Book Reviews
Four new picture-book biographies introduce primary readers to female scientists and mathematicians who wouldn't let anything stand in the way of their pursuit of knowledge. Also look for a review of Spring After Spring: How Rachel Carson Inspired the Environmental Movement by Stephanie Roth Sisson in the upcoming September/October Horn...
Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williamsby Lesa Cline-Ransome; illus. by James E. RansomePrimary, Intermediate Wiseman/Simon 48 pp.7/18 978-1-4814-7684-3 $17.99e-book ed. 978-1-4814-7685-0 $10.99Wife-and-husband team Cline-Ransome and Ransome celebrate tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams, focusing on their formative childhoods and the way their preparation and talent fundamentally changed...
The Flying Girl: How Aída de Acosta Learned to Soarby Margarita Engle;
illus. by Sara PalaciosPrimary Atheneum 40 pp.3/18 978-1-4814-4502-3 $17.99e-book ed. 978-1-4814-4503-0 $10.99In this slightly fictionalized account (with brief invented dialogue) Engle and Palacios introduce readers to Aída de Acosta (1884–1962), who defied the sexist attitudes of her era...
Libba: The Magnificent Musical Life of Elizabeth Cottenby Laura Veirs; illus. by Tatyana FazlalizadehPrimary Chronicle 48 pp.1/18 978-1-4521-4857-1 $17.99In this picture-book biography of folk musician Elizabeth Cotten (1893–1987), a straightforward narrative describes her modest upbringing in rural North Carolina, where “Libba” taught herself to play her brother’s right-handed guitar despite...
Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptilesby Patricia Valdez; illus. by Felicita SalaPrimary Knopf 40 pp.3/18 978-0-399-55725-5 $17.99Library ed. 978-0-399-55726-2 $20.99e-book ed. 978-0-399-55727-9 $10.99Joan Procter (1897–1931) was fascinated by reptiles and engaged with them as a herpetologist, researcher, and zoo-exhibit designer — but also on a personal level,...
Girl Running: Bobbi Gibb and the Boston Marathonby Annette Bay Pimentel; illus. by Micha ArcherPrimary Paulsen/Penguin 32 pp. g2/18 978-1-101-99668-3 $17.99"Bobbi Gibb must wear a skirt to school because she is a girl. She is not allowed to run on the school's track team. Because those are the rules —...
Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitosby Monica Brown; illus. by John ParraPrimary NorthSouth 40 pp.9/17 978-0-7358-4269-4 $17.95Spanish ed. 978-0-7358-4292-2 $17.95Mexican painter, feminist icon, artistic genius — to these descriptors for Frida Kahlo we should add “animal lover.” That’s the takeaway from this lovely biographical portrait (simultaneously published in a Spanish-language edition),...
Ordinary, Extraordinary Jane Austen: The Story of Six Novels, Three Notebooks, a Writing Box, and One Clever Girlby Deborah Hopkinson; illus. by Qin LengPrimary Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins 40 pp. g1/18 978-0-06-237330-4 $17.99Brave Jane Austen: Reader, Writer, Author, Rebelby Lisa Pliscou; illus. by Jen CoracePrimary Ottaviano/Holt 48 pp. g1/18 978-1-62779-643-9 $17.992017...
Our commemoration of Black History Month continues with the following new picture books for older readers that recognize African American, Afro Caribbean, and South African trailblazers and pioneers. (And huge congratulations to all of this year’s Coretta Scott King Award winners!) Throughout February The Horn Book is highlighting articles, speeches,...
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