December 2024

Gunnufson, Charlotte. Dream Submarine. Cleonique Hilsaca, Illus. Candlewick, 06/2024. 40pp. Picture Book. Trade $17.99. 978-1-5362-2479-5. GRADES Kindergarten–3. HIGH ADDITIONAL.  A child boards the eponymous Dream Submarine to travel the ocean in this celebration of marine [continue reading]

Duncan, Violet. Buffalo Dreamer. Penguin Random House / Nancy Paulsen, 08/2024. 110pp. Fiction. Trade $17.99. 978-0-5936-2481-4. GRADES 5–8. OUTSTANDING.       At the same time that graves are discovered on the site of an old reservation school [continue reading]

Day, Nicholas. Nothing: John Cage and 4’33”. Chris Raschka, Illus. Neal Porter, 04/2024. [40]pp. Nonfiction. Trade $18.99. 978-0-8234-5409-9. GRADES Kindergarten–3. OUTSTANDING. An approachable introduction to the experimental composer John Cage, framed around the inaugural performance [continue reading]

Bausum, Ann. Bard and the Book, The: How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shakespeare from Oblivion. Marta Sevilla, Illus. Peachtree, 04/2024. 102pp. Nonfiction. Trade $19.99. 978-1-6826-3495-0. GRADES 5–10. OUTSTANDING.  In this well-researched [continue reading]

Anderhagen, Anna. Ducklings: A First Look. Read for a Better World: Read About Baby Animals. Lerner, 08/2024. 24pp. Reader. Trade $29.32. 979-8765626368. Paper $9.99. 979-8765629482. GRADES Preschool–1. ADDITIONAL.        SERIES REVIEW: Large, colorful photographs follow baby animals in the wild. The series features the recommended black type on white [continue reading]

Barrows, Annie. Stella & Marigold. Sophie Blackall, Illus. Chronicle, 10/2024. 108pp. Fiction. Trade $15.99. 978-1-7972-1970-7. GRADES 2–4. OUTSTANDING.      Seven chapters depict the relationship between seven-year-old Stella and four-year-old Marigold as sisters and partners in crime. [continue reading]

Anderhagen, Anna. Chicks: A First Look. Read for a Better World: Read About Baby Animals. Lerner, 08/2024. 24pp. Reader. Trade $29.32. 979-8765626351. Paper $9.99. 979-8765629475. GRADES Preschool–1. ADDITIONAL. SERIES REVIEW. Please see Ducklings: A First Look by Anna Anderhagen for series review. Beth Gousman—Montclair Elementary School / Oakland [continue reading]

Anderhagen, Anna. Bunnies: A First Look. Read for a Better World: Read About Baby Animals. Lerner, 08/2024. 24pp. Reader. Trade $29.32. 979-8765626344. Paper $9.99. 979-8765629468. GRADES Preschool–1. ADDITIONAL.        SERIES REVIEW. Please see Ducklings: A First Look by Anna Anderhagen for series review. Beth Gousman—Montclair Elementary School / Oakland Unified School [continue reading]