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Review of His Fairytale Life: A Book About Hans Christian Andersen
His Fairytale Life: A Book About Hans Christian Andersen by Jane Yolen; illus. by Brooke Boynton-Hughes Primary Porter/Holiday 32 pp. 4/25 9780823451036 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780823462261 $11.99 Winding through thirty-two pages of enchanting illustrations, one long sentence with a “once upon a time” feel deftly takes readers through the life...
Review of Outsider Kids
Outsider Kids [Parachute Kids] by Betty C. Tang; illus. by the author Intermediate, Middle School Graphix/Scholastic 288 pp. 4/25 9781338832723 $24.99 Paper ed. 9781338832716 $14.99 e-book ed. 9781338832730 $14.99 Tang continues the saga of the Lin family begun in the graphic novel Parachute Kids (rev. 5/23). In 1981, the family...
Review of Our Lake
Our Lake by Angie Kang; illus. by the author Primary Kokila/Penguin 40 pp. 3/25 9780593698235 $19.99 e-book ed. 9780593698242 $10.99 At the start of this bittersweet ode to the enduring bonds of family, the unnamed young narrator and “Brother” embark on a summer outing, hiking to a jewel-like lake complete...
Review of Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown
Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown by Candace Fleming Middle School, High School Schwartz/Random 368 pp. 4/25 9780593480069 $19.99 Library ed. 9780593480076 $22.99 e-book ed. 9780593480083 $11.99 On Saturday, November 18, 1978, more than nine hundred members of Jim Jones’s Peoples Temple died at...
Review of Run Away with Me
Run Away with Me by Brian Selznick; illus. by the author High School Scholastic 320 pp. 4/25 9781339035529 $24.99 e-book ed. 9781546110224 $24.99 Selznick’s first young adult work is imbued with romance and mystery, bookended with long, cinematic passages of textural, wordless, black-and-white illustrations in his signature style. A sixteen-year-old...
Review of My Friend May
My Friend May by Julie Flett; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Greystone Kids 40 pp. 6/25 9781778401718 $19.95 In this loving tribute to the mischievous cats we encounter throughout our lives, Flett tells the “rather true story” of an unintentional adventure that separates May, a black cat, from her...
Review of Elsa’s Chessboard
Elsa’s Chessboard by Jenny Andrus; illus. by Julie Downing Primary Porter/Holiday 48 pp. 4/25 9780823454082 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780823462254 $11.99 Chess and a chessboard become defining features of a young Viennese Jewish girl’s life at the turn of the twentieth century. Elsa, age six, loves to watch her three brothers...
Review of Sọmadịna
Sọmadịna by Akwaeke Emezi High School Knopf 304 pp. 4/25 9780593309070 $19.99 e-book ed. 9780593309094 $10.99 Fifteen-year-old Sọmadịna has always been close to her twin brother, Jayaike. He is the one person she can count on to support her in the face of anything, from prejudice to their mother’s emotional...
Review of Here Is a Book
Here Is a Book by Elisha Cooper; illus. by the author Primary Abrams 40 pp. 4/25 9781419766756 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781647009366 $17.09 “Here is a book” that seeks to connect children and their daily lives to art and the process of creation. Long, list-like sentences meander across multiple spreads, creating...
Review of The Endless Sea
The Endless Sea by Chi Thai; illus. by Linh Dao Primary Candlewick 40 pp. 3/25 9781536239607 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781536249989 $18.99 In this somber, emotional, semiautobiographical picture book, Thai tells a story based on memories of her family’s escape from postwar Vietnam. Using spare, straightforward language, the young narrator shares...
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