Book Reviews
A Tour of the Human Body: Amazing Numbers—Fantastic Facts [Number Tours for Curious Kids] by Jennifer Berne; illus. by Dawn DeVries Sokol Primary, Intermediate Kane/Astra 40 pp. 5/24 9781662670152 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781662670169 $11.99 Berne’s counts and measures of the cells and organs of the human body illustrate just how...
Young Hag and the Witches’ Quest by Isabel Greenberg; illus. by the author Middle School, High School Amulet/Abrams 288 pp.5/24 9781419765117 $24.99Paper ed. 9781419765124 $17.99e-book ed. 9781647008499 $16.19This spirited, intelligent mashup of Arthuriana puts Morgan Le Fay—now Ancient Crone, cheerfully saggy-bosomed and thin-haired—and her granddaughter, Young Hag, at the center...
Bye Land, Bye Sea by René Spencer and Rodolfo Montalvo; illus. by Rodolfo MontalvoPrimary Roaring Brook 40 pp.4/24 9781250246721 $19.99e-book ed. 9781250377869 $11.99Two children embark on a journey together when a girl lands her boat on an island where a boy is stranded. After their initial shock, they start to...
Grace Notes: Poems About Families by Naomi Shihab NyeMiddle School, High School Greenwillow 240 pp.5/24 9780062691873 $19.99e-book ed. 9780062691897 $11.99Nye’s (most recently Everything Comes Next, rev. 1/21) latest collection of free verse poems is divided into two parts: “No Age Is Empty” and “Sometimes We Need a Bigger Family.” Her...
Grace Notes: by Naomi Shihab NyeMiddle School, High School Greenwillow 240 pp.5/24 9780062691873 $19.99e-book ed. 9780062691897 $11.99Nye’s (most recently Everything Comes Next, rev. 1/21) latest collection of free verse poems is divided into two parts: “No Age Is Empty” and “Sometimes We Need a Bigger Family.” Her focus is on...
Big Gorilla: A Book of Opposites by Anthony Browne; illus. by the authorPreschool Candlewick 32 pp.10/24 9781536235692 $17.99In a brief picture book whose impact is greater than its size, a series of gorillas demonstrates the concept of opposites. On twelve double-page spreads, they gaze directly out at the viewer with...
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Review of Cookie Time
Cookie Time by Jessie Sima; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Simon 56 pp.9/24 9781665936743 $18.99e-book ed. 9781665936750 $10.99Kat and Ari love baking cookies with Grandpa but struggle with the wait while the treats are in the oven. So they build a time machine to skip ahead to when the cookies...
All at Once upon a Time by Mara Rockliff; illus. by Gladys JosePreschool, Primary Abrams 48 pp.9/24 9781419768170 $18.99e-book ed. 9798887070315 $17.09This clever mash-up of traditional folk and fairy tales comes together to make a whole new twisted plot to revel in: “Once upon a time (now, tell me if...
They Call Me Teach: Lessons in Freedom by Lesa Cline-Ransome; illus. by James E. RansomePrimary, Intermediate Candlewick 40 pp.9/24 9780763681555 $18.99This poetic picture book tells the inspiring tale of a young enslaved man, “a compilation of many of the real-life stories of the people who resisted, fought, demanded, and seized...
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