Book Reviews
Goodnight, Veggies by Diana Murray; illus. by Zachariah OHora Preschool Houghton 32 pp. g 3/20 978-1-328-86683-7 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-0-358-33076-9 $12.99 As the sun sets over a rooftop community garden, it’s time for the garden’s vegetables to get some rest. “Turnips tucked in tightly. / Potatoes closing eyes. / Tuckered-out...
Do I Have to Wear a Coat?: A Journey Through the Seasons by Rachel Isadora; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Paulsen/Penguin 32 pp. g 3/20 978-0-525-51660-6 $17.99 Isadora’s (I Hear a Pickle, rev. 1/16) characteristic ink and watercolor art uses vignettes set against white backgrounds to show children joyfully...
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,...
The Old Truck by Jarrett Pumphrey and Jerome Pumphrey; illus. by the authors Preschool, Primary Norton 40 pp. 1/20 978-1-324-00519-3 $17.95 e-book ed. 978-1-324-00520-9 $12.15 The author-illustrator brothers tell the story of a family farm and the truck that assists with chores. As the hard-working truck ages, so does the...
The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead Intermediate Lamb/Random 218 pp. g 4/20 978-1-101-93809-6 $16.99 Library ed. 978-1-101-93810-2 $19.99 e-book ed. 978-1-101-93811-9 $9.99 From the outside it appears that Bea lives a charmed life. She has loving (albeit divorced) parents; an involved extended family; a kindly, funny teacher; a loyal...
Vow of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson High School Holt 484 pp. 8/19 978-1-250-16265-6 $19.99 Jase and Kazi (from Dance of Thieves, rev. 11/18) are on their way back to Hell’s Mouth with news that Tor’s Watch is to be recognized as a kingdom and that Jase’s family, the Ballengers,...
The Empire of Dreams by Rae Carson High School Greenwillow 442 pp. g 4/20 978-0-06-269190-3 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-0-06-269192-7 $10.99 Set in the world of The Girl of Fire and Thorns, this engrossing fantasy follows two threads about protagonist Red. In the present, the teenager is devastated when her planned...
The Queen of Nothing [Folk of the Air] by Holly Black High School Little, Brown 293 pp. g 11/19 978-0-316-31042-0 $19.99 e-book ed. 978-0-316-31040-6 $12.99 In a stunning act of betrayal, the High King, Cardan, exiled Jude (secretly his wife and the ostensible Queen of Faerie) to the mortal world...
Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron High School HarperTeen 490 pp. 9/19 978-0-06-287095-7 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-0-06-287097-1 $8.99 Arrah was born into a family of powerful witchdoctors, though magic has always evaded her. But when children are abducted and omens of death appear in the market streets, Arrah doesn’t need...
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