Shelley Isaacson
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Review of Safe Crossing
Safe Crossing by Kari Percival; illus. by the authorPrimary Chronicle 48 pp.1/25 9781797214566 $18.99Why do amphibians cross a dark, perilous road? To lay their eggs, of course. But sometimes they need help. In the middle of the night, a biracial family dons rain gear over PJs, gathers equipment, and joins...
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Review of Between You and Me
Between You and Me by Rob Sanders; illus. by Raissa FigueroaPrimary Clarion/HarperCollins 32 pp.12/24 9780063239593 $19.99A Black child looks out the window as a white child moves in next door. Sanders’s lyrical text celebrates the in-between of opposing ideas: “Between yesterday and tomorrow…Today.” “Between strangers and friends…‘Hello.’” “Between an idea...
Review of Pigs Dig a Road
Pigs Dig a Road by Carrie Finison; illus. by Brian Biggs Preschool, Primary Putnam 48 pp. 9/24 9781984816542 $19.99 e-book ed. 9781984816559 $10.99 Hardhat-wearing pigs hurriedly build a road to reach the county fair. While Rosie stays up all night and “plans,” “outlines,” and “calculates,” her peers—Curly, Pinky, and Stinky—sleep....
Life After Whale
I should have been prepared for the emotional sequence of images on the sixth double-page spread of Life After Whale. It’s not a secret. The title reveals the plot: Life After Whale. But I wasn’t prepared. I let Chin’s immersive cover, front matter, and opening scenes — a sequence of...
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Review of Cake for Everyone
Cake for Everyone by Thé Tjong-Khing; illus. by the authorPrimary Gecko 32 pp.8/24 9781776575930 $18.99An entourage of well-dressed animals sets out for a festive picnic in this wordless Dutch import. Just as they begin cake-baking and merry-making, an eagle swoops down (on the title page) and snags their picnic blanket...
Jump for Joy
Full disclosure: I am a dog person. My daughter, also a dog person, and a pediatrician, reports that the service dogs who visit her hospital are often the only remedy for her sick patients. I believe in dog joy. But the medal-worthiness of Jump for Joy, illustrated by Hadley Hooper...
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Review of Zebra’s Great Escape
Zebra’s Great Escape by Katherine Rundell; illus. by Sara OgilviePrimary, Intermediate Simon 64 pp.8/24 9781481491631 $19.99e-book ed. 9781481491648 $10.99Originally published in Great Britain, this book evades easy classification. Ogilvie’s lively, vibrantly colored art—with dramatic page-turns and a mix of immersive full-bleed illustrations, spot art, and vignettes—caters to a picture-book audience....
Review of The Pelican Can!
The Pelican Can! by Toni Yuly; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Little, Brown 40 pp.5/24 9780316497817 $18.99Yuly’s well-designed picture book presents a series of playful rhyming questions (“Who can soar down close to the shore?” “Who can fly up high in the sky?”) followed by the refrain, “The pelican can!...
Review of On a Summer Night
On a Summer Night by Deborah Hopkinson; illus. by Kenard Pak Preschool Chronicle 56 pp. 5/24 9781797200132 $18.99 In this quiet cumulative story, everyone—and everything—wakens, one by one. Who has woken the girl, the cat, the dog, the rabbit, the tree, the air, and the cloud? The reader and protagonist...
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