Building by Henry Cole; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Tegen/HarperCollins 40 pp. g6/22 978-0-06-313655-7 $17.99Sharing yet another example of the intricacies of animal home construction (see Nesting, rev. 3/20), Cole introduces readers to the masters of the trade: beavers. A practiced storyteller, Cole employs an engaging refrain (“Building, building....
It may be the last day of June and thus Pride Month, but that doesn't mean the celebration should end today. Visit intersectional, inclusive bookstores such as All She Wrote Books in Somerville, MA. Or consider incorporating Pride into the look of your home, office, library, or classroom. How you...
As part of our Rainbow Reads project, below is bibliographic information for each of the recommended books we've selected, gathered from The Horn Book Magazine and Guide/Reviews Database. Organized by spine color (reflecting the colors in the Pride flag) and tagged with the main LGBTQIA+ identities represented, the titles collectively...
Book of Questions / Libro de las preguntas: Selections / Selecciones by Pablo Neruda; illus. by Paloma Valdivia; trans. from Spanish by Sara Lissa PaulsonPrimary, Intermediate Enchanted Lion 80 pp. g4/22 978-1-59270-322-7 $22.95This lavish volume includes excerpts from Neruda’s Libro de las preguntas in the original Spanish alongside new English...
Celia Planted a Garden: The Story of Celia Thaxter and Her Island Garden by Phyllis Root and Gary D. Schmidt; illus. by Melissa SweetPrimary, Intermediate Candlewick 40 pp. g5/22 978-1-5362-0429-2 $18.99Largely forgotten today, American writer Celia Laighton Thaxter enjoyed a significant literary career in the latter half of the nineteenth...
The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen FergusonHigh School Heartdrum/HarperCollins 384 pp. g5/22 978-0-06-308616-6 $17.99e-book ed. 978-0-06-308618-0 $12.99Lou is preparing to spend the summer scooping ice cream at her uncles’ seasonal shop, Michif Creamery, to save money for university in the fall. Unfortunately, things don’t go as planned. She...
The Depth of the Lake and the Height of the Sky by Jihyun Kim; illus. by the author Primary Floris 48 pp. g 4/22 978-1-78250-742-0 $17.95 This wordless picture book about a city child visiting the country pays tribute to the wonders of the natural world. The cinematic illustrations begin...
Out of This World: Star-Studded Haiku by Sally M. Walker; illus. by Matthew TruemanPrimary Candlewick 48 pp. g4/22 978-1-5362-0356-1 $18.99The huge expanse of space and its mind-blowing wonders are crystalized by Walker (Earth Verse, rev. 1/18) into seventeen precise syllables making up each of thirty-two haiku. She begins with the...
Fiction and Poetry Winner All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir High School Razorbill/Penguin 384 pp. g 3/22 978-0-593-20234-0 $19.99 e-book ed. 978-0-593-20235-7 $10.99 In this stark and searing sort-of love story, two Pakistani American teens living in a California desert town struggle to choose connection over isolation when family crises...