Iwai, Melissa. Gigi and Ojiji: What’s in a Name? Melissa Iwai, Illus. I Can Read! Series, Level 3. HarperCollins, 01/2023. 32pp. Reader. GRADES 1 – 3. $16.99. 978-0-06-320809-4. Paper $ 4.99 978-0-06-320808-7. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Gigi, [continue reading]
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Ratty’s Big Adventure Review
Hawthorne, Lara. Ratty’s Big Adventure. Lara Hawthorne, Illus. Big Picture/Candlewick, 11/2022. [40]pp. Picture Book. GRADES Preschool – 2. ADDITIONAL. $17.99. 978-1-5362-2670-6. Ratty is a cat-sized Bosavi Woolly Rat living in the rain forests of an [continue reading]
Buildings That Breathe Review
Castaldo, Nancy F. Buildings That Breathe: Greening the World’s Cities. Twenty-First Century, 11/2022. 112pp. Non-Fiction. GRADES 7 – 12. PLB $37.32. 978-1-7284-1946-6. HIGH ADDITIONAL. This eco-conscious title covers ways to help make cities more environmentally [continue reading]
Three Billy Goats Gruff Review
Barnett, Mac (retold by). Three Billy Goats Gruff, The. Jon Klassen, Illus. Scholastic/Orchard, 11/2022. [40]pp. Picture Book. GRADES Preschool – 2. $18.99. 978-1-338-67384-5. OUTSTANDING. Storytelling dynamic duo Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen team up for [continue reading]
Land of Books Review
Tonatiuh, Duncan. Land of Books, A : Dreams of Young Mexihcah Word Painters. Duncan Tonatiuh ,Illus. Abrams, 11/2022. [40]pp. Picture Book. GRADES 2 – 6. $19.99. 978-1-4197-4942-1. OUTSTANDING. Readers of Duncan Tonatiuh’s award-winning books have [continue reading]
Listen Review
Stocker, Shannon. Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion. Devon Holzwarth, Illus. Dial. 04/2022. 40pp. Biography. GRADES 1 – 4. $18.99. 978-0-593-10969-4. OUTSTANDING. Evelyn Glennie grew up in Scotland surrounded by music, playing [continue reading]
Rose Named Peace Review
Roberts, Barbara Carroll. Rose Named Peace, A : How Francis Meilland Created a Flower of Hope for a World at War. Bagram Ibatoulline, Illus. Candlewick, 05/2022. [46]pp. Non-Fiction. GRADES 2 – 5. $18.99. 978-1-5362-0843-6. ADDITIONAL. [continue reading]
Scatter of Light Review
Lo, Malinda. Scatter of Light, A. Dutton, 10/2022. 324pp. Fiction. Grades 9-12. $18.99. 978-0-525-55528-5. OUTSTANDING. In the summer of 2013, Aria’s parents send her to stay with her grandmother in California as a way of [continue reading]