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Review of Soul Step
Soul Step by Jewell Parker Rhodes and Kelly McWilliams; illus. by Briana Mukodiri UchenduPrimary Little, Brown 48 pp.6/24 9780316562713 $18.99“STOMP, CLAP, / FLIP, FLAP, / GO HARD, / SNAP BACK!” A rhythmic refrain immerses readers in step, an age-old African American tradition that includes stomping, clapping, singing, chanting, cheering, and...
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Review of The Heart Never Forgets
The Heart Never Forgets by Ana Ot; illus. by Hayden GoodmanPrimary Atheneum 40 pp.4/24 9781665913058 $18.99e-book ed. 9781665913065 $10.99A young girl and her family celebrate the annual West African tradition of masquerade—the first one since her grandfather’s death. The dark-skinned protagonist hears the “Dum! Dum! Dum! Dum!” of drums and...
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Review of Sourgrass
Sourgrass by Hope Lim; illus. by Shahrzad MaydaniPrimary Beach Lane/Simon 40 pp.3/24 9781665931861 $18.99e-book ed. 9781665931878 $10.99A relatable tale of friendship and change. Sofia, a dark-skinned girl with cornrowed hair, and May, with long brown hair and light skin, open the gate between their yards and play together daily. One...
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Review of Ida B. Wells Marches for the Vote
Ida B. Wells Marches for the Vote by Dinah Johnson; illus. by Jerry JordanPrimary, Intermediate Ottaviano/Little, Brown 48 pp.1/24 9780316322478 $18.99Johnson’s compelling text tells the inspirational true story of a Black suffragist who fought injustice all her life. This biography of Wells begins with her birth in 1862, a year...
Review of Breaking to the Beat!
Breaking to the Beat! by Linda J. Acevedo; illus. by Frank MorrisonPrimary, Intermediate Lee & Low 32 pp.5/23 9781643796390 $19.95Acevedo and Morrison provide an engaging, gritty, urban retrospective on the role young people played in establishing break dancing and hip-hop. Set in the Bronx in the 1970s, the story follows...
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Review of The Order of Things
The Order of Things by Kaija LangleyMiddle School Paulsen/Penguin 288 pp.6/23 9780593530900 $17.99e-book ed. 9780593530917 $10.99In this compelling verse novel set in Boston, African American tweens Zee and April are best friends. Each lives with their single parent in apartments across the hall from each other—narrator April with Chantelle, her...
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Review of Daddy & Me, Side by Side
Daddy & Me, Side by Side by Pierce Freelon; illus. by Nadia FisherPrimary Little, Brown 40 pp.5/23 9780316055864 $18.99Freelon’s (Daddy-Daughter Day) quiet picture book tells of an African American father and son on a camping trip. The two wake up in their tent on a chilly morning and walk to...
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Review of Window Fishing
Window Fishing by DK Dyson; illus. by Rudy GutierrezPrimary Knopf 40 pp.8/23 9780593429013 $18.99Library ed. 9780593429020 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593429037 $10.99Grumpy artist Rudeday feels he’ll never be famous as he toils away in his fourth-floor apartment. Although he wants to bring people joy, Rudeday has none of it himself. One day,...
Review of For Lamb
For Lamb by Lesa Cline-RansomeMiddle School, High School Holiday 304 pp.1/23 9780823450152 $18.99e-book ed. 9780823455034 $11.99Lamb, shy protagonist and one of several narrators, tells of growing up in 1940s Jackson, Mississippi, with her brother, Simeon, and Marion, their tough-as-nails mother, a talented and outspoken seamstress and closeted lesbian. Lamb keeps...
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