News & Reviews

Rock Star

How Ursula Marvin Mapped Moon Rocks and Meteorites A TRUE TALE WITH A C HERRY O N T OP A Paula Wiseman Book (Simon & Schuster) pub. 10.14.2025 64 pages Ages 4 - 8 A uthor: Sandra Neil Wallace Illustrator: Nancy Carpenter C haracter: Ursula Marvin O verview : " While attending college in the early 1940s, Ursula Marvin fell in love with geology, but when she asked her male professor about making the field her major, he tried to stop her, saying it would be a better use of

Jan 11

THE GLASS PYRAMID featured on the 31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Unique Biographies for Kids !

Thrilled that the esteemed Betsy Bird chose our book!! Here's her review: "Not the first Pei picture book we’ve seen but the first that focuses squarely on the construction of his work on the Louvre. It’s funny, but 2025 was a year when I was paying a lot more attention to how architects were portrayed in media. The film The Brutalist , for example, (out in 2024) was very much of the Genius Misunderstood type of take, which is a dangerous way to grapple with architecture as a

Dec 26, 2025

Rewriting the Rules

How Dr. Kathleen Friel Created New Possibilities for Brain Research and Disability A TRUE TALE WITH A C HERRY O N T OP Millbrook Press / Lerner Books pub. 9.9.2025 32 pages Ages 6 - 10 A uthor: Danna Zeiger Illustrator: Josee Bisaillon C haracter: Kathleen Friel O verview : "When Kathleen Friel was young, she was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, and a doctor told her parents all the things she'd never be able to do. They left his office for good and found a new doctor. As

Oct 24, 2025