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Won't You Miss the Polar Bears?
In August of 2024, Illinois passed HB 4895, a bill mandating climate education in public high schools by the 2026–2027 school year. Four other states (NY, CA, CT, NJ) already mandate climate education in their schools. Recent surveys, however, show that the majority of U.S. teachers don’t teach climate change...
A Publisher's Perspective: Modern-Day Merits of Diverse Books
During the film adaptation of Wicked, the Wizard says, “The best way to bring folks together is to give them a real good enemy.” The terms “diversity” and “DEI” (diversity, equity, and inclusion) have been recently miscast in that role, to mean unskilled people, unfairly hired or otherwise prioritized, and...
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Review of A Snow Day for Amos McGee
A Snow Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead; illus. by Erin E. SteadPreschool, Primary Roaring Brook 48 pp.9/25 9781250324733 $19.99In his third outing, city-dwelling zookeeper—and lover of snow—Amos McGee (A Sick Day for Amos McGee, rev. 5/10; Amos McGee Misses the Bus, rev. 11/21) eagerly anticipates a forecasted...
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Review of How Six Found Christmas
How Six Found Christmas by Trina Schart Hyman; illus. by the authorPrimary, Intermediate Holiday 32 pp.10/25 9780823461929 $15.99In this reissue of a classic fable (rev. 12/69), a girl who has never heard of Christmas heads into a snowy forest to search for it. There she meets five animals who want...
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Review of The Little Ghost Quilt’s Winter Surprise
The Little Ghost Quilt’s Winter Surprise by Riel Nason; illus. by Byron EggenschwilerPrimary Tundra 48 pp.8/25 9781774885376 $18.99e-book ed. 9781774885383 $10.99The main character from The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt loves “flying outside in the wintertime.” Unfortunately, it is too cold for his ghost-sheet friends to join him. When...
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Review of Winter Is the Worst!
Winter Is the Worst! by Dan Tavis; illus. by the authorPreschool Amicus Ink 32 pp.10/25 9798889880165 $18.99Penguin frankly lists the many reasons why “winter is the worst” (the cold, heavy snow, slippery ice) before a few wordless spreads show the one thing the bird likes about the season: sledding with...
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Review of Lost and Found Hanukkah
Lost and Found Hanukkah by Joy Preble; illus. by Lisa AnchinPrimary Chronicle 40 pp.9/25 9781797216096 $17.99Nate, who loves Hanukkah because “it’s always the same,” is sad about celebrating in a new apartment and without his menorah, which was lost in the family’s move. Visiting a Judaica store to replace it...
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Review of Santa Claws
Santa Claws by Bridget Heos; illus. by Galia BernsteinPreschool, Primary Holt 40 pp.9/25 9781250909497 $18.99“While kids scrawl notes to Santa Claus, /Hatchlings write to Santa Claws.” This companion to shark-themed Santa Jaws (rev. 11/21) focuses on the prehistoric world. Santa is a T-rex, the elves are pachycephalosauruses, and Heos crafts...
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Review of The Street Where Santa Lives
The Street Where Santa Lives by Harriet Howe; illus. by Julia ChristiansPreschool, Primary Tiger Tales 40 pp.9/25 9781664300750 $18.99When a man with a white beard moves into the unnamed narrator’s busy, diverse neighborhood, only she believes he’s Santa. He becomes a fixture, raising rabbits and opening a workshop to which...
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Review of The Birds of Christmas
The Birds of Christmas by Olivia Armstrong; illus. by Mira MiroslavovaPreschool, Primary Eerdmans 40 pp.8/25 9780802856470 $18.99One cold night, Raven receives a celestial command: inform his fellow birds that “a child has been born…the Prince of Peace.” All flock to the stable with gifts: a lullaby from Nightingale, a feather...
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