Popo is a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2025! This highly selective honor recognizes excellence in children's books from this year.
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Our titles are in great company on Brightly's list of reads for Native American Heritage Month.
★ ". . . amplifies courage and perseverance. . ."
—School Library Journal, starred review
★ "Rewarding, potent, and wholly original."
—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
★ "[An] immersive tribute to determination, community alliance, and self-knowledge."
—Publishers Weekly, starred review
★ "[An] excellent, exciting and informative intersection of fairy tale and—as back matter further illuminates—real history. "
—BookPage, starred review
A fun and fast-paced history of how the number zero was invented, forgotten, invented, lost, invented, abandoned, and invented again!
★ ". . . brilliant. . . . an epic story of the little nothing that could, and did, launch or change engineering, modern physics, computing, and electronics forever."
—School Library Journal, starred review
★ "[A] unique and attractive STEM offering."
—Booklist, starred review