Book Reviews
Hurricane by Jason Chin; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Porter/Holiday 48 pp. 5/25 9780823458493 $19.99 Hatteras Island off the coast of North Carolina is the scene for Chin’s latest: an examination of a hurricane (based on several real ones) brilliantly told in segments alternating between actions of island residents...
Titan of the Stars by E. K. Johnston High School Tundra 304 pp. 5/25 9781774884089 $19.99 e-book ed. 9781774884096 $10.99 Brief but dire opening vignettes warn readers they’re headed into trouble before the narrative begins at the launch of the Titan, a spaceship (with echoes of the Titanic) on its...
First Day Around the World by Ibi Zoboi; illus. by Juanita Londoño Primary Versify/HarperCollins 48 pp. 6/25 9780063078888 $19.99 Zoboi’s (The People Remember, rev. 11/21) newest picture book celebrates the first day of school across the globe. Children ride the bus in Soweto, while in Lagos little ones cling to...
Dear Acorn (Love, Oak): Letter Poems to Friends by Joyce Sidman; illus. by Melissa SweetPrimary Clarion/HarperCollins 40 pp.9/25 9780358334767 $19.99In eight pairs of poems, Sidman creates dialogues between two subjects, some in nature (cloud and droplets), some human-made elements (button and coat). For example, in the first poem, an oak...
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Review of Kente for Jojo
Kente for Jojo by Bernard Mensah; illus. by Elizabeth ZunonPrimary Knopf 32 pp.6/25 9780593567128 $18.99Library ed. 9780593567135 $21.99In a familial tradition of selecting Kente for children, a young narrator and family travel to pick one for the protagonist’s baby brother, Jojo. Along the way, Daddy entertains the family with the...
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Review of Moon Song
Moon Song by Michaela Goade; illus. by the authorPrimary Little, Brown 40 pp.10/25 9780316461634 $18.99As a family goes to bed on a cold night, a young girl begins a story to ease her cousin to sleep. The tale unfolds as a walk through the world around them, illuminating the winter...
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Review of Sundust
Sundust by Zeke Peña; illus. by the authorPrimary Kokila/Penguin 48 pp.8/25 9780593700112 $19.99e-book ed. 9780593700129 $10.99Spanish ed. 9798217003976 $19.99Two siblings living in what appears to be a U.S.-Mexico border town embark on an adventure in the desert, following “sundust” as it illuminates the world around them. Amid the vast landscape,...
A Place for Us by James E. Ransome; illus. by the authorPrimary, Intermediate Paulsen/Penguin 32 pp.8/25 9780593324882 $18.99An opening note introduces this story of a mother and son experiencing homelessness. The otherwise wordless story opens with the mother walking through the city carrying a green backpack. She waits patiently for...
Seven Skies All at Once by Ted Kooser; illus. by Matt MyersPrimary Candlewick 32 pp.7/25 9781536229004 $18.99e-book ed. 9781536249637 $18.99While two families hang out their laundry on a rooftop clothesline connecting their apartment buildings, a larger metaphor plays out farther up in the atmosphere. “The skies had hung out their...
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