Total Garbage by Rebecca Donnelly; illus. by John HendrixIntermediate, Middle School Holt 160 pp.3/23 9781250760388 $21.99e-book ed. 9781250760395 $11.99In this accessible overview of garbage, Donnelly’s trash talk supports an appealing conversational narrative. She asks readers to examine five questions, each addressed in its own chapter: “What is garbage, where does...
Dogs: A History of Our Best Friends by Lita Judge; illus. by the authorPrimary, Intermediate Abrams 56 pp.4/23 9781419755446 $19.99e-book ed. 9781647003555 $15.54Preceding the title page, four double-page spreads take readers back to the Stone Age when Paleolithic hominins first began domesticating dogs. From there, Judge (The Wisdom of Trees,...
Yoshi, Sea Turtle Genius: A True Story About an Amazing Swimmer by Lynne Cox; illus. by Richard JonesPrimary Schwartz/Random 40 pp.1/23 9780593425688 $18.99Library ed. 9780593425695 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593425701 $11.99When Yoshi, a real-life loggerhead turtle, hatches, she immediately crawls to the Indian Ocean and begins swimming out to sea. After five...
We Are Human Animals by Rosie Haine; illus. by the authorPrimary Eerdmans 48 pp.3/23 9780802856012 $18.99Readers journey to the Stone Age to meet our human ancestors and the animals that inhabited the Earth with them. Haine’s text is spare and lyrical. Although there is no written history, the archaeological record—including...
One Last Shot: The Story of Wartime Photographer Gerda Taro by Kip WilsonHigh School Versify/HarperCollins 416 pp. 1/23 9780063251687 $17.99e-book ed. 9780063251694 $9.99Wilson (White Rose, rev. 7/19) again traces a real-life young woman’s activism in a novel in verse. Gerda Pohorylle, the daughter of Polish immigrants living in Germany, is...
In Between by April Pulley Sayre and Jeff Sayre; photos by the authors Primary Beach Lane/Simon 40 pp. 3/23 9781534487819 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781534487826 $10.99 With a poetic text and sharp, uncluttered photographs, the Sayres examine transitions in the natural world—transitions from physical spaces as well as those between states...
Every Body: A Celebration of Diverse Abilities by Shelley Rotner; photos by the author Preschool Holiday 32 pp. 3/23 9780823451913 $18.99 From the moment readers open this book, they are treated to an album of beautiful, joyous children, all with one salient feature: “Everybody has a body.” But not every...
Zero Waste: How One Community Is Leading a World Recycling Revolution [Green Power] by Allan Drummond; illus. by the author Primary Farrar 40 pp. 3/23 9780374388409 $19.99 Drummond (Solar Story, rev. 5/20; Pedal Power, rev. 1/17) continues to spotlight communities that adopt environmentally sustainable projects. This time, he takes readers...
When Sea Becomes Sky by Gillian McDunnIntermediate Bloomsbury 288 pp.2/23 9781547610853 $16.99e-book ed. 9781547610860 $11.89Bex dreams of becoming a writer, and usually the words flow from her pencil. But not this summer; now she has more erasures than words. Her younger brother, Davey, gives Bex some advice: “Writers must tell...