Book Reviews
Glitter Everywhere!: Where It Came From, Where It’s Found & Where It’s Going by Chris Barton; illus. by Chaaya PrabhatPrimary Charlesbridge 48 pp.6/23 9781623542528 $19.99Barton explores glitter, a source of fascination (and frustration), diving into the science, history, and entrepreneurship that created the material we know today. He doesn’t shy...
83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary by Don Brown; illus. by the authorHigh School Clarion/HarperCollins 128 pp.5/23 9780063311565 $22.99e-book ed. 9780063311589 $10.99Here’s a rare chronicle of a contemporary, ongoing war. This comic-format “war diary” isn’t told from the viewpoint of any one person, although individual perspectives are plentifully represented...
The Book of Turtles by Sy Montgomery; illus. by Matt PattersonPrimary, Intermediate Clarion/HarperCollins 40 pp.5/23 9780358458074 $19.99“Sometime around 240 million years ago—about the time of the first dinosaurs, and 9 million years before the first crocodile—the shell invented the turtle.” With this cheekily thought-provoking opening sentence, acclaimed science writer Montgomery...
Not a Monster by Claudia Guadalupe Martínez; illus. by Laura GonzálezPrimary Charlesbridge 32 pp.5/23 9781623543037 $17.99e-book ed. 9781632899446 $9.99In this picture book, Martínez seamlessly blends legend and science to expand readers’ understanding of axolotls. She starts with the creature’s life cycle, placing it in its natural habitat, and then recounts...
A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity by Nicholas Day; illus. by Brett HelquistIntermediate, Middle School Random House Studio/Random 288 pp.9/23 9780593643846 $19.99Library ed. 9780593643853 $22.99e-book ed. 9780593643860 $11.99The Mona Lisa wasn’t the world’s most famous painting when it disappeared from the Louvre in...
How Tiny Broadwick Created the Parachute Rip Cord by Candy Dahl; illus. by Maithili JoshiPrimary Little Bee 40 pp.10/23 9781499813944 $18.99Dahl’s introduction to a little-known pioneer in aviation history tells the story of a determined, diminutive young woman in the male-dominated world of early-twentieth-century trick flying. After seeing an aeronaut...
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by Helen Taylor; illus. by Stevie LewisPrimary Little, Brown 40 pp.10/23 9780316367745 $18.99Tapping into a source of fascination for many kids, Taylor explores the complicated, potentially messy, and sometimes gross process of eating and drinking as an astronaut on a space station—from what food choices are available and how they’re...
Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Germany by Steve SheinkinMiddle School, High School Roaring Brook 256 pp.8/23 9781250265722 $19.99e-book ed. 9781250265739 $11.99In his latest masterful work of narrative nonfiction, Sheinkin’s (Most Dangerous, rev. 9/15; Fallout, rev. 11/21) tale of suspense is tinged with the physical...
Tomfoolery!: Randolph Caldecott and the Rambunctious Coming-of-Age of Children’s Books by Michelle Markel; illus. by Barbara McClintockPrimary Chronicle 40 pp.11/23 9780811879231 $18.99British illustrator Randolph Caldecott (1846–1886) transformed illustrated books for children (“stiff, full of pretty poses and cluttered scenery”) into picture books (ones that featured stories that “tumble[d] forth like...
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