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Review of A Cat Story
A Cat Story by Ursula Murray Husted; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Quill Tree/HarperCollins 192 pp. g 10/20 978-0-06-293205-1 $22.99 Paper ed. 978-0-06-293204-4 $12.99 e-book ed. 978-0-06-293206-8 $10.99 This graphic novel, set on the island of Malta, is the story of stray cats who spend their days wandering the wet...
Review of Muted
Muted by Tami Charles High School Scholastic 400 pp. g 2/21 978-1-338-67352-4 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-338-67353-1 $11.99 This timely and lyrical verse novel offers a heart-wrenching, unflinching look at the underbelly of the music industry and its exploitation of those who dream of making it big. Three best friends, all talented...
Reviews of the 2021 Boston Globe–Horn Book Picture Book Award Winner and Honor Books
Picture Book Winner I Talk like a River by Jordan Scott; illus. by Sydney Smith Primary Porter/Holiday 40 pp. 9/20 978-0-8234-4559-2 $18.99 In this lyrical and empowering picture book, Canadian poet Scott tells a story based on his own experiences as a boy who stuttered. In simple, evocative language, he...
Review of Too Bright to See
Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff Middle School Dial 192 pp. g 4/21 978-0-593-11115-4 $16.99 Bug has always believed his family’s old Vermont farmhouse is haunted — partly because of shadows and creaks, and partly because he often “catch[es] a glimpse of something in the mirror that isn’t me.”...
A Note from Me (May 28, 2021)
Dear friends: ALA is upon us! At least in HB land — I was just looking at layouts of The Speeches, gorgeous, and great speeches as well. That’s all you’ll get out of me. In her tenure as HB editor, Anita Silvey limited herself to saying “they aren’t too long,”...
Review of Taking Care of Mama Rabbit
Taking Care of Mama Rabbit by Anita Lobel; illus. by the author Preschool Wiseman/Simon 24 pp. g 3/21 978-1-5344-7064-4 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-7063-7 $10.99 Mama Rabbit (from Lobel’s 10 Hungry Rabbits, rev. 1/12) is sick in bed, so, one at a time, the little rabbits bring small items to cheer...
Review of The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau
The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau by Jon Agee; illus. by the author Primary Dial 40 pp. g 2/21 978-0-593-11265-6 $17.99 In Agee’s 1988 picture book, a Horn Book Fanfare title, everyone at the Grand Contest of Art hates the title character’s painting — a simply drawn duck in a...
Review of The Blind Colt
The Blind Colt by Glen Rounds; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Holiday 83 pp. g 1/21 978-0-8234-4353-6 $17.99 “You can’t hurry a Glen Rounds book,” says artist Matt Myers, who opens this eightieth anniversary edition with a new appreciation of the author-illustrator. That’s certainly true of this quiet yet...
Review of In the Shadow of the Moon: America, Russia, and the Hidden History of the Space Race
In the Shadow of the Moon: America, Russia, and the Hidden History of the Space Race by Amy Cherrix Middle School, High School Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins 336 pp. g 2/21 978-0-06-288875-4 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-0-06-288877-8 $9.99 Starting with an intriguing preface, Cherrix informs her audience that the space race was...
Review of Kate in Waiting
Kate in Waiting by Becky Albertalli High School Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins 400 pp. g 4/21 978-0-06-264383-4 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-0-06-264385-8 $10.99 Kate and her best guy friend Anderson are obsessed with musical theater — and also, frequently, with the same boys. At summer theater camp, they both crush on gorgeous...
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