Paradise Sands by Levi Pinfold; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Candlewick 40 pp. g 11/22 978-1-5362-1282-2 $18.99 Pinfold (The Black Dog, rev. 10/12) presents another surreal picture book, this one with shades of such folktales as the Grimms’ “The Six Swans” and Andersen’s “The Wild Swans.”...
Einstein by Jim Ottaviani; illus. by Jerel Dye; color by Alison Acton High School First Second 304 pp. g 11/22 978-1-62672-876-9 $32.99 This thoroughly researched comic-format account of the world’s most well-known physicist is described by its author as “not so much a biography of Albert Einstein as...
Berliners by Vesper Stamper; illus. by the author Middle School, High School Knopf 320 pp. g 10/22 978-0-593-42836-8 $21.99 Library ed. 978-0-593-42837-5 $24.99 e-book ed. 978-0-593-42838-2 $10.99 An engrossing look at the emerging new world order after World War II, told through the experiences of one...
The Sun Is Late and So Is the Farmer by Philip C. Stead; illus. by Erin E. Stead Preschool Porter/Holiday 32 pp. g 11/22 978-0-8234-4428-1 $18.99 A hungry mule, milk cow, and miniature horse wait for the sun to rise. Declaring that the sun is late (“and...
Luminous: Living Things That Light Up the Night by Julia Kuo; illus. by the author Primary Greystone Kids 40 pp. g 11/22 978-1-77164-888-2 $18.95 e-book ed. 978-1-77164-889-9 $18.95 “What if your body could make its own light?” In Kuo’s gorgeous exploration of bioluminescence, an adult and child...
Freestyle by Gale Galligan; illus. by the author; color by K Czap Middle School Graphix/Scholastic 272 pp. g 10/22 978-1-338-04581-9 $24.99 Paper ed. 978-1-338-04580-2 $12.99 The Eight Bitz dance crew has one more year together before they all go off to different high schools, and they’re...
Still Dreaming / Seguimos soñando by Claudia Guadalupe Martínez; illus. by Magdalena Mora; trans. into Spanish by Luis Humberto Crosthwaite Primary Children’s/Lee & Low 40 pp. g 10/22 978-0-89239-434-0 $20.95 e-book ed. 978-0-89239-477-7 $20.95 This book’s bilingual text tells the story of a young child and his...
Mr. McCloskey’s Marvelous Mallards: The Making of Make Way for Ducklings by Emma Bland Smith; illus. by Becca Stadtlander Primary Calkins/Astra 40 pp. g 11/22 978-1-63592-392-6 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-63592-827-3 $11.99 On page one of this true story behind the making of the 1942 Caldecott-winning Make...
My Nest of Silence by Matt Faulkner; illus. by the author Intermediate, Middle School Atheneum 384 pp. g 10/22 978-1-5344-7762-9 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-7764-3 $10.99 Like many Japanese Americans, the Asai family has been sent to Manzanar during World War II. Mari has always enjoyed a...