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Review of First Ascent: The Epic Yosemite Rock-Climbing Rivalry of Royal Robbins and Warren Harding
First Ascent: The Epic Yosemite Rock-Climbing Rivalry of Royal Robbins and Warren Harding by Kate Messner; illus. by Stevie LewisPrimary, Intermediate Yosemite Conservancy 56 pp.8/25 9781951179335 $19.99Robbins (1935–2017) and Harding (1924–2002) started out as rock-climbing buddies but quickly became rivals. Messner’s conversational text introduces them and their interest in climbing;...
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Review of The Trouble with Heroes
The Trouble with Heroes by Kate MessnerMiddle School Bloomsbury 288 pp.4/25 9781547616398 $17.99e-book ed. 9781547616404 $12.59When seventh grader Finn Connelly is caught on a surveillance camera kicking over a headstone in a local Lake Placid cemetery, little does he know it was the grave of Edna Grace Thomas, “Queen of...
Review of The Next Scientist: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of the World’s Great Scientists
The Next Scientist: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of the World’s Great Scientists by Kate Messner; illus. by Julia Kuo Primary, Intermediate Chronicle 64 pp. 8/24 9781452176963 $19.99 This attractive, informative, and ambitious collective biography begins with a challenge: “Quick! Name the world’s greatest scientist.” Messner (The Next President,...
Review of Over and Under the Wetland
Over and Under the Wetland by Kate Messner; illus. by Christopher Silas Neal Primary Chronicle 56 pp. 8/24 9781797210872 $18.99 Messner and Neal’s seventh contribution to their long-running series (most recently Over and Under the Canyon, rev. 11/21) follows a child and nature-savvy grandmother into a cypress swamp. The boardwalk...
Once upon a Book
For the past several years, I have run a mock Caldecott program for first to eighth graders at my public library. For each contending book, I lead the children through an “art walk” during which we talk about the images and how they tell the story. This leads to some...
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Review of The Scariest Kitten in the World
The Scariest Kitten in the World by Kate Messner; illus. by MacKenzie HaleyPreschool, Primary Farrar 40 pp.8/23 9780374390051 $18.99An offstage narrator warns readers (à la Grover in The Monster at the End of This Book) about the “ferocious monster” that haunts the pages ahead. “It’s not too late for you...
Review of Once upon a Book
Once upon a Book by Grace Lin and Kate Messner; illus. by Grace LinPreschool, Primary Little, Brown 40 pp.2/23 9780316541077 $18.99Cold sleet is falling, and the protagonist of this home-and-back-again adventure tale, Alice, is stuck inside, bored. Then she spots a book on the floor and starts to read: “Once...
A Note from Me (Nov 13, 2020)
Dear friends: I’m so sorry to have missed you last week but the close of the January/February book review section, not to mention the events of the nation, kept me otherwise occupied. Is it too soon to anticipate opening my January/February Magazine editorial with Phew? If you’re feeling at all...
A Note from Me (August 14, 2020)
Dear friends: Do you wonder at the plethora of tactile adult toys (shut up, pervs) being advertised on Facebook and Instagram? The art kits (I enjoy thinking what Himself is saying right now in response to The Sendak Artist Roll), jigsaw puzzles, telescopes…. I’m so old that I remember when...
Five Tips to Get Kids Writing
As families prepare for the start of a new school year, academic plans are all over the place, but one constant is the need to lift up kids’ voices through this unsettling time. One of the best ways to do that is by encouraging them to write. Just a few...
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