Book Reviews
White Lies: How the South Lost the Civil War, Then Rewrote the History by Ann Bausum High School Roaring Brook 368 pp. 8/25 9781250816573 $24.99 e-book ed. 9781250816580 $12.99 “For more than a century and a half, a tsunami of Confederate commemoration has washed over the United States of America....
It’s Corn Picking Time! by Jill Esbaum; illus. by Melissa Crowton Primary Porter/Holiday 40 pp. 7/25 9780823455614 $18.99 “This is the farmer, her cap, and her gloves. This is the farm, land that she loves.” Before the sun rises, a farmer gets the combine from the shed, gathers tools for...
A Rock Is Born: An Epic Journey Through Time by Richard Ho; illus. by Lily Williams Primary Roaring Brook 40 pp. 7/25 9781250749925 $19.99e-book ed. 9781250438744 $11.99 The drama begins on the cover of this “epic” geological picture book, with the lead-in above the title: “Over one hundred million years...
In the World of Whales by Michelle Cusolito; illus. by Jessica Lanan Primary, Intermediate Porter/Holiday 48 pp. 6/25 9780823453429 $18.99 Free divers, or those who dive in the ocean without any breathing equipment, claim that being unencumbered lets them immerse themselves in the underwater world, which allows for a strong...
Be the Light: How She Became Angela Davis by Daria Peoples; illus. by the author Primary Greenwillow 56 pp. 6/25 9780063206786 $19.99 This picture-book biography of the educator and “passionate activist for equality and justice for all” emphasizes how the events of Davis’s (b. 1944) early life growing up in...
The History of We by Nikkolas Smith; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Kokila/Penguin 40 pp. 5/25 9780593619681 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780593619698 $11.99 About a quarter of a million years ago, “we”—modern humans—first appeared in Africa. Combining vibrant, painterly illustrations and short, lyrical, explanatory paragraphs, Smith outlines major contributions of...
We Carry the Sun by Tae Keller; illus. by Rachel Wada Primary, Intermediate Norton 48 pp. 6/25 9781324031123 $18.99 Thousands of years ago, humans gathered under the sun’s rays for immediate heat. Then they began constructing homes that faced south to take advantage of that warmth. But could they carry...
At Last She Stood: How Joey Guerrero Spied, Survived, and Fought for Freedom by Erin Entrada Kelly Intermediate, Middle School Greenwillow 208 pp. 5/25 9780063218901 $19.99 e-book ed. 9780063218925 $9.99 When Josefina Veluya Guerrero (1917–1996), known as Joey, was a little girl in the town of Lucban in the Philippine...
A Gift of Dust: How Saharan Plumes Feed the Planet by Martha Brockenbrough; illus. by Juana Martinez-Neal Primary, Intermediate Knopf 40 pp. 5/25 9780593428429 $19.99 Library ed. 9780593428436 $22.99 e-book ed. 9780593428443 $11.99 “When a sunbeam slips through a window in a certain slant of light, you can see a...
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