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Review of Building Zaha: The Story of Architect Zaha Hadid
Building Zaha: The Story of Architect Zaha Hadid by Victoria Tentler-Krylov; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Orchard/Scholastic 48 pp. g 12/20 978-1-338-28283-2 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-338-67489-7 $11.99 With fittingly bold, whimsical, flowing illustrations, this picture-book biography showcases Iraqi British architect Zaha Hadid, who “dreamed big and defied convention.” Born...
Review of Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier
Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier by Jim Ottaviani; illus. by Maris Wicks Middle School First Second/Roaring Brook 168 pp. 2/20 978-1-62672-877-6 $19.99 Paper ed. 978-1-250-76003-6 $12.99 At the attention-grabbing start of Ottaviani and Wicks’s second graphic collaboration (Primates, rev. 5/13), a series of panels shows a “famous astronaut” (gender...
Review of One Step Further: My Story of Math, the Moon, and a Lifelong Mission
One Step Further: My Story of Math, the Moon, and a Lifelong Mission by Katherine Johnson with Joylette Hylick and Katherine Moore; illus. by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow Primary National Geographic Kids 48 pp. g 1/21 978-1-4263-7193-6 $17.99 Library ed. 978-1-4263-7194-3 $27.90 This picture-book biography isn’t just the story of NASA...
Review of Out the Door
Out the Door by Christy Hale; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Porter/Holiday 40 pp. g 10/20 978-0-8234-4644-5 $18.99 Hale’s got a clever premise here — a this-is-how-I-get-to-school picture book written entirely with prepositional phrases that combine a direction or position with a location. The title page kicks things off...
Review of Grasping Mysteries: Girls Who Loved Math
Grasping Mysteries: Girls Who Loved Math by Jeannine Atkins Intermediate, Middle School Atheneum 320 pp. g 8/20 978-1-5344-6068-3 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-6070-6 $10.99 Atkins’s (Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science, rev. 7/16) latest collective biography in verse spotlights seven “women who used math to frame and solve problems, fix...
Review of Sound: Shhh...Bang...POP...BOOM!
Sound: Shhh…Bang…POP…BOOM! by Romana Romanyshyn and Andriy Lesiv; illus. by the authors; trans. from Ukrainian by Vitaly Chernetsky Primary Handprint/Chronicle 64 pp. g 10/20 978-1-4521-7978-0 $19.99 e-book ed. 978-1-7972-0271-6 $13.99 With a color scheme featuring bright pink, teal blue, lemon yellow, and pops of orange, this attention-grabbing informational book starts...
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...