Book Reviews
Young Hag and the Witches’ Quest by Isabel Greenberg; illus. by the author Middle School, High School Amulet/Abrams 288 pp.5/24 9781419765117 $24.99Paper ed. 9781419765124 $17.99e-book ed. 9781647008499 $16.19This spirited, intelligent mashup of Arthuriana puts Morgan Le Fay—now Ancient Crone, cheerfully saggy-bosomed and thin-haired—and her granddaughter, Young Hag, at the center...
Grace Notes: by Naomi Shihab NyeMiddle School, High School Greenwillow 240 pp.5/24 9780062691873 $19.99e-book ed. 9780062691897 $11.99Nye’s (most recently Everything Comes Next, rev. 1/21) latest collection of free verse poems is divided into two parts: “No Age Is Empty” and “Sometimes We Need a Bigger Family.” Her focus is on...
Noodles on a Bicycle by Kyo Maclear; illus. by Gracey ZhangPreschool, Primary Random House Studio/Random 40 pp.8/24 9780593706084 $18.99Library ed. 9780593706091 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593706107 $10.99The creators of The Big Bath House (rev. 11/21) take readers back to Japan, this time for a wild bicycle ride through mid-twentieth-century Tokyo. A group...
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¡Vamos!: Let’s Celebrate Halloween and Día de los Muertos [World of ¡Vamos!] by Raúl the Third; illus. by the author; color by Elaine BayPreschool, Primary Versify/HarperCollins 48 pp.7/24 9780063277137 $16.99Little Lobo, Bernabé, and friends, some dressed as other characters from the series, go trick-or-treating on Halloween night, a time when...
Are You Small? by Mo Willems; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Union Square 32 pp.6/24 9781454951452 $17.99The child with the purple circle head and stick limbs from Are You Big? (rev. 1/24) again ponders size in this companion concept book. Asking the titular question, an unseen narrator offers different examples...
Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos by Nathalie Alonso; illus. by Rudy GutierrezPrimary, Intermediate Calkins/Astra 40 pp.8/24 9781635928112 $18.99e-book ed. 9781635928129 $11.99In engaging, economical, and colloquial prose, Alonso chronicles the ascent and career highs of legendary right fielder Clemente (1934–1972), who endured racism as a Spanish-speaking...
Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez by Belen Medina; illus. by Natalia Rojas CastroPrimary Atheneum 40 pp.6/24 9781665931427 $18.99e-book ed. 9781665931434 $10.99This picture-book biography introduces readers to an extraordinary Indigenous ultramarathoner. Ramírez, born in 1995, is “a proud daughter of the Rarámuri,” a...
How It All Ends by Emma Hunsinger; illus. by the authorMiddle School, High School Greenwillow 304 pp.8/24 9780063158153 $25.99Paper ed. 9780063158146 $15.99e-book ed. 9780063158160 $9.99In this quick-paced graphic novel, Tara’s runaway thoughts are great when she plays pretend with her baby brother but not so great when she feels anxious...
The Brightwood Code by Monica HesseHigh School Little, Brown 336 pp.5/24 9780316045650 $18.99e-book ed. 9780316045711 $10.99In 1918 Washington, DC, eighteen-year-old Edda St. James is working as a switchboard operator for the Bell telephone company while living in her aunt’s boarding house. Though she is grateful for the job, she still...
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