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Review of In the Desert
In the Desert by David Elliott; illus. by Gordy WrightPrimary Candlewick 40 pp.3/25 9781536223385 $18.99In fifteen verses, Elliott celebrates creatures who inhabit the Sahara Desert—and, in one introductory poem, the desert itself. As always in this winning series (see At the Poles, rev. 9/23, and eight other titles), the poems...
Review of Thunder City
Thunder City [Mortal Engines]by Philip ReeveMiddle School, High School Scholastic 336 pp.11/24 9781546138235 $19.99e-book ed. 9781546138242 $19.99This prequel to Reeve’s acclaimed postapocalyptic, steampunk Mortal Engines series opens some two hundred years earlier, during the peaceful Golden Age of Traction, as the city of Thorbury is violently boarded and captured by...
Review of A Greater Goal: The Epic Battle for Equal Pay in Women’s Soccer—and Beyond
A Greater Goal: The Epic Battle for Equal Pay in Women’s Soccer—and Beyond by Elizabeth Rusch High School Greenwillow 336 pp. 7/24 9780063220904 $19.99 e-book ed. 9780063220928 $9.99 In tracing the battle for equal pay and equal treatment waged by the United States Women’s National Team against the U.S. Soccer...
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Review of Knight Owl and Early Bird
Knight Owl and Early Bird by Christopher Denise; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Ottaviano/Little, Brown 48 pp.10/24 9780316564526 $18.99e-book ed. 9780316579919 $10.99The diminutive hero from Denise’s Caldecott Honor–winning Knight Owl returns in this sequel, which introduces a new character, wannabe knight Early Bird. The tiny, big-eyed creature keeps Knight Owl,...
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Review of Winter Magic
Winter Magic by Robert Burleigh; illus. by Wendell MinorPreschool, Primary Ottaviano/Little, Brown 32 pp.9/24 9780316560498 $18.99This picture book employs a first-person voice to enumerate the joys of winter. The rhyming text claims the identity of everything from snowmen to hot cocoa. “I’m a skater flying across the ice—flash! / I’m...
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Review of My Wonderful Christmas Tree
My Wonderful Christmas Tree by Dahlov Ipcar; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Tilbury 40 pp.9/24 9781668945087 $18.99In a creative echo of “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” Ipcar describes the snow-covered fir tree outside her window on a clear Christmas night. Atop the tree is “one shining star”; after this, she...
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Review of We Are Big Time
We Are Big Time by Hena Khan; illus. by Safiya ZerrouguiMiddle School, High School Knopf 240 pp.8/24 9780593430484 $21.99Library ed. 9780593899052 $24.99Paper ed. 9780593430477 $13.99e-book ed. 9780593430491 $8.99Like Tavares’s Hoops (rev. 3/23), this inspiring graphic novel is based on a real-life girls’ basketball team—here, on the all-Muslim, all-hijab-wearing Salam School’s...
Ahoy!
Ahoy there! I’m here to start a conversation about Sophie Blackall’s latest picture book — one that has many of the hallmarks of her previous books (yes, including spectacular seascapes and even a lighthouse) but also breaks new ground — or explores new seas, in this case. And no, the...
Review of The Wildcat Behind Glass
The Wildcat Behind Glass by Alki Zei; trans. from Greek by Karen Emmerich Intermediate Restless 224 pp. 5/24 9781632063649 $18.00 A chapter book, first published in 1963, by the author of the wonderful Petros’ War (winner of the 1974 Batchelder Award) is back in a new translation for contemporary readers....
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