Reviews of the Week
Oscar’s Tower of Flowers by Lauren Tobia; illus. by the author Preschool Candlewick 40 pp. g 5/21 978-1-5362-1777-3 $17.99 In her first solo picture book, Tobia (illustrator of the beloved Anna Hibiscus books) crafts an affecting and wordless tale of separation, growth, neighborliness, and love. Viewers are introduced to young...
Animal Architects by Amy Cherrix; illus. by Chris Sasaki Primary Beach Lane/Simon 56 pp. g 9/21 978-1-5344-5625-9 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-5626-6 $10.99 “Did you know the natural world is a construction zone? Whether they are large or small, in the ocean or on land, animals are amazing architects!” Cherrix (In...
The Robber Girl by Franny Billingsley Intermediate, Middle School Candlewick 416 pp. g 9/21 978-0-7636-6956-0 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5362-0693-7 $9.99 Robber Girl only remembers the life she’s lived with outlaw Gentleman Jack, who rescued her when she was abandoned at age four. Or so he says. Now she’s eleven, a...
Hurricane by John Rocco; illus. by the author Primary Little, Brown 48 pp. g 9/21 978-0-7595-5493-1 $17.99 Life is good for our young narrator. He loves to fish, crab, swim, and just watch the river passing by, and claims a little-used and neglected neighborhood dock as his own. One summer...
Bad Sister by Charise Mericle Harper; illus. by Rory Lucey Intermediate, Middle School First Second 240 pp. g 7/21 978-1-250-21906-0 $19.99 Paper ed. 978-1-250-21905-3 $12.99 Skillfully told through the comics medium, this memoir centers on the author’s childhood experiences as a self-identified “bad sister”: “It wasn’t on purpose. The badness...
Switch by A.S. King High School Dutton 240 pp. g 5/21 978-0-525-55551-3 $17.99 “It is, and has been, June 23, 2020, for nine months now.” Global time has inexplicably paused. The U.S. government has created a new school curriculum called “Solution Time” that instructs students “to solve the world’s time...
The Fox and the Forest Fire by Danny Popovici; illus. by the author Primary Chronicle 40 pp. g 8/21 978-1-7972-0282-2 $17.99 The book’s young narrator, sporting a red beanie, has just moved to the country with his mother and is not thrilled about it. “Nights are too quiet,” he complains....
Survivor Tree by Marcie Colleen; illus. by Aaron Becker Primary, Intermediate Little, Brown 48 pp. g 8/21 978-0-316-48767-2 $18.99 Colleen uses the cycle of the seasons to tell the remarkable story of New York City’s Survivor Tree. Through lyrical prose, she describes the Callery pear tree as it stood for...
Fast Pitch by Nic Stone Intermediate, Middle School Crown 192 pp. g 8/21 978-1-9848-9301-7 $17.99 Library ed. 978-1-9848-9302-4 $20.99 e-book ed. 978-1-9848-9303-1 $10.99 Softball is in Shenice “Lightning” Lockwood’s blood. The twelve-year-old catcher plays for the Fulton Firebirds, the first all-Black team in the league and the only team in...
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