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Review of Barracoon: Adapted for Young Readers
Barracoon: Adapted for Young Readers by Zora Neale Hurston; adapted by Ibram X. Kendi; illus. by Jazzmen Lee-JohnsonIntermediate, Middle School Amistad/HarperCollins 208 pp.1/24 9780063098336 $18.99e-book ed. 9780063098350 $10.99In 1860, more than fifty years after the United States outlawed the slave trade, the ship Clotilda journeyed back to Alabama from West...
Review of One Big Open Sky
One Big Open Sky by Lesa Cline-RansomeIntermediate, Middle School Holiday 240 pp.3/24 9780823450169 $18.99e-book ed. 9780823457496 $10.99In 1879, Lettie’s African American family begins a westward journey from Natchez, Mississippi, to Nebraska, where her father seeks a better life for them. “We can’t live free / on someone else’s land /...
Review of Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues: The Extraordinary Life of James Baldwin
Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues: The Extraordinary Life of James Baldwin by Michelle Meadows; illus. by Jamiel LawPrimary, Intermediate Harper/HarperCollins 48 pp.1/24 9780063273474 $19.99In this picture-book biography, Meadows’s expressive free verse beautifully contributes to an engaging narrative about Baldwin’s (1924–1987) literary prowess and staunch activism, making his story accessible to young...
Review of Fighting with Love: The Legacy of John Lewis
Fighting with Love: The Legacy of John Lewis by Lesa Cline-Ransome; illus. by James E. RansomePrimary Wiseman/Simon 48 pp.1/24 9781534496620 $18.99e-book ed. 9781534496637 $10.99The prolific author-illustrator couple (most recently The Story of the Saxophone, rev. 1/23) teams up again to offer this inspiring picture-book biography of the late human rights...
Review of There Was a Party for Langston
There Was a Party for Langston by Jason Reynolds; illus. by Jerome Pumphrey and Jarrett PumphreyPrimary Dlouhy/Atheneum 56 pp.10/23 9781534439443 $18.99e-book ed 9781534439450 $10.99An intriguing photograph of writers Maya Angelou and Amiri Baraka dancing at a party at the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture...
Review of Coretta’s Journey: The Life and Times of Coretta Scott King
Coretta’s Journey: The Life and Times of Coretta Scott King by Alice Faye Duncan; illus. by R. Gregory ChristieIntermediate Calkins/Astra 48 pp.9/23 9781662680045 $18.99e-book ed. 9781662680052 $11.99In a sophisticated, poetic picture-book biography, Duncan alternates double-page spreads featuring prose or poems in a variety of forms that highlight Coretta Scott King’s...
Review of A Walk in the Woods
A Walk in the Woods by Nikki Grimes; illus. by Jerry Pinkney and Brian PinkneyPrimary Porter/Holiday 40 pp.9/23 9780823449651 $18.99Shortly after his father’s death, a boy opens an envelope his father left him to find a map of the woods with a bright red X marking a destination. Still coping...
Review of Once in a Blue Moon
Once in a Blue Moon by Sharon G. FlakeIntermediate, Middle School Knopf 336 pp.7/23 9780593480984 $17.99Library ed. 9780593480991 $20.99e-book ed. 9780593481004 $10.99In sparkling free verse, Flake delivers a rich and compassionate story of family love centered on forgiveness. Eleven-year-old James Henry and his twin sister, Hattie Mae, live with their...
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Review of The Walking School Bus
The Walking School Bus by Aaron Friedland and Ndileka Mandela; illus. by Andrew Jackson ObolPrimary Greystone Kids 48 pp.10/23 9781771644693 $18.95In this story set in an (unspecified) African village, a brother and sister find a creative solution to circumstances preventing them from attending school. Baba has to leave home to...
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