Polar Bear by Candace Fleming; illus. by Eric Rohmann Primary Porter/Holiday 32 pp. g 11/22 978-0-8234-4916-3 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-0-8234-5435-8 $11.99 Showcasing another fascinating animal (Giant Squid, rev. 9/16; Honeybee, rev. 3/20), and with their usual dynamism and immediacy, Fleming and Rohmann turn their attention to polar...
The Real Dada Mother Goose: A Treasury of Complete Nonsense by Jon Scieszka; illus. by Julia Rothman Primary, Intermediate Candlewick 80 pp. g 10/22 978-0-7636-9434-0 $19.99 Since the 1992 publication of The Stinky Cheese Man (rev. 11/92), Scieszka has been upending conventions in children’s literature. Here,...
Forever Home: A Dog and Boy Love Story by Henry Cole; illus. by the author Primary Scholastic 48 pp. g 8/22 978-1-338-78404-6 $18.99 Cole’s skill in creating wordless picture books (see, for example, Nesting, rev. 3/20) shines in this engaging story about a boy and a dog that...
Three Strike Summer by Skyler Schrempp Intermediate McElderry 320 pp. g 8/22 978-1-5344-9914-0 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-9916-4 $10.99 Evicted from their Oklahoma farm in the midst of the Dust Bowl, the Willard family strikes out for California looking for work as migrant pickers. Scrappy Gloria Mae, the youngest...
Puffin by Martin Jenkins; illus. by Jenni Desmond Primary Candlewick 32 pp. g 10/22 978-1-5362-2850-2 $17.99 Jenkins (Bird Builds a Nest, rev. 1/18; Beware of the Crocodile, rev. 3/19) again offers readers solid science in an entertaining package. The cover illustration of an Atlantic Puffin, beak...
The Midnight Children by Dan Gemeinhart Intermediate, Middle School Holt 352 pp. g8/22 978-1-250-19672-9 $16.99e-book ed. 978-1-250-19673-6 $9.99 In the dead of night, seven children arrive in Slaughterville, a typically sleepy town supported by a single industry—the local slaughterhouse. Only Ravani, a friendless, bullied boy,...
Tree Hole Homes: Daytime Dens and Nighttime Nooks by Melissa Stewart ; illus. by Amy Hevron Primary Random House Studio/Random 40 pp. g10/22 978-0-593-37330-9 $18.99Library ed. 978-0-593-37331-6 $21.99e-book ed. 978-0-593-37332-3 $11.99 Stewart follows a familiar pattern (see Sibert Honor Book Summertime Sleepers , rev....
A Very Big Fall by Emily Kastner; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Clarion/HarperCollins 40 pp. g 8/22 978-0-358-41945-7 $17.99 From within a collective of autumn leaves, readers meet three individuals, each with a distinct human-like personality. There’s Birch, the optimist; Oak, the contented; and Maple, the complainer (and late...
Building by Henry Cole; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Tegen/HarperCollins 40 pp. g6/22 978-0-06-313655-7 $17.99Sharing yet another example of the intricacies of animal home construction (see Nesting, rev. 3/20), Cole introduces readers to the masters of the trade: beavers. A practiced storyteller, Cole employs an engaging refrain (“Building, building....