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Review of You Can’t Be a Pterodactyl!
You Can’t Be a Pterodactyl! by James Breakwell; illus. by Sophie CorriganPreschool, Primary Paulsen/Penguin 32 pp.7/23 9780593110652 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593110669 $10.99Tommy aspires to be a pterodactyl when he grows up. Easy, right? When he announces his dream to the class, however, he is met with laughter from his classmates and...
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Review of A River of Dust: The Life-Giving Link Between North Africa and the Amazon
A River of Dust: The Life-Giving Link Between North Africa and the Amazon by Jilanne Hoffmann; illus. by Eugenia MelloPrimary Chronicle 48 pp.7/23 9781797211756 $18.99The narrator here is dust from North Africa speaking directly to its destination, the Amazon rainforest. Poetic text meditates on the way Africa and South America...
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Review of How to Spacewalk: Step-by-Step with Shuttle Astronauts
How to Spacewalk: Step-by-Step with Shuttle Astronauts by Kathryn D. Sullivan and Michael J. Rosen; illus. by Michael J. RosenPrimary MIT Kids/Candlewick 48 pp.6/23 9781536226218 $19.99e-book ed. 9781536232219 $19.99Sullivan, the first American woman to complete a spacewalk, and Rosen immerse readers in the experience of being a space shuttle astronaut,...
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Review of Rooting for Plants: The Unstoppable Charles S. Parker, Black Botanist and Collector
Rooting for Plants: The Unstoppable Charles S. Parker, Black Botanist and Collector by Janice N. Harrington; illus. by Theodore Taylor IIIPrimary Calkins/Astra 48 pp.8/23 9781662680199 $18.99e-book ed. 9781662680205 $11.99Harrington and Taylor (Buzzing with Questions, rev. 11/19) introduce the life of another pioneering Black scientist, Charles S. Parker (1882–1950). Clear, engaging...
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Review of When Moon Became the Moon
When Moon Became the Moon by Rob Hodgson; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Rise/Penguin Workshop 64 pp.8/23 9780593523629 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593657942 $11.99A cheery picture book introduces Earth’s moon, its origin, and its importance to our planet. Straightforward, developmentally appropriate scientific explanations (“Then, Earth used a special force, called gravity, to...
Review of ¡Ay, Mija!: My Bilingual Summer in Mexico
¡Ay, Mija!: My Bilingual Summer in Mexico by Christine Suggs; illus. by the author Middle School, High School Little, Brown 336 pp. 4/23 9780316591966 $24.99 Paper ed. 9780316591928 $17.99 e-book ed. 9780316591942 $9.99 This engaging graphic memoir depicts Suggs’s formative experiences visiting family members in Mexico City and their rancho...
Review of Total Garbage
Total Garbage by Rebecca Donnelly; illus. by John Hendrix Intermediate, Middle School Holt 160 pp. 3/23 9781250760388 $21.99 e-book ed. 9781250760395 $11.99 In this accessible overview of garbage, Donnelly’s trash talk supports an appealing conversational narrative. She asks readers to examine five questions, each addressed in its own chapter: “What...
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Review of A Tulip in Winter: A Story About Maud Lewis
A Tulip in Winter: A Story About Maud Lewis by Kathy Stinson; illus. by Lauren SoloyPrimary Greystone Kids 40 pp.3/23 9781771649513 $18.95Maud Lewis (1903–1970) was a Nova Scotian folk artist who lived with rheumatoid arthritis. Despite physical and economic challenges, she never let her passion for art fade away. As...
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Review of Chef Edna: Queen of Southern Cooking, Edna Lewis
Chef Edna: Queen of Southern Cooking, Edna Lewis by Melvina Noel; illus. by Cozbi A. CabreraPrimary Cameron/Abrams 32 pp.4/23 9781951836399 $18.99Chef Edna Lewis (1916–2006) brought Southern cooking to the forefront of American cuisine. Growing up in Freetown, Virginia, a place founded by her grandfather and other formerly enslaved people, Edna...
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Review of In Limbo
In Limbo by Deb JJ Lee; illus. by the authorHigh School First Second 352 pp.3/23 9781250252654 $24.99Paper ed. 9781250252661 $17.99e-book ed. 9781250322869 $11.99Lee deftly chronicles their tumultuous high school years through elegant cartooning, presenting a difficult story with sincerity, compassion, and grace. An immigrant from Korea, Lee goes by Deb...
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