Book Reviews
The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale by Jon Klassen; illus. by the authorPrimary Candlewick 112 pp.7/23 9781536223361 $19.99e-book ed. 9781536232158 $19.99“One night…Otilla finally ran away.” After trekking through the snowy forest, she knocks at the door of a large old house. A skull in the window says he’ll let the girl...
Arthur, the Always King by Kevin Crossley-Holland; illus. by Chris RiddellIntermediate, Middle School Candlewick Studio 240 pp.4/23 9781536212655 $29.99Crossley-Holland (the Arthur Trilogy, including The Seeing Stone, rev. 11/01) presents a retelling of several Arthurian stories and parts of Thomas Malory’s sweeping Morte d’Arthur. He has shaped his work “to tell...
The Making of Butterflies by Zora Neale Hurston; adapted by Ibram X. Kendi; illus. by Kah Yangni Preschool Amistad/HarperCollins 24 pp. 3/23 9780063111585 $9.99 In this board-book adaptation of a pourquoi story chronicled in Hurston’s 1935 anthology Mules and Men, Kendi and Yangni collaborate to introduce young children to the...
Ancient Night by David Álvarez with David Bowles; illus. by David Álvarez Preschool, Primary Em Querido/Levine Querido 40 pp. 3/23 9781646142514 $18.99 Spanish ed. 9781646142545 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781646142859 $18.99 Rabbit keeps the moon shining brightly by trekking across the world to bring back aguamiel, “the precious, glowing nectar that...
The Three Billy Goats Gruff retold by Mac Barnett; illus. by Jon Klassen Preschool, Primary Orchard/Scholastic 48 pp. 10/22 9781338673845 $18.99 Frequent collaborators Barnett and Klassen serve up a delectable rendition of the oft-retold folktale. The bare-bones narrative “clip clops” along with abundant humor and plenty of verbal delights, repetition,...
An Illustrated Collection of Nordic Animal Tales by Pirkko-Liisa Surojegin; illus. by the author; trans. from Finnish by Jill G. Timbers Primary, Intermediate Floris 128 pp. g 10/22 978-1-78250-744-4 $22.95 These twenty-six Nordic tales are mostly inspired by stories from the author-illustrator’s native Finland. In a brief introduction, Surojegin...
Nine Color Deer by Kailin Duan; illus. by the author; trans. from Chinese by Jeremy Tiang Primary Em Querido/Levine Querido 48 pp. g 9/22 978-1-64614-178-4 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-64614-199-9 $18.99 “Deep in the Kunlun Hills, there lived a mystical deer,” the Nine Color Deer, so called because of the varied...
Across the Rainbow Bridge: Stories of Norse Gods and Humans by Kevin Crossley-Holland; illus. by Jeffrey Alan Love Intermediate, Middle School, High School Candlewick Studio 88 pp. g 10/21 978-1-5362-1771-1 $18.99 In five stories, Norse gods cross the rainbow bridge from Asgard and visit us below, in the world of...
Blancaflor, the Hero with Secret Powers: A Folktale from Latin America by Nadja Spiegelman; illus. by Sergio García Sánchez Intermediate TOON 56 pp. g 9/21 978-1-943145-55-3 $16.95 Paper ed. 978-1-943145-56-0 $9.99 Spanish ed. 978-1-943145-57-7 $16.95 In engaging comic-format style, Spiegelman and Sánchez (Lost in NYC, rev. 7/15) retell the Latin...
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