Book Reviews
Little Red Riding Hood by the Brothers Grimm; retold by Trina Schart Hyman; illus. by the retellerPrimary Holiday 32 pp.9/23 9780823456437 $18.99Hyman’s much-loved retelling of “Little Red Riding Hood” (a 1984 Caldecott Honor Book), with its endearing, pigeon-toed protagonist, is here reissued for a new generation of readers, with a...
Thank You, Moon: Celebrating Nature’s Nightlight by Melissa Stewart; illus. by Jessica Lanan Primary Knopf 48 pp. 10/23 9780593435076 $18.99 Library ed. 9780593435083 $21.99 e-book ed. 9780593435090 $11.99 An offstage narrator speaks directly to the moon, expressing thanks for the light it provides, and sometimes doesn’t, to the inhabitants of...
Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust by Neal Shusterman; illus. by Andrés Vera Martínez Middle School, High School Graphix/Scholastic 256 pp. 10/23 9780545313476 $24.99 Paper ed. 9780545313483 $14.99 In this innovative book, five stories, all in graphic format, address aspects of the Holocaust and incorporate fantasy elements,...
Bábo: A Tale of Armenian Rug-Washing Day by Astrid Kamalyan; illus. by Anait SemirdzhyanPrimary Charlesbridge 32 pp.9/23 9781623543587 $17.99e-book ed. 9781632893307 $9.99A young girl describes a beloved summertime tradition for her Armenian family. Guided by Bábo, or Grandmother, four children jump into action to “soak, soap, and wash” their treasured...
My Very Own Special Particular Private and Personal Cat by Sandol Stoddard Warburg; designed and illus. by Remy CharlipPreschool, Primary Enchanted Lion 56 pp.7/23 9781592703852 $17.95First published in 1963. A playful, singsongy, almost stream-of-consciousness-like text (“He said / Mmm / He said / Umm / He said / Humm /...
Coretta’s Journey: The Life and Times of Coretta Scott King by Alice Faye Duncan; illus. by R. Gregory ChristieIntermediate Calkins/Astra 48 pp.9/23 9781662680045 $18.99e-book ed. 9781662680052 $11.99In a sophisticated, poetic picture-book biography, Duncan alternates double-page spreads featuring prose or poems in a variety of forms that highlight Coretta Scott King’s...
Remember Us by Jacqueline WoodsonMiddle School Paulsen/Penguin 192 pp.10/23 9780399545467 $18.99e-book ed. 9780399545481 $10.99Sage Durham, a basketball-obsessed Black twelve-year-old, is looking forward to a summer of pick-up games with the boys (she’s always the only girl on the court) in her close-knit 1970s Brooklyn neighborhood. Instead, it proves to be...
Go-Go Guys by Rowboat Watkins; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Chronicle 48 pp.9/23 9781797205717 $15.99The Go-Go Guys, three egg-shaped youngsters, “NEVER sleep!” and have brains that go “BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!” While they’re tucked into bed reflecting on more appealing activities than going to sleep (such as driving cars, bulldozers, and...
Cornrows by Camille Yarbrough; illus. by Carole ByardPrimary, Intermediate Putnam 48 pp.4/23 9780593625071 $17.99Paper ed. 9780698114364 $8.99This is a welcome reissue of a classic of early African American picture books, first published in 1979, for which Byard won the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award. A lengthy text by today’s standards,...
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