Review by Dr. Jerry Flack | Translated into 105 languages, her mysteries have sold billions of copies, surpassed only by Shakespeare and The Bible. In the 1930s, The Orient Express was the most famous and romantic train in the world—a grand hotel on wheels in the golden age of travel in Europe, Asia, and Africa

Review by Dr. Jerry Flack | The primary focus of Shark Lady highlights Dr. Eugenie Clark’s scientific accomplishments, but a companion story thread relates how one very courageous woman triumphed in an academic world that had previously been totally dominated by men.

Review by Dr. Jerry Flack | Cozy is a beautiful fable that symbolizes the harsh difficulties that face human beings today. In the age of the COVID pandemic, people regardless of their different origins and backgrounds need to huddle together and live in harmony to survive a very cold season of danger and discontent.

Review by Dr. Jerry Flack | “Ashley Bryan and his work are more than a national treasure; they are one of the great treasures of the world. His astonishing mind and gentle heart bring back our natural optimism about life, without which we can’t actually grow together. He is a gift to us all.” - Virginia Euwer Wolff

Review by Dr. Jerry Flack | Few books in any language have the lasting appeal for both children and adult audiences as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s classic, The Little Prince, first published on April 6, 1943. Generations of readers and listeners have loved this novella with its fairy tale-like structure and its sweet, gentle, and yet also satirical humor and pathos. Le Petit Prince has been translated into an astonishing 300 languages.

Review by Dr. Jerry Flack | The Lost Words: A Spell Book is one of the most exquisite and important books to be published for children in recent years. Beyond its wondrous beauty there is an urgency to its message. It is a book children need now.

Review by Dr. Jerry Flack | The most highly honored work of juvenile fiction in 2020 is Jerry Craft’s funny, poignant, and insightful graphic novel, New Kid. Craft’s novel should be required reading in colleges and universities for participants in teacher education programs, particularly for those instructors destined for middle schools.

Review by Dr. Jerry Flack | In words and pictures I Remember shines a beacon upon the things that are good about life in the USA, but also recognizes wrongs that need to be made right if the USA is to experience the dream of a more perfect Union.

Review by Dr. Jerry Flack | Mathematical precocity is one of the most remarkable types of giftedness; yet, it is ironic that so little is written about it. Amy Alznauer’s picture book biography of Srinivasa Ramanujan is, therefore, a breakthrough book for gifted children of all ages.

Review by Dr. Jerry Flack | … a brief glimpse of the robust and rousing childhood of a man who became a towering figure in his own time as America’s finest printer, best scientist and inventor, greatest statesman and diplomat, and the young nation’s first popular and successful writer.

Review by Dr. Jerry Flack | Nancy Drew will never grow old. Nancy Drew is a timeless fictional heroine. She will always be a young woman who is proud to be gifted and who generously uses her gifts to right wrongs at any time and in any place.

Review by Dr. Jerry Flack | This remarkable book should be in every school, every library, and every home regardless of geography. The history lesson is exceptional and the artwork is magnificent.