Book Reviews
Our Air by G. Brian Karas; illus. by the author Primary Paulsen/Penguin 32 pp. 10/25 9780593625514 $18.99 With the opening sentence, “I am the Air,” Karas (On Earth, rev. 9/05) establishes personified air as the narrator, reassuring readers that even though, scientifically speaking, they cannot see or smell or hear...
Woody’s Words: Woodrow Wilson Rawls and Where the Red Fern Grows by Lisa Rogers; illus. by Susan Reagan Primary Calkins/Astra 32 pp. 9/25 9781662680298 $18.99 In early 1900s Oklahoma, young Woody Rawls’s (1913–1984) education came from the woods, fields, and riverbanks he roamed with his loyal hound dog....
Pool Party! [Tiny Habitats] by Amy Hevron; illus. by the author Primary Beach Lane/Simon 48 pp. 9/25 9781665935043 $19.99 e-book ed. 9781665935050 $10.99 Hevron’s (Sunken Ship, rev. 9/24) latest foray takes readers to a South American rainforest, where her focus is the “freshwater pools [that form] among the leaves of...
Measuring Up: How Oliver Smoot Became a Standard Unit of Measurement by Jenny Lacika; illus. by Anna Bron Primary, Intermediate MIT Press/Candlewick 32 pp. 9/25 9781536230123 $18.99 This unusual nonfiction picture book combines math, high jinks, and etymology—a subject amalgamation readers don’t encounter every day. In the mid-twentieth century, a...
A World Without Summer: A Volcano Erupts, a Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out by Nicholas Day; illus. by Yas Imamura Intermediate, Middle School Random House Studio/Random 304 pp. 9/25 9780593643877 $19.99 On April 10, 1815, on the small Indonesian island of Sumbawa, the volcano Tambora erupted with such...
Change Is in the Air: The Hidden Discoveries of Eunice Newton Foote, the First Climate Scientist by Rebecca Donnelly; illus. by Mercè LópezPrimary Holt 40 pp.2/26 9781250828538 $18.99Eunice Newton Foote (1819–1888) is now considered to be “the first climate scientist.” As a student, Eunice attended Troy Female Seminary, a “rare...
Troubled Waters: A River’s Journey Toward Justice by Carole Boston Weatherford; illus. by Bryan CollierPrimary, Intermediate Bloomsbury 40 pp.1/26 9781681198187 $20.99In a powerful first-person narrative, the Alabama River recounts its role as a witness to pivotal moments in American history—from its geological origins to the passage of the Voting Rights...
The Vanishing Sea: The Tale of How the Aral Sea Became the Aral Desert by Dinara Mirtalipova; illus. by the authorPrimary Chronicle 40 pp.2/26 9781797224596 $18.99The Aral Sea in Central Asia was once the world’s fourth largest lake. Today, in a powerful example of the consequences of human failure to...
Fanny’s Big Idea: How Jewish Book Week Was Born by Richard Michelson; illus. by Alyssa RussellPrimary Rocky Pond/Penguin 40 pp.11/25 9798217003259 $18.99This amiable picture-book biography introduces librarian Fanny Goldstein (1895–1961) with a focus on her youth and early career, leading up to her 1925 conception of Jewish Book Week. Young...
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