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Review of With a Star in My Hand: Rubén Darío, Poetry Hero
With a Star in My Hand: Rubén Darío, Poetry Hero by Margarita Engle Middle School, High School Atheneum 150 pp. g 2/20 978-1-5344-2493-7 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-2495-1 $10.99 Written in first person, this heartfelt verse novel tells the fictionalized story of Rubén Darío (based on his autobiography), who was born...
Review of Whose Footprint Is THAT?
Whose Footprint Is THAT? by Darrin Lunde; illus. by Kelsey Oseid Preschool, Primary Charlesbridge 32 pp. 10/19 978-1-58089-834-8 $16.99 e-book ed. 978-1-63289-721-3 $9.99 Following the format of Whose Poop Is THAT? (rev. 3/17), Lunde poses the title question seven times about seven different animals in a series of four-page sequences,...
Review of Big Papa and the Time Machine
Big Papa and the Time Machine by Daniel Bernstrom; illus. by Shane W. Evans Primary Harper/HarperCollins 40 pp. 1/20 978-0-06-246331-9 $17.99 As Big Papa drives his (unnamed) grandson to school, he learns that the child would rather not go because he’s scared. The solution? Big Papa’s “time machine” — visually...
Review of Redwood and Ponytail
Redwood and Ponytail by K. A. Holt Middle School Chronicle 417 pp. 10/19 978-1-4521-7288-0 $18.99 Seventh grader Kate’s (“Ponytail”) life is largely defined by pressure from her mom to become captain of the cheerleading squad and by her friends’ similar expectations; less popular, gangly girl Tam (“Redwood”) has had a...
Reviews of the 2020 Boston Globe–Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Award Winner and Honor Books
Fiction and Poetry Winner King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender Intermediate, Middle School Scholastic 263 pp. g 2/20 978-1-338-12933-5 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-338-12935-9 $10.99 In their second middle-grade novel (Hurricane Child, rev. 5/18), set in contemporary small-town Louisiana, Callender masterfully balances resonant themes of grief, love, family, friendship, racism,...
Reviews of the 2020 Boston Globe–Horn Book Picture Book Award Winner and Honor Books
Picture Book Winner Saturday by Oge Mora; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Little, Brown 40 pp. g 10/19 978-0-316-43127-9 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-0-316-43126-2 $9.99 Mora (Thank You, Omu!, rev. 11/18) follows up her Caldecott Honor winner with another story built around family and community connection. On Saturdays, Ava and...
Review of Ants Don't Wear Pants!
Ants Don’t Wear Pants! [Giggle and Learn] by Kevin McCloskey; illus. by the author Primary TOON 40 pp. 9/19 978-1-943145-45-4 $12.95 In this fifth entry in the Giggle and Learn series of nonfiction early-reader comics (most recently, Snails Are Just My Speed, rev. 7/18), two peppy young people investigate ants’...
Review of Feed Your Mind: A Story of August Wilson
Feed Your Mind: A Story of August Wilson by Jen Bryant; illus. by Cannaday Chapman Primary, Intermediate, Middle School Abrams 48 pp. 11/19 978-1-4197-3653-7 $17.99 Beloved African American playwright August Wilson, known for his ten-play Pittsburgh Cycle and other dramas, is introduced to young readers in this elegant picture-book biography....
Review of I'm Brave! I'm Strong! I'm Five!
I’m Brave! I’m Strong! I’m Five! by Cari Best; illus. by Boris Kulikov Preschool, Primary Ferguson/Holiday 32 pp. 10/19 978-0-8234-4362-8 $18.99 In this intrepid bedtime story, an independent young girl confronts and overcomes her fear of the dark by reminding herself, “I’m brave! I’m strong! I’m five!” It’s time for...
Review of Almost Time
Almost Time by Gary D. Schmidt and Elizabeth Stickney; illus. by G. Brian Karas Preschool, Primary Clarion 32 pp. g 1/20 978-0-544-78581-6 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-0-358-16693-1 $12.99 Waiting for spring can wear on one’s patience, but readers may find comfort sharing the burden with Ethan and his (apparently single-parent) father,...