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Review of Chicken Little: The Real and Totally True Tale
Chicken Little: The Real and Totally True Tale by Sam Wedelich; illus. by the author Primary Scholastic 40 pp. g 6/20 978-1-338-35901-5 $17.99 In this clever spin on the classic tale, Chicken Little makes it clear — right from the get-go — that she’s got plenty of pluck. “Who are...
Review of How to Solve a Problem: The Rise (and Falls) of a Rock-Climbing Champion
How to Solve a Problem: The Rise (and Falls) of a Rock-Climbing Champion by Ashima Shiraishi; illus. by Yao Xiao Primary Make Me a World/Random 40 pp. g 4/20 978-1-5247-7327-4 $17.99 Library ed. 978-1-5247-7328-1 $20.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5247-7329-8 $10.99 With a voice that’s distinctive, lyrical, and inspiring, teenage rock-climber Shiraishi...
Review of Cityscape: Where Science and Art Meet
Cityscape: Where Science and Art Meet by April Pulley Sayre Preschool, Primary Greenwillow 40 pp. g 5/20 978-0-06-289331-4 $17.99 Sayre (Warbler Wave, rev. 3/18; Being Frog, rev. 1/20) has a knack for pairing minimalist poetry with dramatic photographs. Here she turns her attention to urban settings where “science, math, art...
Review of Tracking Pythons: The Quest to Catch an Invasive Predator and Save an Ecosystem
Tracking Pythons: The Quest to Catch an Invasive Predator and Save an Ecosystem by Kate Messner Intermediate, Middle School Millbrook 64 pp. 3/20 978-1-5415-5706-2 $31.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5415-8379-5 $31.99 This thoroughly engrossing field guide takes readers into the “scrublands and swamps” of South Florida, where scientists are battling the explosive...
Review of Go with the Flow
Go with the Flow by Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann; illus. by Lily Williams Middle School, High School First Second/Roaring Brook $14.99 1/20 978-1-250-30572-5 $21.99 Paper ed. 978-1-250-14317-4 $14.99 After noticing bloodstains on new-girl Sasha’s white pants, longtime friends Abby, Christine, and Brit swoop in and save the day. It’s...
Review of Her Fearless Run: Kathrine Switzer's Historic Boston Marathon
Her Fearless Run: Kathrine Switzer’s Historic Boston Marathon by Kim Chaffee; illus. by Ellen Rooney Primary Page Street 40 pp. 4/19 978-1-62414-654-1 $17.99 This stirring picture-book biography introduces Kathrine Switzer, the first woman to run the Boston Marathon with an official race number. “Running was magic” to twelve-year-old Kathrine, but...
Review of Reaching for the Moon: The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson
Reaching for the Moon: The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson by Katherine Johnson Intermediate, Middle School Atheneum 250 pp. 7/19 978-1-5344-4083-8 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-4085-2 $10.99 To help her older brother with his math work at school, Katherine Johnson hatched a plan. She joined his class for a day...
Review of How Many?: A Different Kind of Counting Book
How Many?: A Different Kind of Counting Book [Talking Math] by Christopher Danielson; photos by Scott Dorrance Preschool, Primary Charlesbridge 40 pp. 9/19 978-1-58089-943-7 $15.99 Paper ed. 978-1-58089-945-1 $7.99 e-book ed. 978-1-63289-813-5 $6.99 Danielson upends the traditional counting book format by letting viewers decide for themselves what to count. Take,...
Review of Skulls!
Skulls! by Blair Thornburgh; illus. by Scott Campbell Primary Atheneum 40 pp. 7/19 978-1-5344-1400-6 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-1401-3 $10.99 “You probably don’t think much about skulls,” the book begins, as readers meet a round-faced girl with puffball pigtails. A page-turn places the girl, who’s contentedly chomping on an apple, amid...