Book Reviews
The Sleeper Train by Mick Jackson; illus. by Baljinder Kaur Primary Candlewick 32 pp. 7/25 9781536238983 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781536249378 $18.99 A child and parents board a train. At night, they pull down bunks to sleep, but the child, wide awake, reflects on “all the different places I have slept”:...
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Review of Seven Babies
Seven Babies by Forest Xiao; illus. by the authorPreschool Candlewick 32 pp.9/25 9781536245097 $18.99e-book ed. 9781536248838 $18.99One morning, a box of “SEVEN babies” delivers themselves to door #14: “DING-DONG!” A surprised woman and man greet them and invite them inside. For the rest of the day, the babies make themselves...
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Review of Sharing
Sharing by Rosemary Wells; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Wiseman/Simon 32 pp.9/25 9781665975155 $19.99e-book ed. 9781665975162 $10.99Charles loves his favorite things—skates, a xylophone, a doctor kit, a toy chicken farm—all lovingly tucked in each night. When his well-intentioned parents nudge him toward “build[ing] some social skills” by joining clubs at...
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Review of Sparrow
Sparrow by Mary Tebo; illus. by E. B. LewisPrimary Astra 32 pp.8/25 9781635926880 $18.99Set at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, this picture book follows a sparrow who lives in “a very old wall, in a dusty crack.” She wakes daily to the sounds of church bells and singing voices. One...
The Interrupted Plans of Mango and Nan by Hala Tahboub; illus. by the author Primary Clarion/HarperCollins 40 pp.8/25 9780063254213 $19.99The plan: for Mango and Nan to go get ice cream (vanilla in a cake cone, of course). The interruption: a leaky tap that Nan apologetically decides they must stay home...
A Universe Big & Small: A Story About Carl Sagan by James Yang; illus. by the authorPrimary Viking 40 pp.7/25 9780593693070 $19.99A young Carl Sagan peers out his window looking at the night sky. He “loved to ask questions” and has many to ponder. What if he were as small...
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Review of A Monstrous Bedtime
A Monstrous Bedtime by Kerilynn Wilson; illus. by the authorPreschool Greenwillow 32 pp.8/25 9780063335615 $19.99A child has a simple bedtime routine with their caregivers: “A cup of water, a fan whirring gently, a story, and a song.” When it doesn’t work for the friendly, not-sleepy, octopus-like monster under the bed,...
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Review of Go, Sloth, Go!
Go, Sloth, Go! by Toni Yuly; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Little, Brown 40 pp.6/25 9780316497916 $18.99In a picture book just right for young listeners as well as new readers, Sloth wakes up ready to eat. She “moves by degrees toward the tastiest leaves.” Striking torn paper, ink, and digital...
The Moon Moved In by Sue Soltis; illus. by Sonia Sánchez Primary Chronicle 48 pp. 7/25 9781452180717 $17.99 A girl named Stella looks out her window to the house next door with a for-sale sign on the front lawn. After the sign tips over, curiously, the moon moves into the...
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