Book Reviews
What You Need to Be Warm by Neil Gaiman; illus. by various artists Primary, Intermediate Quill Tree/HarperCollins 32 pp. 10/23 9780063358089 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780063358102 $12.99 Gaiman, who serves as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency, used social media to ask people about their memories of being warm,...
You and the Bowerbird by Maria Gianferrari; illus. by Maris WicksPrimary Roaring Brook 48 pp.8/23 9781250849878 $19.99e-book ed. 9781250347398 $11.99Perched in a treehouse on the border of an Australian rainforest, a young child (“you”) keeps a journal chronicling the activities of a busy male satin bowerbird. The child first observes...
The Little Match Girl Strikes Back by Emma Carroll; illus. by Lauren ChildIntermediate Candlewick 208 pp.9/23 9781536233353 $19.99In July 1888, women and girls working at a match factory in East London went on strike to protest dangerous working conditions and poor pay. Carroll takes the story of this significant event...
Maybe a Whale by Kirsten Pendreigh; illus. by Crystal SmithPrimary Groundwood 40 pp.8/23 9781773066646 $21.99e-book ed. 9781773066653 $16.99The unnamed narrator’s grandfather has died, and her mother is taking her on a trip he had planned for them, to the ocean to see his beloved whales. The girl doesn’t want to...
The North Wind & the Sun by Philip Stead; illus. by the authorPreschool Porter/Holiday 48 pp.10/23 9780823455836 $18.99In this retelling of an Aesop’s fable, three elderly sisters don their patched-up coats—yellow, blue, and red—and head out for a walk. The next two spreads are vertically oriented: readers turn the book...
Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story by Sarah Myer; illus. by the authorHigh School First Second 272 pp.6/23 9781250268792 $25.99Paper ed. 9781250268808 $17.99e-book ed. 9781250337238 $11.99Myer’s graphic memoir is a welcome transracial adoption story told from the adoptee’s point of view. Adopted from South Korea by a white couple, Sarah (who...
Stuntboy, In-Between Time by Jason Reynolds; illus. by Raúl the Third Intermediate, Middle School Dlouhy/Atheneum 272 pp. 8/23 9781534418226 $14.99 e-book ed. 9781534418240 $9.99 Set one week after its predecessor (Stuntboy, in the Meantime, rev. 1/22), this illustrated novel follows Portico Reeves through one very eventful day as the self-appointed...
Down the Hole by Scott Slater; illus. by Adam Ming Primary Clarion/HarperCollins 40 pp. 10/23 9780358683346 $19.99 Wily Fox meets his match in crafty Rabbit, as the would-be predator waits by a bunny hole. Underneath the ground, the light from the hole shines down on a rabbit listening alertly while...
The Cat at Night by Dahlov Ipcar; illus. by authorPreschool, Primary Tilbury 56 pp.9/23 9781958394229 $18.95e-book ed. 9781958394236 $18.95First published in 1969. When the farmer puts the cat out for the night, the cat doesn’t sleep; he goes exploring. Double-page spreads alternate between dark scenes showing silhouettes of objects, animals,...
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