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Review of Great Carrier Reef

Great Carrier Reef [Books for a Better Earth]by Jessica Stremer; illus. by Gordy WrightPrimary    Holiday    40 pp.7/23    9780823452682    $18.99e-book ed.  9780823455256    $11.99In 1976, after approximately twenty-five years of service, the massive aircraft carrier USS Oriskany was decommissioned. Rather than being sold or relegated to retirement, “chained to a pier. Rusted,...
      

Review of Enlighten Me

Enlighten Me by Minh Lê; illus. by Chan ChauIntermediate, Middle School    LB Ink/Little, Brown    144 pp.9/23    9780759555471    $24.99Paper ed.  9780759555488    $12.99e-book ed.  9780316395526    $9.99Middle-schooler Binh isn’t happy about his Vietnamese American family’s trip to a silent Buddhist meditation retreat. His beloved Game Boy is taken away, and, worse, Binh has...
      

Review of Mine!

Mine! by Candace Fleming; illus. by Eric RohmannPreschool    Schwartz/Random    40 pp.8/23    9780593181669    $18.99Library ed.  9780593181676    $21.99e-book ed.  9780593181683    $10.99“In a tall, tall tree, / at the tip-tippy top, / hung a single red apple, / just about to drop.” Crisp, bright illustrations with smooth black outlines, created on stained paper...
      

Review of Tee Time on the Moon: How Astronaut Alan Shepard Played Lunar Golf

Tee Time on the Moon: How Astronaut Alan Shepard Played Lunar Golf by David A. Kelly; illus. by Edwin FotheringhamPrimary    Calkins/Astra    40 pp.7/23    9781662680175    $18.99e-book ed.  9781662680182    $11.99Although the book offers a factual recounting of the Apollo 14 moon landing, its true focus is astronaut Alan Shepard Jr.’s personal experiment...
      

Review of Tiger Daughter

Tiger Daughter by Rebecca LimMiddle School, High School    Delacorte    192 pp.8/23    9780593648971    $17.99Library ed.  9780593648988    $20.99e-book ed.  9780593648995    $10.99Two “migrant kids”—first-generation immigrants to Australia from China—aspire to escape their dysfunctional lives and constricted futures by being accepted to a prestigious, government-funded high school. Wen Li Zhou, thirteen, and her best...
      

Review of Spanish Is the Language of My Family

Spanish Is the Language of My Family by Michael Genhart; illus. by John ParraPrimary    Porter/Holiday    40 pp.7/23    9780823450046    $18.99e-book ed.  9780823455454    $11.99Spanish ed.  9780823454464    $18.99Genhart highlights the love between a grandson and his abuela through their connection with the Spanish language. Narrator Manolo signs up to compete in his school’s...
      

Review of Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam

Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam by Thien Pham; illus. by the authorMiddle School, High School    First Second    240 pp.6/23    9781250809711    $25.99Paper ed.  9781250809728    $17.99e-book ed.  9781250336101    $11.99This graphic memoir begins with the author’s earliest memory: trying to quench his thirst with seawater as he and his family...
      

Review of The Hurricane Girls

The Hurricane Girls by Kimberly Willis HoltIntermediate, Middle School    Ottaviano/Little, Brown    288 pp.8/23    9780316326094    $16.99e-book ed.  9780316326285    $9.99During their first year attending middle school in New Orleans, Greer, Joya Mia, and Kiki become inseparable friends when they collaborate on a project interviewing neighbors and family members about the impact of...
      

Review of Penny & Pip

Penny & Pip by Candace Fleming; illus. by Eric RohmannPreschool  Dlouhy/Atheneum    40 pp.6/23    9781665913317    $18.99e-book ed.  9781665913324    $10.99Rohmann returns to the natural history museum setting of his debut, Time Flies, but this outing is far cozier than that 1995 Caldecott Honor Book. It’s just as fanciful, though. Penny, a brown-skinned...
      

Review of Glitter Everywhere!: Where It Came From, Where It’s Found & Where It’s Going

Glitter Everywhere!: Where It Came From, Where It’s Found & Where It’s Going by Chris Barton; illus. by Chaaya PrabhatPrimary    Charlesbridge    48 pp.6/23    9781623542528    $19.99Barton explores glitter, a source of fascination (and frustration), diving into the science, history, and entrepreneurship that created the material we know today. He doesn’t shy...
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