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.