Kemp, Laekan Zea. Crown for Corina, A. Eliza Chavarri, Illus. Little, Brown, 02/2023. [33]pp. Picture Book. GRADES Kindergarten – 4. $18.99. 978-0-7595-5684-3. OUTSTANDING. On Corina’s birthday, her abuela guides her in making a Mexican flower [continue reading]
March 2023
Standing in the Need of Prayer Review
Weatherford, Carole Boston. Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual. Frank Morrison, Illus. Crown/Young Readers, 09/2022. [32]pp. Picture Book. GRADES 1 – 4. $18.99. 978-0-593-30634-5. OUTSTANDING. Even those unfamiliar [continue reading]
Notorious Scarlett and Browne Review
Stroud, Jonathan. Notorious Scarlett and Browne, The. Scarlett and Browne Series; bk. 2. Knopf, 04/2023. 432pp. Fiction. GRADES 6 – 10. $17.99. 978-0-593-43040-8. OUTSTANDING. Scarlett McCain and Albert Browne are both in their teens, but [continue reading]
Ghosts of Rancho Espanto Review
Cuevas, Adrianna. Ghosts of Rancho Espanto, The. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 04/2023. 304pp. Fiction. GRADES 4 – 7. $17.99. 978-0-374-39043-3. ADDITIONAL. Cuban American Rafa and his friends planned to end sixth grade with an epic [continue reading]
School Trip Review
Craft, Jerry. School Trip. Jerry Craft, Illus. New Kid Series. Quill Tree, 04/2023. 256pp. Graphic. GRADES 6 – 8. $24.99. 978-0-06-288554-8. Paper $14.99. 978-0-06-288553-1. HIGH ADDITIONAL. In his final weeks of junior high, African American [continue reading]
Spring Board Book Round-up, Part I
Spring Board Book Round-up, Part I New Series Board Books Cousins, Lucy. “Maisy: First Words” series. Candlewick, 09/2022. [20p.] $9.99 each. Maisy at Work. 978-1-5362-2442-9. Maisy’s Town. 978-1-2443-6. The beloved white mouse Maisy is [continue reading]
Free Workshop with Dr. Debbie Reese
Iveliz Explains It All Read-Alikes
READ-ALIKES Iveliz Explains It All by Andrea Beatriz Arango Comrie, Courtne. Rain Rising. Donwerth-Chikamatsu, Annie. Somewhere Along. Fajardo, Kat. Miss Quinces. Fritz, Joanne Rossmassler. Everywhere Blue. Gonzalez, Christina Diaz. Invisible. Hilton, Marilyn. Full Cicada [continue reading]