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Review of A World Without Summer: A Volcano Erupts, a Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out
A World Without Summer: A Volcano Erupts, a Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out by Nicholas Day; illus. by Yas Imamura Intermediate, Middle School Random House Studio/Random 304 pp. 9/25 9780593643877 $19.99 On April 10, 1815, on the small Indonesian island of Sumbawa, the volcano Tambora erupted with such...
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Review of Sidekicks: Thick as Thieves
Sidekicks: Thick as Thieves by Dan Santat; illus. by the authorIntermediate, Middle School Graphix/Scholastic 240 pp.1/26 Paper ed. 9781338879186 $14.99Fifteen years after the publication of Sidekicks (rev. 7/11), Santat’s first graphic novel, here is a sequel (with two more volumes projected). Fresh off his last caper, Captain Amazing is taking...
Review of Glass: Looking In, Looking Out
Glass: Looking In, Looking Out by Larissa Theule; illus. by Victoria Tentler-KrylovPrimary, Intermediate Candlewick 48 pp.2/26 9781536225839 $18.99“Every day, we rely on glass in big and small ways, but we usually don’t pay attention to it. We mostly look through glass, not at it.” Theule (Concrete, rev. 9/22) presents a...
Review of Trapped in the Tar Pit: How Paleontologists Unearthed a City’s Prehistoric Past
Trapped in the Tar Pit: How Paleontologists Unearthed a City’s Prehistoric Past by Jessica Stremer; illus. by Alexander Vidal Primary Beach Lane/Simon 40 pp. 8/25 9781665953177 $19.99e-book ed. 9781665953184 $10.99 The fascinating story of the La Brea Tar Pits gets a wonderful introduction in Stremer’s (Plight of the Pelican, rev....
Review of Imogen: The Life and Work of Imogen Cunningham
Imogen: The Life and Work of Imogen Cunningham by Elizabeth Partridge; illus. by Yuko Shimizu Primary, Intermediate Viking 40 pp. 8/25 9781984835185 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781984835208 $10.99 Imogen Cunningham (1883–1976) was born into a large, loving family in the Pacific Northwest at the tail end of the nineteenth century. As...
Review of Loudmouth: Emma Goldman vs. America (A Love Story)
Loudmouth: Emma Goldman vs. America (A Love Story) by Deborah Heiligman High School Farrar 336 pp. 9/25 9781250823076 $21.99 e-book ed. 9781250823083 $11.99 Heiligman’s newest work of nonfiction touches on a long list of hot-button contemporary issues: due process, free speech, gender equity, economic inequality, pacifism, prison reform, reproductive freedom,...
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Review of Goalkeeper
Goalkeeper by Edward BloorMiddle School Clarion/HarperCollins 192 pp.10/25 9780063428324 $19.99e-book ed. 9780063428348 $10.99Twenty-eight years after Tangerine (rev. 7/97) was published, Bloor returns with a sequel to his classic debut that picks up after the first book ends. Having been expelled from public school, Paul Fisher is finishing up seventh grade...
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Review of Salmon Run: An Epic Journey to the Ocean and Back
Salmon Run: An Epic Journey to the Ocean and Back by Annie Chen; illus. by the authorPrimary Red Comet 40 pp.11/25 9781636551654 $19.99“On a crisp autumn day, a Pacific salmon is born.” From an embryo inside an egg to the just-hatched alevin stage to a fry, the salmon’s early life...
Why the Hell Is Everyone Sleeping on Flowcharts?: Informational Picture Books Up Close
Today on Calling Caldecott, a conversation between Elisa Gall and Jonathan Hunt about informational picture 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 holiday books; photography; board books; the Newbery Award; "didactic intent"; folklore; and...
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