Cindy Gullikson

Wilson, Lakita. My Cool Jewelry Non-fiction.  Searchlight Bks.: My Style Series. Lerner, 01/2022. 32pp. PLB $30.65. 978-1-72840-423-3. PB $9.99. 978-1-72842-370-8. ADDITIONAL. GRADES 3-6. SERIES REVIEW. This upper-elementary series looks at different parts of a person’s [continue reading]

Lasky, Kathryn. Yossel’s Journey. Johnson Yazzie, Illus. Picture Book. Charlesbridge, 09/2022. [44]pp. $18.99. 978-1-62354-176-7. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 1-5 A young boy, Yossel, and his family flee late 1800s Russia due to the pogroms, journeying to [continue reading]

Kann, Victoria. Message in a Bottle. Victoria Kann, Illus. Easy Reader. I Can Read: Level 2 Pinkalicious Series; bk. 1. HarperCollins, 02/2022. 32pp. $16.99. 978-0-06-300382-8. ADDITIONAL. GRADES 1-2. Pinkalicious describes the time she and her [continue reading]

Bushy, Cylin. White House Cat, The.  Neely Daggett, Illus. Picture Book. Balzer & Bray, 02/2022. [32]pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-313886-5. ADDITIONAL. GRADES PRE-1  Discover interesting tidbits about the White House through a tour given by a house [continue reading]

Browne, Mahogany L. Vinyl Moon. Fiction. Crown, 01/2022. 172pp. $18.99. 978-0-593-17643-6. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 9-12  When Angel is transplanted from Northern California to Brooklyn, New York, she begins by remembering everything she has lost. “I didn’t [continue reading]

Brown, Meredith Crandall. Milk and Juice: A Recycling Romance. Picture Book. Meredith Crandall Brown, Illus. Balzer & Bray, 12/2021. [32]pp. $18.99. 978-0-06-302185-3. ADDITIONAL. GRADES PRE-1 A plastic jug of milk and plastic bottle of juice [continue reading]

Tokuda-Hall, Maggie. Love in the Library. Yas Imamura, Illus. Picture Book. Penguin/Random, 02/2022. [32]pp. $18.99. 978-1-5362-0430-8. OUTSTANDING GRADES 1-4.  Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s beautiful, spare writing pairs perfectly with Yas Imamura’s gouache-and-watercolor illustrations to tell the story [continue reading]

Crull, Kelly. Washed Ashore: Making Art from Ocean Plastic Non-fiction. Millbrook, 03/2022. [36]pp. $19.99. 978-1-7284-3030-0. ADDITIONAL. GRADES 3-5. Highlighting how many plastic items end up in the ocean, Crull shows various sculptures that artist Angela [continue reading]