Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion by Shannon Stocker; illus. by Devon HolzwarthPrimary, Intermediate Dial 40 pp. g4/22 978-0-593-10969-4 $17.99e-book ed. 978-0-593-10970-0 $10.99Evelyn Glennie grew up 1960s Scotland surrounded by music: her mother played the organ and her father played the accordion. By the age of eight,...
Climb On! by Baptiste Paul; illus. by Jacqueline AlcántaraPrimary NorthSouth 32 pp. g3/22 978-0-7358-4481-0 $18.95It’s a beautiful morning, and even though Dad just wants to watch futbol, his full-of-energy daughter reminds him that he promised to go on a hike with her. “Annou ale! Off we go!” to the “tippy...
Can Bears Ski? by Raymond Antrobus; illus. by Polly Dunbar Primary Candlewick 40 pp. g 11/20 978-1-5362-1266-2 $16.99 Bear’s home is loud — full of Dad Bear’s rumbling, shaking, and trembling — and our protagonist enjoys the commotion. Perplexingly, though, Dad and everyone else seems to keep asking, “Can bears...
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read by Rita Lorraine Hubbard; illus. by Oge Mora Primary Schwartz & Wade/Random 40 pp. g 1/20 978-1-5247-6828-7 $17.99 Library ed. 978-1-5247-6829-4 $20.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5247-6830-0 $10.99 As an enslaved child on an Alabama plantation, Mary Walker would look up at the...
Thurgood by Jonah Winter; illus. by Bryan Collier Primary Schwartz & Wade/Random 40 pp. 9/19 978-1-5247-6533-0 $17.99 Library ed. 978-1-5247-6534-7 $20.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5247-6535-4 $.10.99 Thurgood Marshall (1908–1993) — who grew up to “change the law of the land” — was a skilled debater and orator from a young age....