Book Reviews
In the World of Whales by Michelle Cusolito; illus. by Jessica Lanan Primary, Intermediate Porter/Holiday 48 pp. 6/25 9780823453429 $18.99 Free divers, or those who dive in the ocean without any breathing equipment, claim that being unencumbered lets them immerse themselves in the underwater world, which allows for a strong...
Be the Light: How She Became Angela Davis by Daria Peoples; illus. by the author Primary Greenwillow 56 pp. 6/25 9780063206786 $19.99 This picture-book biography of the educator and “passionate activist for equality and justice for all” emphasizes how the events of Davis’s (b. 1944) early life growing up in...
The History of We by Nikkolas Smith; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Kokila/Penguin 40 pp. 5/25 9780593619681 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780593619698 $11.99 About a quarter of a million years ago, “we”—modern humans—first appeared in Africa. Combining vibrant, painterly illustrations and short, lyrical, explanatory paragraphs, Smith outlines major contributions of...
We Carry the Sun by Tae Keller; illus. by Rachel Wada Primary, Intermediate Norton 48 pp. 6/25 9781324031123 $18.99 Thousands of years ago, humans gathered under the sun’s rays for immediate heat. Then they began constructing homes that faced south to take advantage of that warmth. But could they carry...
At Last She Stood: How Joey Guerrero Spied, Survived, and Fought for Freedom by Erin Entrada Kelly Intermediate, Middle School Greenwillow 208 pp. 5/25 9780063218901 $19.99 e-book ed. 9780063218925 $9.99 When Josefina Veluya Guerrero (1917–1996), known as Joey, was a little girl in the town of Lucban in the Philippine...
A Gift of Dust: How Saharan Plumes Feed the Planet by Martha Brockenbrough; illus. by Juana Martinez-Neal Primary, Intermediate Knopf 40 pp. 5/25 9780593428429 $19.99 Library ed. 9780593428436 $22.99 e-book ed. 9780593428443 $11.99 “When a sunbeam slips through a window in a certain slant of light, you can see a...
Hick: The Trailblazing Journalist Who Captured Eleanor Roosevelt’s Heart by Sarah Miller Middle School, High School Random House Studio/Random 384 pp. 5/25 9780593649091 $20.99 Library ed. 9780593649107 $23.99 e-book ed. 9780593649114 $12.99 Miller’s (Hanged, rev. 11/22) compelling biography charts the historic path famed journalist Lorena “Hick” Hickok (1893–1968) took from...
Hurricane by Jason Chin; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Porter/Holiday 48 pp. 5/25 9780823458493 $19.99 Hatteras Island off the coast of North Carolina is the scene for Chin’s latest: an examination of a hurricane (based on several real ones) brilliantly told in segments alternating between actions of island residents...
Making Light Bloom: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Lamps by Sandra Nickel; illus. by Julie Paschkis Primary Peachtree 32 pp. 6/25 9781682636091 $18.99 This picture-book biography of stained-glass artist Clara Driscoll (1861–1944) opens on a bucolic scene of the gardens and “the house on a hill” in Ohio where she...
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