Book Reviews
Patchwork by Matt de la Peña; illus. by Corinna Luyken Primary Putnam 48 pp. g 8/22 978-1-9848-1396-1 $18.99 Spanish ed. 978-0-593-53234-8 $18.99 A rhythmic text speaks to an unnamed child in the second person, describing what “we see” and how that trait or characteristic may inform a young...
Hot Dog by Doug Salati; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Knopf 40 pp. g 5/22 978-0-593-30843-1 $17.99 Library ed. 978-0-593-30844-8 $20.99 e-book ed. 978-0-593-30845-5 $10.99 It’s a hot time in the city. A small, low-slung pup greets the morning from the window of a narrow NYC...
I Don’t Care by Julie Fogliano; illus. by Molly Idle and Juana Martinez-Neal Preschool, Primary Porter/Holiday 40 pp. g 11/22 978-0-8234-4345-1 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-0-8234-5430-3 $11.99 It’s all about the body language in this enjoyable collaboration. Idle (Flora and the Flamingo, rev. 7/13; Witch Hazel, rev. 9/22)...
Walter Had a Best Friend by Deborah Underwood; illus. by Sergio Ruzzier Preschool Beach Lane/Simon 40 pp. g 10/22 978-1-5344-7700-1 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-7701-8 $10.99 Walter (a mouse-like creature) and Xavier (who resembles a duck) do everything together, including boating (their canoe has “X + W”...
Witch Hazel by Molly Idle; illus. by the author Primary Little, Brown 40 pp. g 10/22 978-0-316-54113-8 $18.99 As the seasons pass, young Hilda visits elderly witch Hazel. In the spring, she helps Hazel sweep her front porch; in summer, they air the music room; in fall, they clean cobwebs...
Me and the Boss: A Story About Mending and Love by Michelle Edwards; illus. by April Harrison Preschool, Primary Schwartz/Random 40 pp. g 10/22 978-0-593-31067-0 $18.99 Library ed. 978-0-593-31068-7 $21.99 e-book ed. 978-0-593-31069-4 $10.99 Six-year-old Lee and his big sister Zora, a.k.a. “the boss,” take an embroidery class at the...
Whose Footprints Are These? by Gerda Muller; illus. by the author Preschool Floris 40 pp. g 10/22 978-1-78250-810-6 $17.95 This playful wordless picture book invites children to deduce from the shape and placement of footprints what is happening. The title page gives just a glimpse of a dark-haired child in...
Madani’s Best Game by Fran Pintadera; illus. by Raquel Catalina; trans. from Spanish by Lawrence Schimel Primary Eerdmans 48 pp. g 10/22 978-0-8028-5597-8 $17.99 On a playing field in a city neighborhood’s central square, young Madani, a recent arrival, is the best player on his soccer team. He plays barefoot,...
Bravo, Bucket Head! by Helen Lester; illus. by Lynn Munsinger Preschool, Primary Atheneum 32 pp. g 9/22 978-1-5344-9349-0 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-9350-6 10.99 The author and illustrator of the hugely popular Tacky the Penguin series team up again for a book about Tacky’s opposite: painfully shy Mousetta, who “never squoke...
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