Reviews Of The Week
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...
Making Light Bloom: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Lamps by Sandra Nickel; illus. by Julie Paschkis Primary Peachtree 32 pp. 6/25 9781682636091 $18.99 This picture-book biography of stained-glass artist Clara Driscoll (1861–1944) opens on a bucolic scene of the gardens and “the house on a hill” in Ohio where she...
Beasts by Ingvild Bjerkeland; trans. from Norwegian by Rosie Hedger Middle School, High School Em Querido/Levine Querido 128 pp. 4/25 9781646145133 $17.99 Beasts have invaded thirteen-year-old Abdi’s homeland. With their hoofed feet, long arms, slender hands, and razor-sharp claws, the beasts pursue and kill every living creature. The government has...
Papilio by Ben Clanton, Corey R. Tabor, and Andy Chou Musser; illus. by the authors Primary Viking 48 pp. 3/25 9780593693254 $19.99 e-book ed. 9780593693278 $10.99 Three author-illustrators join forces for this story told in three parts about the life cycle of a black swallowtail butterfly. Clanton goes first, rendering...
His Fairytale Life: A Book About Hans Christian Andersen by Jane Yolen; illus. by Brooke Boynton-Hughes Primary Porter/Holiday 32 pp. 4/25 9780823451036 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780823462261 $11.99 Winding through thirty-two pages of enchanting illustrations, one long sentence with a “once upon a time” feel deftly takes readers through the life...
Outsider Kids [Parachute Kids] by Betty C. Tang; illus. by the author Intermediate, Middle School Graphix/Scholastic 288 pp. 4/25 9781338832723 $24.99 Paper ed. 9781338832716 $14.99 e-book ed. 9781338832730 $14.99 Tang continues the saga of the Lin family begun in the graphic novel Parachute Kids (rev. 5/23). In 1981, the family...
Our Lake by Angie Kang; illus. by the author Primary Kokila/Penguin 40 pp. 3/25 9780593698235 $19.99 e-book ed. 9780593698242 $10.99 At the start of this bittersweet ode to the enduring bonds of family, the unnamed young narrator and “Brother” embark on a summer outing, hiking to a jewel-like lake complete...
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