Reviews of the Week
Grenade by Alan Gratz; read by Todd Haberkorn and Andrew Eiden Middle School, High School Scholastic Audio Rev. 11/18 5 CDs 5.42 hrs. 978-1-338-31100-6 $29.99 Set on the island of Okinawa during the American invasion, this WWII story begins by alternating viewpoints (voiced by two different actors) between Hideki, an...
Red Rover: Curiosity on Mars by Richard Ho; illus. by Katherine Roy Primary, Intermediate Roaring Brook 40 pp. 10/19 978-1-250-19833-4 $18.99 Debut author Ho and experienced illustrator Roy (Neighborhood Sharks, rev. 11/14; Otis and Will Discover the Deep, rev. 3/18) deliver an informative and surprisingly tender portrayal of Curiosity, the...
Penny and Her Sled by Kevin Henkes; illus. by the author Primary Greenwillow 56 pp. 10/19 978-0-06-293453-6 $14.99 Library ed. 978-0-06-293454-3 $15.89 In her first easy-reader outing in six years (most recently Penny and Her Marble, rev. 3/13), Penny waits for snow. It’s winter, and the young mouse wants nothing...
Small in the City by Sydney Smith; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Porter/Holiday 40 pp. 9/19 978-0-8234-4261-4 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-0-8234-4395-6 $11.99 In Smith’s (Sidewalk Flowers, rev. 5/15; Town Is by the Sea, rev. 3/17) debut as both illustrator and author, an intrepid child on the move in the...
The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty; read by Charlie Sanderson Intermediate Recorded Books Rev. 9/18 9 CDs 10.42 hrs. 978-1-9800-2728-7 $97.75 When she is ten years old, Bronte receives the news that her parents have been killed by pirates. According to their “faery cross-stitch”-bound will, Bronte...
Todos iguales / All Equal: Un corrido de Lemon Grove / A Ballad of Lemon Grove by Christy Hale; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Children’s/Lee & Low 40 pp. 8/19 978-0-89239-427-2 $19.95 Hale’s storytelling shines in this account of Mexican American resistance against racism in the 1930s. Inspired by...
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks by Jason Reynolds Intermediate, Middle School Dlouhy/Atheneum 193 pp. 10/19 978-1-4814-3828-5 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-4814-3830-8 $10.99 Ten blocks. Ten stories. Lots of middle-school kids doing many different things after school. Jasmine and TJ walk home together, wondering what they’re made of—dust...
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard; illus. by Juana Martinez-Neal Preschool, Primary Roaring Brook 48 pp. 10/19 978-1-62672-746-5 $18.99 This affectionate picture book depicts an intergenerational group of Native American family members and friends as they make fry bread together. The text begins: “Fry bread...
Riding a Donkey Backwards: Wise and Foolish Tales of Mulla Nasruddin retold by Sean Taylor and the Khayaal Theatre; illus. by Shirin Adl Primary Candlewick 48 pp. 8/19 978-1-5362-0507-7 $18.99 Mulla Nasruddin, as the preface explains, is a pan-Muslim trickster figure who has captivated storytellers for generations and whose actions...
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