Jeanette Winter

Oct 4, 2024 | reshelvingalexandria.com | Jeanette Winter |Emma Carlson Berne |Ilaria Urbinati |Meish Goldish

After seeing donkeys and horses being used to deliver water and supplies in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, I was reminded of how essential these animals are in reaching remote areas. This book list is dedicated to the incredible contributions of pack animals—mules, donkeys, and horses—that have historically served in mountainous and hard-to-reach places.

Sep 10, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Mayim Bialik |Jonah Winter |Jeanette Winter

Essential, and eye-opening, reading for serious students of wildlife conservation. A close look at one of the U.S. armed forces’ lesser-known, and more surprising, missions. Who would guess that U.S. domestic military bases harbor more types of rare animals than national parks do?

May 31, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Jared Cohen |Jonah Winter |Jeanette Winter |David Miles

From George Washington to Joe Biden, Cohen unpacks a pithy quote from each U.S. president in succession. Some of the author’s choices resound down the years—“We hold these truths to be self-evident…” “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”—and most still carry some relevance even when they focus on issues more of the day than of all time.

Apr 23, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Kailei Pew |Mayim Bialik |Jonah Winter |Jeanette Winter

Celebrates young people’s ingenuity; will inspire and delight reluctant and avid readers alike. A captivating exploration of the ingenuity of young people who defied norms and persevered to see their inventions through. The book profiles kids ranging in ages from 6 to 16, detailing the challenges they faced and their paths to delivering breakthrough inventions or developing and improving on existing ones.

Apr 9, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Naomi Hirahara |Chris Newell |Jonah Winter |Jeanette Winter

Hirahara starts by discussing how college students Yuji Ichioka and Emma Gee coined the term Asian American in 1968; she also defines the phrase Pacific Islanders but notes that the book doesn’t cover those with Central and Western Asian heritage. She goes on to explore various identities within the AAPI communities, as well as U.S. cities with large populations of each group, such as Springdale, Arkansas, home to half of the U.S.’s Marshallese population.