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]
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The White House Cat Review
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]
Vinyl Moon Review
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]
Milk and Juice a Recycling Romance Review
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]
Love in the Library Review
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]
Washed Ashore: Making Art from Ocean Plastic Review
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]
You See a Zoo, I See. . .Review
Downs, Mike. You See a Zoo, I See… Maureen O’Brien, Illus. Picture B00k. Charlesbridge, 03/2022. [32]pp. $16.99. 978-1-6235-4099-9. ADDITIONAL. GRADES PRE-K. This title shows that there is more than one way to see a zoo. [continue reading]
Being a Good Teammate Review
Peters, Katie. Being a Good Teammate. Easy Reader. Pull Ahead Readers People Smarts: Be a Good Sport: Non-fiction Series. Lerner, 01/2022. 16pp. PLB $23.99. 978-1-7284-4093-4. PB $7.99. 978-1-7284-4805-3. ADDITIONAL. GRADES K-1. Please see series review [continue reading]