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Dear Acorn (Love, Oak)
In Joyce Sidman's Dear Acorn (Love, Oak): Letter Poems to Friends, Melissa Sweet's illustrations carry much of the book’s expressive and structural weight, shaping how relationship, scale, and connection are understood across the poems. Sidman organizes the text as eight paired letter-poem exchanges between "big” and "little” voices, such as oak and acorn, sky and bubble, and button...
Review of Melodies of the Weary Blues: Classic Poems Illustrated for Young People
Melodies of the Weary Blues: Classic Poems Illustrated for Young People by Langston Hughes; compiled by Shamar Knight-Justice; illus. by various artists Primary, Intermediate Harper/HarperCollins 48 pp.1/26 9780063327054 $19.99A twenty-three-artist ensemble interprets poems from Hughes’s poetry collection The Weary Blues in an illustrated volume that emphasizes the poems’ musical motifs....
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Review of Sharing
Sharing by Rosemary Wells; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Wiseman/Simon 32 pp.9/25 9781665975155 $19.99e-book ed. 9781665975162 $10.99Charles loves his favorite things—skates, a xylophone, a doctor kit, a toy chicken farm—all lovingly tucked in each night. When his well-intentioned parents nudge him toward “build[ing] some social skills” by joining clubs at...
To See an Owl
In To See an Owl, Matthew Cordell takes readers on a quiet journey into darkness, inviting them to seek magic alongside a child. The minimal text features phrases like “If you are very quiet...” and “Wait,” which emphasize emotional depth through anticipation rather than action. Cordell's illustrations, with their deep...
Review of The Littlest Drop
The Littlest Drop by Sascha Alper; illus. by Jerry Pinkney and Brian Pinkney Primary Schwartz/Random 40 pp. 4/25 9780593309124 $18.99 Library ed. 9780593309131 $21.99 e-book ed. 9780593309148 $10.99 When a brush fire begins raging, the animals flee to the river for safety—except for one determined hummingbird. The tiny bird carries...
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Review of Big Family Beach Day
Big Family Beach Day by Nina Crews; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Greenwillow 32 pp.5/25 9780063390225 $19.99Young Maya’s second-person narration describes a trip to the seaside with her extended family, sharing the joy of a cherished annual tradition. Crews (I’m Not Small, rev. 3/22, among others) skillfully captures the atmosphere...
Review of The Doll Test: Choosing Equality
The Doll Test: Choosing Equality by Carole Boston Weatherford; illus. by David Elmo Cooper Primary Carolrhoda 32 pp. 11/24 9781728477930 $18.99 This powerful picture book brings to life the essential research of psychologists Kenneth and Mamie Clark, whose work significantly influenced the fight against segregation, having concluded that “school segregation...
Review of The Table
The Table by Winsome Bingham and Wiley Blevins; illus. by Jason Griffin Primary, Intermediate Porter/Holiday 56 pp. 9/24 9780823456420 $19.99 e-book ed. 9780823461530 $11.99 This moving narrative centers on a simple wooden table and its role in the lives of two families whose members are shown in the powerful illustrations...
The 2025 Caldecott Announcement
The winner of the 2025 Caldecott Award is Chooch Helped, illustrated by Rebecca Lee Kunz, written by Andrea L. Rogers, published by Arthur A. Levine, an imprint of Levine Querido. The Committee selected four 2025 Honor Books: Home in a Lunchbox, written and illustrated by Cherry Mo, published by Penguin Workshop, an...
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