Jenny Andrus

Van Oosbree, Ruthie. Frosty’s Snow Day. Mette Engell, Illus. Pull Ahead Readers: Let’s Look at Polar Animals—Fiction. Lerner, 08/2024. 16pp. Reader. PLB $27.99. 979-8765626184. Paper $8.99. 979-8765629208. GRADES Preschool–1. ADDITIONAL.          SERIES REVIEW. Please see: Arctic Fox on the Move by Katie Peters for series review. Joshua Rees—Daly City Public Library

Peters, Katie. So Many Harp Seals. Pull Ahead Readers: Let’s Look at Polar Animals—Nonfiction. Lerner, 08/2024. 16pp. Reader. PLB $27.99. 979-8765626276. Paper $8.99. 979-8765629338. GRADES Preschool–1. ADDITIONAL.        SERIES REVIEW. Please see: Arctic Fox on the Move by Katie Peters for series review. Joshua Rees—Daly City Public Library

Peters, Katie. Life of a Narwhal, The. Pull Ahead Readers: Let’s Look at Polar Animals—Nonfiction. Lerner, 08/2024. 16pp. Reader. PLB $27.99. 979-8765626283. Paper $8.99. 979-8765629314. GRADES Preschool–1. ADDITIONAL.        SERIES REVIEW. Please see: Arctic Fox on the Move by Katie Peters for series review. Joshua Rees—Daly City Public Library

Peters, Katie. Arctic Fox on the Move. Pull Ahead Readers: Let’s Look at Polar Animals—Nonfiction. Lerner, 08/2024. 16pp. Reader. PLB $27.99. 979-8765626269. Paper $8.99. 979-8765629291. GRADES Preschool–1. ADDITIONAL.        SERIES REVIEW: The Pull Ahead Readers series consists of sets of paired titles. Half of the titles are designated as [continue reading]

Cohen, Emi Watanabe. Golem Crafters. Levine Querido, 11/2024. 264pp. Fiction. Trade $18.99. 978-1-64614-269-9. GRADES 5–8. ADDITIONAL.          Faye (eleven) and Shiloh (thirteen) suddenly go to New York to spend spring break with a grandfather they have never met. There, they learn what golems are, how [continue reading]

Schwartz, Ella. Violin of Hope. Juliana Oakley, Illus. Kar-Ben, 11/2024. 32pp. Picture Book. Trade $19.99. 979-8765604199. GRADES 1–5. ADDITIONAL.      Based on true stories of violins that have been rescued and refurbished after being stolen from Jews during the Holocaust, this book opens with digital artwork showing a [continue reading]

Wang, Ann Suk. House Before Falling Into the Sea, The. Hanna Cha, Illus. Dial Books, 03/2024. 40pp. Picture Book. Trade $18.99. 978-0-593-53015-3. GRADES 2–4. OUTSTANDING.      Kyung struggles to accept her parents’ decision to welcome desperate refugees fleeing North Korea into their coastal home, a location known as [continue reading]

Rogers, Andrea L. Art Thieves, The. Levine Querido, 10/2024. 400pp. Fiction. Trade $19.99. 978-1-6461-4378-8. GRADES 8–12. ADDITIONAL.          In the near future, Stevie navigates her changing life after high school with her friends, a younger brother she cares for, and a new intern (Adam) at [continue reading]