Book Reviews
Vroom, Baby Driver, Zoom by Lori Alexander; illus. by Nancy GouletPreschool Charlesbridge 24 pp.10/25 9781623546625 $8.99In a rush of simple rhyming text, this fast-paced board book uses a racecar metaphor to take viewers through a day driven by a baby’s needs: “Baby Driver, rise and shine! Gear up at the...
Cat Nap by Brian Lies; illus. by the authorPrimary Greenwillow 48 pp.9/25 9780062671288 $19.99An unusual game of cat-and-mouse takes place in this visually stunning and highly creative picture book. Kitten snoozes on the back of a couch until “something scritches, waking Kitten. A mouse? A MOUSE!” The mouse then climbs...
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Review of RO-BO
RO-BO by Mariana Ruiz Johnson; illus. by the author; trans. from Spanish by Lawrence SchimelPrimary Orca 40 pp.10/25 9781459842267 $21.95In this comical and imaginative cautionary tale, originally published in Argentina, young Milo receives a present: RO-BO, a multipurpose robot with a propeller, a sweet smile, and one red-rimmed eye. Instantly...
Wrestlers of the Grassland by Hao Liu; illus. by the authorPrimary Clavis 48 pp.8/25 9798890632333 $20.95On the vast grasslands of Inner Mongolia, a boy named Anand dreams of becoming a wrestler and earning the jangga, a collar of honor adorned with “silk ribbons in all colors.” Across the seasons, he...
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Review of A Knot Is Not a Tangle
A Knot Is Not a Tangle by Daniel Nayeri; illus. by Vesper StamperPrimary Knopf 48 pp.11/25 9780593809693 $18.99Library ed. 9780593809709 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593809716 $6.99A boy in Isfahan, Iran, learns how to design and make a rug with his grandmother. The new rug will replace the old frayed one in the...
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Review of Strange Creatures
Strange Creatures by Cristina Sitja Rubio and Cristóbal León; illus. by Cristina Sitja RubioPrimary Kids Can 48 pp.10/25 9781525313806 $21.99Bears, rabbits, foxes, and other small animals are living happily in a piney forest when a sign advertising a party lures them away to a revelry where they dance the cha-cha...
I Hear the Snow, I Smell the Sea by Janice Milusich; illus. by Chris RaschkaPreschool, Primary Schwartz/Random 48 pp.10/25 9780593308172 $18.99Library ed. 9780593308189 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593308196 $9.99“Where I live, seasons change. I know because my fingers and toes, my ears, my mouth and nose all tell me so.” Accompanied by...
Pippo’s Perfectly Peculiar Days by Lenny Wen; illus. by the authorPrimary Clarion/HarperCollins 48 pp.10/25 9780063288959 $19.98Meet Pippo: a tiny rodent wearing a quilted cardigan and a neckerchief who spends his time clickety-clacking on a typewriter in his cozily appointed hollow tree. His days are orderly, his routines offer contentment, and...
Lena the Chicken (but Really a Dinosaur!) by Linda Bailey; illus. by K-Fai SteelePreschool, Primary Tundra 56 pp.10/25 9781774880135 $18.99Sure, Lena has buff feathers, a red comb and wattle, and the manic, beady eyes that Steele (illustrator of the Lone Wolf series, rev. 7/25, and others) is so good at...
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