Book Reviews
The Worst Ronin by Maggie Tokuda-Hall; illus. by Faith Schaffer High School HarperAlley/HarperCollins 336 pp.5/24 9780358464945 $26.99Paper ed. 9780358464938 $18.99e-book ed. 9780358467175 $12.99A pair of mismatched fighters embarks on a quest to vanquish a yamauba (a monster that devours children) in a graphic novel that seamlessly blends fantasy in a...
The Mango Tree / La mata de mango by Edel Rodriguez; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Abrams 48 pp. 6/24 9781419745867 $18.99 e-book ed. 9798887073736 $17.09 In this wordless picture book, two boys make a mango tree (or mata de mango) their hideout — napping, eating juicy mangos, and...
Telephone of the Tree by Alison McGhee Intermediate Rocky Pond/Penguin 208 pp.5/24 9780593698457 $17.99e-book ed. 9780593698464 $10.99In a first-person narrative, ten-year-old Ayla relates her special connection to her best friend, Kiri, beginning when they first reached out to each other as infants. Together they develop a keen interest in trees:...
Ernő Rubik and His Magic Cube by Kerry Aradhya; illus. by Kara KramerPrimary Peachtree 32 pp.5/24 9781682636640 $18.99e-book ed. 9781682636787 $11.99Growing up in Budapest, young Ernő Rubik (b. 1944) was fascinated by shapes and puzzles and loved “imagin[ing] all the possibilities” offered by manipulating “tangrams, pentominoes, and pentacubes.” In this...
Tryouts [Brinkley Yearbooks] by Sarah Sax; illus. by the author Intermediate, Middle School Knopf 288 pp. 5/24 9780593306925 $21.99 Library ed. 9780593306932 $24.99 Paper ed. 9780593306918 $13.99 e-book ed. 9780593306949 $8.99 This addition to the Brinkley Yearbooks graphic novel series (Picture Day, rev. 9/23) stands on its own. Alexandra Olsen...
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...
Bye Land, Bye Sea by René Spencer and Rodolfo Montalvo; illus. by Rodolfo MontalvoPrimary Roaring Brook 40 pp.4/24 9781250246721 $19.99e-book ed. 9781250377869 $11.99Two children embark on a journey together when a girl lands her boat on an island where a boy is stranded. After their initial shock, they start to...
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...
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