Night in the City by Julie Downing; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Porter/Holiday 40 pp.3/23 9780823452064 $18.99e-book ed. 9780823455188 $11.99While a child gets ready for bed, a father gets ready for work—as do other night-shift workers in the city. Readers follow the dad (a nurse) and eight others: a taxi...
The Bear and the Wildcat by Kazumi Yumoto; illus. by Komako Sakai; trans. from Japanese by Cathy HiranoPrimary Gecko 48 pp.2/23 9781877467707 $19.99Young viewers may wonder why the cover art shows a bear and a bird, not a wildcat. On the title page, however, we see the bird lying on...
Ancient Night by David Álvarez with David Bowles; illus. by David ÁlvarezPreschool, Primary Em Querido/Levine Querido 40 pp.3/23 9781646142514 $18.99Spanish ed. 9781646142545 $18.99e-book ed. 9781646142859 $18.99Rabbit keeps the moon shining brightly by trekking across the world to bring back aguamiel, “the precious, glowing nectar that brims in the heart of...
The Snail by Emily Hughes; illus. by the authorPrimary, Intermediate Chronicle 88 pp.11/22 9781797204673 $18.99In this picture book for an older audience than Yang’s A Boy Named Isamu (rev. 9/21), Hughes presents an impressionistic biography of artist Isamu Noguchi. The book’s emotional journey begins with an elderly Noguchi shouting into...
An Illustrated Collection of Nordic Animal Tales by Pirkko-Liisa Surojegin; illus. by the author; trans. from Finnish by Jill G. Timbers Primary, Intermediate Floris 128 pp. g 10/22 978-1-78250-744-4 $22.95 These twenty-six Nordic tales are mostly inspired by stories from the author-illustrator’s native Finland. In a brief introduction, Surojegin...
The Sky We Shared by Shirley Reva Vernick Intermediate Cinco Puntos/Lee & Low 256 pp. g 6/22 978-1-947627-52-9 $22.95 e-book ed. 978-1-947627-54-3 $22.95 Vernick’s absorbing historical World War II novel alternates between the perspectives of two teenage girls: Nellie Doud in Oregon and Tamiko Nakaoka in Japan. Nellie...
Lemon Bird: Can Help! by Paulina Ganucheau ; illus. by the author Primary RH Graphic/Random 112 pp. g8/22 978-0-593-12267-9 $12.99Library ed. 978-0-593-12533-5 $15.99e-book ed. 978-0-593-12268-6 $7.99 Lemon Bird isn’t the only fruit-animal hybrid in this cute and kooky graphic novel—there are pairs of cherry mice...
Smaller Sister by Maggie Edkins Willis ; illus. by the author Intermediate Roaring Brook 320 pp. g6/22 978-1-250-76741-7 $22.99Paper ed. 978-1-250-76742-4 $14.99 In Willis’s debut graphic novel, based on her own experiences, narrator Lucy worships her older-by-one-year sister Livy. They play together, then fight, then...
Blanket by Ruth Ohi ; illus. by the author Preschool Groundwood 32 pp. g9/22 978-1-77306-614-1 $18.99e-book ed. 978-1-77306-615-8 $16.99 Though wearing bright yellow pajamas that exude cheeriness, Cat wakes up in a gloomy mood, seemingly unaware of the sun shining through the window. Luckily, Dog knows...