Courage Hats by Kate Hoefler; illus. by Jessixa Bagley Preschool, Primary Chronicle 48 pp. g3/22 978-1-7972-0276-1 $17.99Mae (a human girl) and Bear (a bear) are both embarking on a train journey to an undisclosed destination, and neither feels comfortable. Mae worries about bears who might eat small people, and Bear...
Eggasaurus by Jennifer Wagh; illus. by Hallie BatemanPreschool, Primary Simon 40 pp. g4/22 978-1-5344-5006-6 $17.99e-book ed. 978-1-5344-5007-3 $10.99“Dear Customer, Thank you for your Eggasaurus purchase.” A “fragile” delivery that arrives for a child named Maximus launches an epistolary story paced like a tennis match. Bright cartoon art shows the delighted...
Zoobilations! by Douglas Florian; illus. by the authorPrimary Beach Lane/Simon 48 pp. g3/22 978-1-5344-6590-9 $17.99e-book ed. 978-1-5344-6591-6 $10.99Florian returns to the zoo (zoo’s who, rev. 5/05) with twenty new pithy and jubilant poems about animals. Some of the poems are peppered with interesting facts, such as “The African Elephant”: “Each...
Skater Baby by Jack Noel; illus. by the authorPreschool Razorbill/Penguin 40 pp. g3/22 978-0-593-32454-7 $17.99e-book ed. 978-0-593-32719-7 $10.99Though signs on the opening page foreshadow drama, the narrator’s description of events stays obliviously deadpan: “This is Mom. This is Mom’s precious little baby. They are in the park together for some...
Between the Lighthouse and You by Michelle LeeIntermediate Farrar 192 pp. g1/22 978-0-374-31450-7 $16.99e-book ed. 978-0-374-31451-4 $9.99Six years ago, Alice’s mother, a cultural anthropologist, disappeared in a boating accident near Aviles Island off the coast of Florida. Now twelve, Alice pores over her mom’s books and notes, looking for clues...
Cress Watercress by Gregory Maguire; illus. by David Litchfield Primary, Intermediate Candlewick 224 pp. g 3/22 978-1-5362-1100-9 $19.99 In this richly imagined woodland adventure, a grieving rabbit family — Mama, Cress, and baby Kip (with stuffed carrot “Rotty” always in tow) — must leave their comfortable warren to start over...
Willodeen by Katherine Applegate; illus. by Charles Santoso Intermediate Feiwel 272 pp. g 9/21 978-1-250-14740-0 $16.99 e-book ed. 978-1-250-14741-7 $9.99 Applegate’s (Wishtree, rev. 11/17; The One and Only Bob, rev. 7/20) latest novel is set in a town that is home to two creatures unfamiliar to us but affected by...
Sweater Weather by Matt Phelan; illus. by the author Preschool Greenwillow 40 pp. g 10/21 978-0-06-293414-7 $17.99 Opening on a morning scene of autumnal domestic bliss, a large, bathrobe-clad bear holding a steaming mug looks out the window at falling leaves. “Sweaters ON!” the bear declares to a roomful of...
The art in Lynne Rae Perkins’s joyfully curious picture book The Museum of Everything, with its vivid colors and alluring assortment of bits and pieces, celebrates curation, creation, and the private life of the mind. The dust jacket depicts the landscape around an imagined museum — Is that the sun, the moon,...