array of anecdotes, biographical details, descriptions of the Oxford setting, photos (many by Dodgson, still renowned as a photographer of children), period illustrations, and Eriksson's precisely detailed art. Read full book review >
Based on a historical character, a Norwegian who came to 1850's California, a story about some of the earliest skis in the US. Read full book review >
