Review by Dr. Jerry Flack | Heather Lang’s picture book biography of scientist and preservationist, Dr. Margaret Lowman, explores her life-long love affair with leaves and ultimately the world’s rainforests.

Review by Dr. Jerry Flack | A series of short biographies of a dozen women STEM professionals whose accomplishments who are are having innumerable positive impacts on Earth and beyond both today and for optimistic futures.

Review by Dr. Jerry Flack | The 2021 winner of the American Library Association’s Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished picture book published in the United States in 2020 is a book of rare beauty crafted by two Native American women who are actively involved in an urgent call for environmental stewardship and justice.

Review by Dr. Jerry Flack | iographer Amy Alznauer’s second picture book biography is every bit as masterfully written as her first success, The Boy Who Dreamed of Infinity* (Candlewick Press, 2020). Employing a narrative voice that is close to being poetry, Alznauer tells the courageous and remarkable life stories of the Chinese-born and now American sibling artists, the Zhou Brothers, who are prominent contemporary painters, sculptors, and performance artists of world renown.

Review by Dr. Jerry Flack | Patricia Polacco is one of the most creative and prolific author-illustrators in the field of children's literature. Her picture books feature essential subject matter such as family stories and traditions, history, autobiography, twice exceptional (2e) students, great educators, tall tales, contemporary social issues, and holiday stories straight from the heart. She champions multiculturalism, diversity, and tolerance as hallmarks of American democracy.

Companion Activities for Murder on the Orient Express

Companion Activities for The Little Prince | Explore the life of Antoine de Saint Exupéry.

Companion Activities for The Lost Words | Encourage children to explore the world of nature through Haiku poetry, etymology, nature journals, painting and more.

Companion Activities for New Kid | Imagine what life is like for others, research new holidays and more.

Companion Activities for I Remember | Write prose, email professional artists, create your own poetry, research poets and more.

Companion Activities for The Boy who Dreamed of Infinity | Use math in everyday life, research the history of mathematics, explore the Lost Notebook of Ramanujan and more.

You may live in an age when people turn less frequently to poets in times of trouble such as the world now faces with the COVID-19 pandemic. Poetry instructs. Poetry enlightens. Poetry offers comfort and solace when you most need it. Poetry also expresses joy when it is fitting to celebrate life’s blessings and special moments.

Companion Activities for A Ben of All Trades | Fly kites, draw cartoons, write journal entries, create almanacs and more.

Companion Activities for Nancy Drew | Create your own stories, research popular culture and more.

Your journal is a record of your experiences since the day the world shut down. The day that time stopped. What will future historians learn about how you were affected by the COVID-19?

Companion Activities for The Undefeated | Create tributes to those who have sacrificed, explore the authors and celebrate Black history.