Book Reviews
Dawn by Marc Martin; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Candlewick Studio 48 pp. 7/25 9781536232400 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781536244762 $18.99 With a spare, lyrical text and luminous illustrations, Martin immerses readers in the meditative moments of dawn. A butterfly breaks free from its chrysalis (“transform / unfurl”). A hummingbird...
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...
Zarina Divided by Reem Faruqi Middle School Harper/HarperCollins 336 pp. 5/25 9780063284999 $19.99 e-book ed. 9780063285064 $9.99 Eleven-year-old Zarina lives a privileged life in Poona, India, until the British withdrawal in 1947, which initiates the partition of India into two separate countries. The family survives the chaos and violence as...
Sato the Rabbit: Morning Light by Yuki Ainoya; illus. by the author; trans. from Japanese by Michael Blaskowsky Preschool, Primary Enchanted Lion 40 pp. 5/25 9781592704392 $17.95 Is Sato a boy in a rabbit costume or a rabbit with a human face and bearing? Is he a kid or a...
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...
Link + Hud: Sharks & Minnows by Jarrett Pumphrey and Jerome Pumphrey; illus. by the authors Intermediate Norton 192 pp. 7/25 9781324016113 $16.99 The high-spirited brothers are up to more high jinks in this entertaining sequel to Link + Hud: Heroes by a Hair (rev. 5/23). In summer, the community...
Island Storm by Brian Floca; illus. by Sydney Smith Preschool, Primary Porter/Holiday 48 pp. 7/25 9780823456475 $18.99 Caldecott winner Floca and Hans Christian Andersen Award winner Smith team up to create a magnificent, timeless tale of two young children on an adventure close to home. An intense storm is approaching....
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...
Sea Change by Susan Fletcher High School Amulet/Abrams 352 pp. 6/25 9781419773921 $19.99 e-book ed. 9798887072982 $17.99 Turtle, fifteen, is a Mer; she has both lungs and gills from a not-quite-legal “gen-mod” experiment. Gen-modding to cure disease is par for the course in this near-future world, but “boutique” and “transhuman”...
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