A Seed Grows by Antoinette Portis; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Porter/Holiday 40 pp. g6/22 978-0-8234-4892-0 $18.99e-book ed. 978-0-8234-5307-8 $11.99With her latest science-focused picture book, Portis (Hey, Water!, rev. 3/19) continues to introduce very young readers and listeners to the wonders of nature. Here she details the life cycle of...
The Snowy Owl Scientist [Scientists in the Field]by Mark Wilson; photos by the authorIntermediate, Middle School Clarion/HarperCollins 96 pp. g4/22 978-0-358-32959-6 $18.99e-book ed. 978-0-358-32660-1 $9.99The magnificent snowy owl has only one U.S. nesting location: Ukpeagvik, on Alaska’s North Shore. Readers travel vicariously to the town of Utqiagvik (previously Barrow) where...
Good Eating: The Short Life of Krill by Matt Lilley; illus. by Dan TavisPrimary Tilbury 40 pp. g1/22 978-0-88448-867-5 $18.95An omniscient narrator notices a small egg at the surface of the Southern Ocean. Using direct address, the narrator speaks to the egg as it floats downward and changes (“you’re not...
The Whale Who Swam Through Time: A 200-Year Journey in the Arctic by Alex Boersma and Nick Pyenson; illus. by Alex BoersmaPrimary Roaring Brook 48 pp. g5/22 978-1-250-80302-3 $19.99During its lifespan, a bowhead whale, “the longest living mammal in the world,” experiences both physical growth and environmental change, creating the...
Parks for the People: How Frederick Law Olmsted Designed America by Elizabeth Partridge; illus. by Becca Stadtlander Primary, Intermediate Viking 40 pp. g 3/22 978-1-9848-3515-4 $17.99 Beginning with a title that introduces both Frederick Law Olmsted’s work and the book’s main idea, Partridge (Boots on the Ground, rev. 3/18) gives...
Bobcat Prowling by Maria Gianferrari; illus. by Bagram IbatoullinePrimary Roaring Brook 48 pp. g3/22 978-1-62672-786-1 $18.99Bobcats live solitary lives all across North America. In this story, Gianferrari (Hawk Rising, rev. 5/18) shows how one such creature travels for many months to find its own territory. Bobcat Yearling leaves its mother...
Fish and Sun [I Can Read!: Comics] by Sergio Ruzzier; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary HarperAlley/HarperCollins 48 pp. g 6/21 978-0-06-307664-8 $16.99 Paper ed. 978-0-06-307663-1 $4.99 e-book ed. 978-0-06-307665-5 $4.99 Tiny Tales: Shell Quest [I Can Read!: Comics] by Steph Waldo; illus. by the author Primary HarperAlley/HarperCollins 32 pp. ...
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...
Dear Treefrog by Joyce Sidman; illus. by Diana Sudyka Primary Houghton 40 pp. g 5/21 978-0-358-06476-3 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-0-358-06671-2 $12.99 In what is in essence a nonfiction early-chapter-book in verse, a young girl moves to a new home. She’s lonely, but when she explores the garden, she observes a...