Magazine Reviews
Rita Auerbach’s extended review of Molly Bang's Picture This 25th anniversary edition took me back to my Simmons grad school days. I remember the eye-opening experience of reading Picture This for the first time — how it forever altered the way I “read” and examine art and illustration. The following...
Spring for Sophieby Yael Werber; illus. by Jen HillPreschool, Primary Wiseman/Simon 32 pp.2/17 978-1-4814-5134-5 $17.99e-book ed. 978-1-4814-5135-2 $10.99In the middle of winter (a snowy, northern, rural winter), Sophie is ready for spring. She wonders when it will arrive and how she will know it is...
In Pili Pop Labs' immersive language-learning apps, you play a cute alien creature who has just landed on Earth and needs to acquire human language — fast. I gave Pili Pop: Español (2015; iOS and Android) a try to brush up on my (rusty) Spanish.Vocabulary (numbers, clothing, animals, fruits, body...
This column is part of a series of recommended board book roundups, formerly published twice a year, now published every season. You can find the previous installments here. Don’t miss Viki Ash’s primer “What Makes a Good Board Book?” from the March/April 2010 Horn Book Magazine.Good Night, My Darling Babyby...
Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Teamby Steve SheinkinMiddle School, High School Roaring Brook 280 pp.1/17 978-1-59643-954-2 $19.99e-book ed. 978-1-59643-955-9 $9.99Football icon Jim Thorpe is the indisputable star of Undefeated, although other compelling narratives come into play, including those of the infamous...
Bullby David ElliottHigh School Houghton 188 pp.3/17 978-0-544-61060-6 $17.99 gThere’s little grand or heroic in Elliott’s clever verse version of the classical story of the Minotaur: its title, Bull, is topically and colloquially apt. The story unrolls in the voices of seven characters, each with...
Women in STEAMBurleigh, Robert Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean FloorIllustrated by Raúl ColónGr. K–3, 4–6 40 pp. Simon/Wiseman 2016Trade ISBN 978-1-4814-1600-9Ebook ISBN 978-1-4814-1601-6Conkling, Winifred Radioactive!: How Irène Curie & Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science & Changed the WorldMiddle school, high school 227 pp. Algonquin 2016Trade...
Esbaum, Jill Little Kids First Big Book of WhoGr. K–3 128 pp. National GeographicFirst Big Books series. This colorful, oversize book features concise but engaging bios of some of the world's most well-known artists, inventors, scientists, explorers, and human-rights leaders. Information about each individual is presented in accessible language geared...
Bodden, Valerie Finding the Rhyme in a PoemIllustrated by Monique FelixGr. K–3 24 pp. Creative EducationBodden, Valerie Picturing Words in a PoemIllustrated by Monique FelixGr. K–3 24 pp. Creative EducationBodden, Valerie Poking Fun in a PoemIllustrated by Etienne DelessertGr. K–3 24 pp. Creative EducationBodden, Valerie Who Is a Poet?Illustrated by...
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