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Review of A Forest Song

A Forest Song by Kirsten Hall; illus. by Evan TurkPrimary    Random House Studio/Random    40 pp.2/25    9780593480366    $18.99Library ed.  9780593480373    $21.99e-book ed.  9780593480380    $8.99This cento (a poem composed of passages from other writers) pays reverent tribute to the natural world, weaving together the words of poets such as Emily Dickinson, Mary...

Review of Seeds of Discovery: How Barbara McClintock Used Corn and Curiosity to Solve a Science Mystery and Win a Nobel Prize

Seeds of Discovery: How Barbara McClintock Used Corn and Curiosity to Solve a Science Mystery and Win a Nobel Prize by Lori Alexander; illus. by Rebecca SantoIntermediate    Clarion/HarperCollins    128 pp.1/25    9780063245990    $18.99e-book ed.  9780063246010    $9.99“It might seem unfair to reward a person for having so much pleasure over the years.”...

Review of Song of a Blackbird

Song of a Blackbird by Maria van Lieshout; illus. by the authorMiddle School, High School    First Second    256 pp.1/25    9781250869814    $25.99Paper ed.  9781250869821    $17.99e-book ed.  9781250412119    $11.99This deeply personal and poetic graphic novel illustrates the heroic actions of everyday Dutch people as they resisted the Nazi regime, as well as...

Review of The Gift of the Great Buffalo

The Gift of the Great Buffalo by Carole Lindstrom; illus. by Aly McKnightPrimary, Intermediate    Bloomsbury    40 pp.2/25    9781547606887    $18.99e-book ed.  9781547606979    $13.29Rose, her oshiimeyan (younger sister), and their parents gather with other Métis families for the biannual buffalo hunt. This time will be different both because Rose’s pa is one...

Review of The Poet and the Bees: A Story of the Seasons Sylvia Plath Kept Bees

The Poet and the Bees: A Story of the Seasons Sylvia Plath Kept Bees by Amy Novesky; illus. by Jessica LovePrimary, Intermediate    Viking    32 pp.2/25    9780593526392    $18.99e-book ed.  9780593526408    $10.99Novesky provides a snapshot of Plath (1932–1963) inspired by her poems and letters about her brief experience with beekeeping. The text...

Review of How Sweet the Sound

How Sweet the Sound by Kwame Alexander; illus. by Charly PalmerPrimary, Intermediate    Little, Brown    48 pp.1/25    9780316442497    $18.99In a reverent celebration of African American music, Alexander’s lyrical free-verse text flows through different eras and genres of sound. This musical tour begins in Africa: “Listen to the fireside chorus / of...

Review of Thunder City

Thunder City [Mortal Engines]by Philip ReeveMiddle School, High School    Scholastic    336 pp.11/24    9781546138235    $19.99e-book ed.  9781546138242    $19.99This prequel to Reeve’s acclaimed postapocalyptic, steampunk Mortal Engines series opens some two hundred years earlier, during the peaceful Golden Age of Traction, as the city of Thorbury is violently boarded and captured by...

Review of Safe Crossing

Safe Crossing by Kari Percival; illus. by the authorPrimary    Chronicle    48 pp.1/25    9781797214566    $18.99Why do amphibians cross a dark, perilous road? To lay their eggs, of course. But sometimes they need help. In the middle of the night, a biracial family dons rain gear over PJs, gathers equipment, and joins...

Review of In the Desert

In the Desert by David Elliott; illus. by Gordy Wright Primary    Candlewick    40 pp. 3/25    9781536223385    $18.99 In fifteen verses, Elliott celebrates creatures who inhabit the Sahara Desert—and, in one introductory poem, the desert itself. As always in this winning series (see At the Poles, rev. 9/23, and eight other...
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