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Review of Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall
Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall by Lynn Brunelle; illus. by Jason ChinPrimary, Intermediate Porter/Holiday 48 pp.6/24 9780823452286 $18.99e-book ed. 9780823459254 $11.99As a ninety-year-old blue whale dies, one story ends and another begins. Her body provides food for other creatures before it gradually descends to the...
Review of Plain Jane and the Mermaid
Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol; illus. by the authorMiddle School, High School First Second 368 pp.5/24 9781250314864 $22.99Paper ed. 9781250314857 $14.99A funny and fast-paced feminist adventure masterfully told through the comics medium. This alternate-Victorian-era fantasy opens after Jane’s parents’ death. Since women can’t own property, the family...
Review of Rising from the Ashes: Los Angeles, 1992. Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and a City on Fire
Rising from the Ashes: Los Angeles, 1992. Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and a City on Fire by Paula Yoo High School Norton 368 pp. 5/24 9781324030904 $19.99 Yoo (From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry, rev. 5/21) provides a comprehensive, kaleidoscopic account of what happened before,...
Review of The Lumbering Giants of Windy Pines
The Lumbering Giants of Windy Pines by Mo NetzIntermediate, Middle School Clarion/HarperCollins 208 pp.3/24 9780063266537 $18.99e-book ed. 9780063266551 $10.99After the death of her father and the subsequent loss of their house, Jerry (almost twelve) and her mom drift from small town to small town, her mom finding work in motels...
Review of Desert Song
Desert Song by Laekan Zea Kemp; illus. by Beatriz Gutiérrez HernándezPrimary Porter/Holiday 40 pp.6/24 9780823453924 $18.99e-book ed. 9780823459162 $11.99Spanish ed. 9780823457977 $18.99When the nocturnal animals that surround a family’s house in the desert come out, “they howl and buzz and hoot—a chorus in need of a band.” On the ample...
Review of Thomas Jefferson’s Battle for Science: Bias, Truth, and a Mighty Moose!
Thomas Jefferson’s Battle for Science: Bias, Truth, and a Mighty Moose! by Beth Anderson; illus. by Jeremy HolmesPrimary, Intermediate Calkins/Astra 48 pp.5/24 9781635926200 $18.99e-book ed. 9781635928624 $11.99As a product of the Age of Reason, Thomas Jefferson was long fascinated by science in general and the natural world in particular. Consequently,...
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 A Crown of Stories: The Life and Language of Beloved Writer Toni Morrison
A Crown of Stories: The Life and Language of Beloved Writer Toni Morrison by Carole Boston Weatherford; illus. by Khalif Tahir ThompsonPrimary, Intermediate Quill Tree/HarperCollins 48 pp.4/24 9780062911032 $19.99In an expressive second-person text addressed to her subject, Weatherford celebrates the life and legacy of the esteemed novelist, professor, and Nobel...
Review of Taming Papa
Taming Papa by Mylène Goupil; trans. from French by Shelley TanakaIntermediate Groundwood 160 pp.3/24 9781773067230 $16.99e-book ed. 9781773067247 $14.99Mélie lives alone with her mother, Sofia, until one day they receive a phone call informing them that Sami (Mélie’s father) will be released from prison. This is the first Mélie has...
Review of Joyful Song: A Naming Story
Joyful Song: A Naming Story by Lesléa Newman; illus. by Susan GalPreschool, Primary Levine/Levine Querido 40 pp.5/24 9781646143702 $18.99It’s Zachary’s baby sister’s first Shabbat, and the whole family is on their way to the synagogue for her naming ceremony. As they bump into people throughout their diverse neighborhood, a sweet...
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