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Review of Picture Day
Picture Day by Sarah Sax; illus. by the authorMiddle School Knopf 288 pp.6/23 9780593306888 $20.99Paper ed. 9780593306871 $13.99Library ed. 9780593306895 $23.99e-book ed. 9780593306901 $8.99Tween relationships and identity development are the focus of this engaging contemporary graphic novel. It is middle-school picture day, and Viv is determined to make her mark....
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Review of The Bodyguard Unit: Edith Garrud, Women’s Suffrage, and Jujitsu
The Bodyguard Unit: Edith Garrud, Women’s Suffrage, and Jujitsu by Clément Xavier; illus. by Lisa Lugrin; color by Albertine Ralenti; trans. from French by Edward GauvinMiddle School, High School Graphic Universe/Lerner 136 pp.8/23 9781728445656 $30.65Paper ed. 9798765607473 $17.99This immersive comic introduces readers to the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU),...
Review of Lost in the Mountains
Lost in the Mountains [Survival Scout] by Maxwell Eaton III; illus. by the author Intermediate Roaring Brook 144 pp. 5/23 9781250790460 $19.99 Paper ed. 9781250790477 $12.99 e-book ed. 9781250330956 $9.99 This humorous and informative comic-format guide showcases all things survival in the great outdoors. After getting lost while hiking and...
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Review of Lo & Behold
Lo & Behold by Wendy Mass; illus. by Gabi Mendez; color by Cai TseIntermediate, Middle School Random House 224 pp.5/23 9780593179635 $20.99Library ed. 9780593179642 $23.99Paper ed. 9780593179628 $13.99e-book ed. 9780593179659 $8.99In this moving and memorable graphic novel, twelve-year-old Addie loves tortoises, outer space, and moon trees (planted from seeds that...
Review of Harriet Tubman: Toward Freedom
Harriet Tubman: Toward Freedom by Whit Taylor; illus. by Kazimir Lee Middle School, High School Little, Brown 112 pp. g 6/21 978-0-7595-5550-1 $19.99 Paper ed. 978-0-7595-5551-8 $12.99 e-book ed. 978-0-7595-5766-6 $9.99 This Center for Cartoon Studies Presents entry (most recently, Glynnis Fawkes’s Charlotte Brontë Before Jane Eyre, rev. 11/19) spotlights...
Why the Hell Don't More Holiday Books Win the Caldecott?
Today on Calling Caldecott, a conversation between Elisa Gall and Jonathan Hunt about holiday books and the Caldecott Award. (This is an entry in their why-the-hell Calling Caldecott series. Previous posts include discussions about the Caldecott and photography; board books; the Newbery Award; and "didactic intent.") – J.D. and M.V.P. ELISA...
Review of A Snake Falls to Earth
A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger Middle School, High School Levine Querido 352 pp. g 11/21 978-1-64614-092-3 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-64614-114-2 $18.99 This original and suspenseful fantasy explores perceptions and understandings of space, time, identity, environmentalism, communication, and “the rightness of home.” Nina, a human, is determined...
Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know: Niibing, dgwaagig, bboong, mnookmig dbaadjigaade maanpii mzin’igning / A Book About the Seasons
Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know: Niibing, dgwaagig, bboong, mnookmig dbaadjigaade maanpii mzin’igning / A Book About the Seasons by Brittany Luby; illus. by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley; trans. from Anishinaabemowin by Alvin Ted Corbiere and Alan Corbiere Preschool, Primary Groundwood 40 pp. g 3/21 978-1-77306-326-3 $18.95 e-book...
Review of Garlic & the Vampire
Garlic & the Vampire by Bree Paulsen; illus. by the author Intermediate Quill Tree/HarperCollins 160 pp. g 9/21 978-0-06-299509-4 $22.99 Paper ed. 978-0-06-299508-7 $12.99 e-book ed. 978-0-06-299510-0 $9.99 In this silly-spooky graphic novel for readers just venturing into middle-grade books, anthropomorphic veggie and fruit folk, having been brought to life...
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