Book Reviews
Perhaps now more than ever, Martin Luther King Jr. Day provides an opportunity to reflect not only on the life of the great civil rights leader, but also on how far we've come — and how very far we still have to go. Below is an updated list of recommended...
Peterson, left, and Aly Plasterer, Parnassus Books' children's bookseller and floor manager, host weekly storytimes. Photo courtesy of Hannah Peterson. As a bookstore children’s events manager and weekly storytime reader, I know firsthand that different books serve different purposes. A slow, peaceful story is perfect for bedtime. A heartwarming tale...
What is the ideal trim size for baby books? An average of six-by-six inches is what I see most often. It’s a good size for perusing, carrying, and even stacking by board books’ very young audience. I wonder if this convention harks back to Beatrix Potter, whose own picture books...
A Snow Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead; illus. by Erin E. Stead Preschool, Primary Roaring Brook 48 pp. 9/25 9781250324733 $19.99 In 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...
How Six Found Christmas by Trina Schart Hyman; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Holiday 32 pp. 10/25 9780823461929 $15.99 In 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...
The Little Ghost Quilt’s Winter Surprise by Riel Nason; illus. by Byron Eggenschwiler Primary Tundra 48 pp. 8/25 9781774885376 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781774885383 $10.99 The 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...
Merry Mittens: A Moontime Cats Christmas Story by Jordan Morris; illus. by Charlie Mylie Preschool, Primary Candlewick 40 pp. 9/25 9781536239669 $18.99 When it’s moontime, cat friends Carl, Biscuit, and Peewee meet to make “merry mischief.” They play in the snow until they stumble upon a suspicious trail. “Was it...
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Review of Santa Claws
Santa Claws by Bridget Heos; illus. by Galia Bernstein Preschool, 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,...
Golem Loves Latkes: A Tasty Hanukkah Tale by Doreen Klein Robinson; illus. by Anna Krajewska Primary Intergalactic Afikoman 40 pp. 10/25 9781951365325 $19.99 The people of Schmoozeville are fighting “like Judah and the Maccabees”: do latkes go best with applesauce or sour cream? Our narrator, a child visiting her bubbe,...
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