Brown, Monica. Doña Fela’s Dream: The Story of Puerto Rico’s First Female Mayor. Rosa Ibarra, Illus. Little, Brown, 09/2024. 48pp. Biography. Trade $18.99. 978-0-316-17835-8. GRADES 1–4. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Puerto Rico’s Doña Fela defied expectations when she became the island’s first female mayor in 1947, and went on [continue reading]
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I Fuel Review
Schmitt, Kelly Rice. I Fuel: How Energy Powers Our Busy World. Jam Dong, Illus. Lerner/Millbrook, 10/2024. [40]pp. Nonfiction. Trade $19.99. 978-1-7284-7683-4. GRADES Preschool–2. ADDITIONAL. Follow a microscopic life form as it lives, dies, transforms, and eventually joins millions of others to provide energy to modern society. Mixed [continue reading]
Drawn Onward Review
Nayeri, Daniel. Drawn Onward. Matt Rockefeller, Illus. HarperAlley, 10/2024. 40pp. Picture Book. Trade $19.99. 978-0-06-327716-8. GRADES Preschool–3. OUTSTANDING. With very few words, Nayeri manages to tell an emotionally powerful story set in a fantasy world where the main character, a child with tan skin and brown hair [continue reading]
Ducklings: A First Look Review
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]
Chicks: A First Look Review
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]
Bunnies: A First Look Review
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]
Beautiful Butterflies Review
Beautiful Butterflies. Margarida Esteves, Illus. Addl. Creator Danielle McGuigan. Gibbs Smith, 04/2024. [10]pp.Nonfiction. Trade $16.99. 978-1-4236-6518-2. GRADES Baby/Toddler–Preschool. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Gorgeous illustrations and an exceptionally thoughtful presentation are marred by lackluster text and clunky rhymes in this nonfiction board book that introduces the metamorphosis cycle [continue reading]
Iguanodon’s Horn Review
Rubin, Sean. Iguanodon’s Horn, The: How Artists and Scientists Put a Dinosaur Back Together Again and Again and Again. Sean Rubin, Illus. Clarion, 03/2024. 48pp. Nonfiction. Trade $21.99. 978-0-06-323921-0. GRADES 1–4. ADDITIONAL. When a gigantic tooth and other skeletal remains were unearthed in England in the 1800s, [continue reading]