Book Reviews
Ursula Upside Down by Corey R. Tabor; illus. by the authorPrimary Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins 40 pp.5/24 9780063275560 $19.99e-book ed. 9780063393882 $12.99Ursula is a happy pink catfish who enjoys her life eating bugs, only to be asked one day why she swims upside down. What a strange question! Ursula had thought...
Playful Pigs from A to Z by Anita Lobel; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Wiseman/Simon 40 pp.6/23 9781534495036 $18.99e-book ed. 9781534495043 $10.99In a welcome reissue of an alphabet book first published in 2015, twenty-six “playful pigs” wake up and explore a field of colorful, freestanding letters. The entire alphabet, in...
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...
Heatwave by Lauren Redniss; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Random House Studio/Random 40 pp.5/24 9780593645949 $19.99Library ed. 9780593645956 $22.99e-book ed. 9780593645963 $10.99Redniss’s assured, measured, and elegant meditation on life during our current environmental crisis begins during a record-breaking heatwave with a crystal-clear proclamation: “No way. Too hot.” The spare, evocative,...
Emma Full of Wonders by Elisha Cooper; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Roaring Brook 40 pp.4/24 9781250884763 $18.99e-book ed. 9781250375889 $11.99“Emma was a large dog with many small dreams.” She dreams about her favorite things, such as rolling in the grass and splashing in water. In Cooper’s (most recently Yes...
A Big Day for Bike by Emily Jenkins; illus. by G. Brian KarasPreschool, Primary Ottaviano/Little, Brown 32 pp.6/24 9780316340175 $18.99On her first day as a rental bicycle for Beep Beep Bicycles, Bike worries she might not be able to live up to riders’ expectations. An older, more seasoned bike advises,...
Desert Song by Laekan Zea Kemp; illus. by Beatriz Gutiérrez HernándezPrimary Porter/Holiday 40 pp.6/24 9780823453924 $18.99e-book ed. 9780823459162 $11.99Spanish ed. 9780823457977 $18.99When the nocturnal animals that surround a family’s house in the desert come out, “they howl and buzz and hoot—a chorus in need of a band.” On the ample...
The Pelican Can! by Toni Yuly; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Little, Brown 40 pp.5/24 9780316497817 $18.99Yuly’s well-designed picture book presents a series of playful rhyming questions (“Who can soar down close to the shore?” “Who can fly up high in the sky?”) followed by the refrain, “The pelican can!...
Joyful Song: A Naming Story by Lesléa Newman; illus. by Susan GalPreschool, Primary Levine/Levine Querido 40 pp.5/24 9781646143702 $18.99It’s Zachary’s baby sister’s first Shabbat, and the whole family is on their way to the synagogue for her naming ceremony. As they bump into people throughout their diverse neighborhood, a sweet...
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