Book Reviews
The House Before Falling into the Sea by Ann Suk Wang; illus. by Hanna Cha Primary Dial 40 pp. 3/24 9780593530153 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780593530160 $10.99 In this picture book set in 1950, Kyung lives with her family in a seaside house in the southeastern Korean coastal city of Busan....
The Last Zookeeper by Aaron Becker; illus. by the authorPrimary, Intermediate Candlewick 40 pp.3/24 9781536227680 $18.99Becker’s (The Tree and the River, rev. 3/23) latest wordless fantasy takes readers to a post-apocalyptic future. Animals in a flooded zoo huddle on exposed bits of dry land; they are tended by an enormous...
What’s New, Daniel? by Micha Archer; illus. by the authorPreschool Paulsen/Penguin 32 pp.2/24 9780593461303 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593461310 $10.99Daniel (Daniel Finds a Poem; Daniel’s Good Day, rev. 7/19) is back in another open-hearted, child-friendly picture book. It’s spring, and Daniel is meeting his grandfather in the park. When Grandpa asks him...
Are You Big? by Mo Willems; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Union Square 32 pp.2/24 9781454948186 $17.99Big, bigger, or downright astronomical—it’s all relative in Willems’s latest concept book. On the first page, a round-headed, stick-limbed child smiles at the reader; text opposite asks, “Are you big?” Sitting in the middle...
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Review of Hello, Sun
Hello, Sun by Julie Downing; illus. by the authorPreschool Porter/Holiday 32 pp.4/24 9780823452057 $18.99In this companion to Hello, Moon (rev. 7/21), Downing records the activities of a group of woodland animals, including rabbits, bears, butterflies, and a hawk, as they engage in their daytime routines. The book sets a gentle...
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Review of Memory Garden
Memory Garden by Zohreh Ghahremani; illus. by Susie GhahremaniPrimary Godwin/Holt 40 pp.2/24 9781250843036 $18.99Memory and connections with the “old country” can be important parts of the experience for immigrant families. In this story, a young girl helps her Iranian (as identified in the back matter) grandmother, Nana, tend her garden,...
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Review of The Fire Fox
The Fire Fox by Alexandra Page; illus. by Stef MurphyPreschool, Primary Two Hoots 32 pp.1/24 9781035027590 $18.99Freya and her mum arrive at a countryside log cabin suffused in gloomy blue with snow falling in the darkness. Mum tells her that “Dad loved this old place…He used to say it was...
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Review of All That Grows
All That Grows by Jack Wong; illus. by the authorPrimary Groundwood 32 pp.3/24 9781773068121 $19.99e-book ed. 9781773068138 $16.99Nature walks and gardening result in an introspective child thinking small (and big) thoughts about the natural world in this quiet, poetic account, effectively told in the first person. The narrator’s sister, experienced...
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Review of Under the Table
Under the Table by Allan Ahlberg; illus. by Bruce IngmanPreschool, Primary Candlewick 40 pp.6/24 9781536231519 $18.99In this tale of humorously escalating adventure and silliness, Elsie discovers a series of animals under the family dining table, an extravagant catalog that includes an elephant, kangaroo, and penguin. What to do with such...
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