Book Reviews
His Fairytale Life: A Book About Hans Christian Andersen by Jane Yolen; illus. by Brooke Boynton-Hughes Primary Porter/Holiday 32 pp. 4/25 9780823451036 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780823462261 $11.99 Winding through thirty-two pages of enchanting illustrations, one long sentence with a “once upon a time” feel deftly takes readers through the life...
Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown by Candace Fleming Middle School, High School Schwartz/Random 368 pp. 4/25 9780593480069 $19.99 Library ed. 9780593480076 $22.99 e-book ed. 9780593480083 $11.99 On Saturday, November 18, 1978, more than nine hundred members of Jim Jones’s Peoples Temple died at...
Elsa’s Chessboard by Jenny Andrus; illus. by Julie Downing Primary Porter/Holiday 48 pp. 4/25 9780823454082 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780823462254 $11.99 Chess and a chessboard become defining features of a young Viennese Jewish girl’s life at the turn of the twentieth century. Elsa, age six, loves to watch her three brothers...
The Endless Sea by Chi Thai; illus. by Linh Dao Primary Candlewick 40 pp. 3/25 9781536239607 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781536249989 $18.99 In this somber, emotional, semiautobiographical picture book, Thai tells a story based on memories of her family’s escape from postwar Vietnam. Using spare, straightforward language, the young narrator shares...
A Line Can Go Anywhere: The Brilliant, Resilient Life of Artist Ruth Asawa by Caroline McAlister; illus. by Jamie Green Primary Roaring Brook 40 pp. 2/25 9781250310378 $19.99 e-book ed. 9781250416063 $11.99 This picture-book biography of Ruth Asawa (1926–2013) uses lines (straight, curved, wavy; physical and imaginary) as metaphors connecting...
Can You Imagine?: The Art and Life of Yoko Ono by Lisa Tolin; illus. by Yas Imamura Primary, Intermediate Atheneum 48 pp. 2/25 9781534487789 $19.99 e-book ed. 9781534487796 $10.99 Throughout her life, Yoko Ono (b. 1933) has found herself caught between two places: her vivid, hopeful imagination and the harsh,...
Revolutionary Mary: The True Story of One Woman, the Declaration of Independence, and America’s Fight for Freedom by Karen Blumenthal and Jen McCartney; illus. by Elizabeth Baddeley Primary Roaring Brook 40 pp. 2/25 9781626723115 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781626723122 $11.99 A little-known fact is that the Declaration of Independence, or the...
A Banquet for Cecilia: How Cecilia Chiang Revolutionized Chinese Food in America by Julie Leung; illus. by Melissa IwaiPrimary Little, Brown 40 pp.4/25 9780759557413 $18.99Take a compelling story of an indomitable chef, add heaps of immersive sensory details, stir in a warm palette, then devour this tasty introduction to Cecilia...
Plight of the Pelican: How Science Saved a Species [Books for a Better Earth] by Jessica Stremer; illus. by Gordy Wright Primary Holiday 40 pp. 4/25 9780823457038 $19.99 e-book ed. 9780823462094 $11.99 The partnership between Stremer’s expressive and suspenseful text and Wright’s evocative hand-painted gouache, ink, and acrylic illustrations (see...
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