Book Reviews
When the Sky Glows by Nell Cross Beckerman; illus. by David Litchfield Primary Beach Lane/Simon 48 pp. g 9/22 978-1-5344-5039-4 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-5040-0 $10.99 “Around the world, when morning comes…the sky glows.” But it also glows at times beyond sunrise and sunset, as Beckerman explains in four-page...
Puffin by Martin Jenkins; illus. by Jenni Desmond Primary Candlewick 32 pp. g 10/22 978-1-5362-2850-2 $17.99 Jenkins (Bird Builds a Nest, rev. 1/18; Beware of the Crocodile, rev. 3/19) again offers readers solid science in an entertaining package. The cover illustration of an Atlantic Puffin, beak...
American Murderer: The Parasite That Haunted the South [Medical Fiascoes] by Gail Jarrow Middle School, High School Calkins/Astra 160 pp. g 9/22 978-1-68437-815-9 $24.99 e-book ed. 978-1-63592-829-7 $14.99 Zoologist Charles Stiles discovered a new species of hookworm: Necator americanus , the titular “American murderer,” which affected a...
Play like a Girl: A Graphic Memoir by Misty Wilson; illus. by David Wilson Intermediate, Middle School HarperAlley/Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins 272 pp. g 9/22 978-0-06-306469-0 $22.99 Paper ed. 978-0-06-306468-3 $12.99 In this engaging graphic memoir, protagonist Misty is a fierce competitor who loves football: it combines strategy,...
Buzzkill: A Wild Wander Through the Weird and Threatened World of Bugs by Brenna Maloney; illus. by Dave Mottram Middle School, High School Godwin/Holt 384 pp. g 10/22 978-1-250-80103-6 $19.99 e-book ed. 978-1-250-80105-0 $10.99 In this wide-ranging, amusing, and informative investigation of the insect world, Maloney features the ways in...
Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams’s Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration by Elizabeth Partridge; illus. by Lauren Tamaki Intermediate, Middle School Chronicle 132 pp. g 10/22 978-1-4521-6510-3 $21.99 Numerous books have been written about the forced removal and imprisonment of Japanese Americans during...
On Her Wings: The Story of Toni Morrison by Jerdine Nolen; illus. by James E. Ransome Primary, Intermediate Wiseman/Simon 48 pp. g 9/22 978-1-5344-7852-7 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-7853-4 $10.99 This picture-book biography of writer Toni Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford), by the team behind Freedom Bird (rev. 1/20), pays homage...
Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book by Tonya Bolden; illus. by Eric Velasquez Primary, Intermediate Quill Tree/HarperCollins 40 pp. g 10/22 978-0-06-296740-4 $17.99 Victor Hugo Green (1892–1960) was a mail carrier whose work took him all across New Jersey. Though well-loved on his routes, Green knew the...
Peace Is a Chain Reaction: How World War II Japanese Balloon Bombs Brought People of Two Nations Together by Tanya Lee Stone Middle School, High School Candlewick 176 pp. g 9/22 978-0-7636-7686-5 $24.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5362-2708-6 $24.99 When the United States entered World War II and Japanese Americans were forcibly...
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