Cook, Jennifer. Grow Your Colors: Planting and Eating Healthy Foods with Sesame Street. Sesame Street. Lerner, 02/2024. 32pp. Nonfiction. PLB $30.65. 979-8765604298. Paper $9.99. 979-8765624555. GRADES Preschool-2. ADDITIONAL. This Sesame Street-themed title introduces readers to [continue reading]
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Squirrel Needs a Break Review
Remenar, Kristen. Squirrel Needs a Break. Matt Faulkner, Illustrator. Charlesbridge, 02/2024. [32]pp. Picture Book. Trade $17.99. 978-1-6235-4370-9. GRADES Preschool-1. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Squirrel stomps past Groundhog and the rest of their forest animal pals, telling them [continue reading]
Shadow & the Ghost, The Review
Min, Cat. Shadow & the Ghost, The. Cat Min, Illustrator. Levine Querido, 04/2024. [40]pp. Picture Book. Trade $18.99. 978-1-64614-368-9. GRADES Kindergarten-1. ADDITIONAL. Shinbi, a lonely ghost, spends her nights gazing at the stars and talking [continue reading]
Stepping Off Review
Sonnenblick, Jordan. Stepping Off. Scholastic, 06/2024. 336pp. Fiction. Trade $19.99. 978-1-339-02317-5. GRADES 7-10. OUTSTANDING. As sixteen-year-old Jesse’s reality becomes increasing fraught, the escapist draw of his favorite place —the lake community in Pennsylvania—becomes ever more powerful. There he can avoid magnet-school pressures and his parent’s [continue reading]
Owls in Our Yard Review
Safina, Carl. Owls in Our Yard: The Story of Alfie. Norton, 06/2024. 48pp. Nonfiction. Trade $18.99. 978-1-3240-5319-4. GRADES Kindergarten-5. HIGH ADDITIONAL. A half-dead owlet is adopted by a licensed wildlife rehabilitator, who is also an award-winning nature writer. Dozens of outstanding photographs and daily proximity [continue reading]
Last Bloodcarver, The Review
Le, Vanessa. Last Bloodcarver, The. Roaring Brook, 03/2024. 384pp. Fiction. Trade $19.99. 978-1-2508-8152-6.Paper $12.99. 978-1-2503-6269-8. GRADES 8-12. LOW ADDITIONAL. Nhika lives on society’s margins, isolated by prejudice and personal loss. Captured and sold to a wealthy family, she finds herself at the center of a murderous [continue reading]
Beastly Beauty Review
Donnelly, Jennifer. Beastly Beauty. Scholastic, 05/2024. 336pp. Fiction. Trade $18.99. 978-1-3388-0944-2. GRADES 9-12. HIGH ADDITIONAL. A young thief, trapped inside a cursed castle, is the unwilling guest of a beautiful, yet distant noblewoman, her creepy ladies in waiting, and her loyal servants. Confident in his [continue reading]
Growing Up Under a Red Flag Review
Compestine, Ying Chang. Growing Up Under a Red Flag: A Memoir of Surviving the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Xinmei Liu, Illus. Rocky Pond, 05/2024. 40pp. Picture Book. Trade $19.99. 978-0593533987. GRADES 1-4. HIGH ADDITIONAL. A young girl’s account of how the Cultural Revolution transformed her life. Striking, full-page, [continue reading]