Fresh Reads, Honest reviews, Educator-approved
Lindsay Ward’s Pink is not a color is a charming, picture book perfect for elementary art classes and school libraries. When Pink realizes she isn’t in the rainbow, she goes on a journey to discover her value as a tint. Personifying colors to teach shading, tints, and self-acceptance, this delightful companion to This Book Is Gray is an essential read-aloud for teaching art vocabulary and inclusion.
Give your imagination room to hatch! Featuring a brilliant visual metaphor of a golden egg, this book shows how a child’s confidence nurtures a tiny thought into a world-changing reality—delivering a timeless growth-mindset lesson perfect for classrooms of all ages.
A painting has been stolen…! When Rami sees a floating girl in the museum, he knows he has seen her somewhere before. Then he realizes: She looks just like the girl in the painting that has gone missing.
History is hidden in the marrow. Horse connects an enslaved groom in 1850 Kentucky to a Smithsonian scientist in 2019 through the legacy of the greatest racehorse in American history. A powerful reckoning with the unsung Black horsemen who built the racing industry, this novel is a staggering blend of art, science, and the enduring struggle for justice.
Beauty can be a mask for rot. An artist with the forbidden power to alter bodies via her portraits is blackmailed into “painting” a dead boy back to life. Part murder mystery, part dark fantasy, this novel explores the high cost of sacrifice and the corruption of power.