Jenny Andrus

Sudyka, Diana. Little Land. Diana Sudyka, Illus. Little, Brown, 04/2023. [48]pp. Picture Book. Trade $18.99. 978-0-3163-0176-3. GRADES Preschool–1. HIGH ADDITIONAL.            A young child explores the ecological transformations of a tiny piece of land from millions of years ago, a world where dinosaurs and prehistoric animals [continue reading]

Markle, Sandra. Wild Inventions: Ideas Inspired by Animals. Lerner/Millbrook, 10/2023. 48pp. Nonfiction. PLB $33.32. 978-1-7284-6795-5. GRADES 4–8. HIGH ADDITIONAL.         Animals have been found to do some pretty interesting, or perhaps just odd, things. Markle’s hook is that she ties these animal oddities to human inventions [continue reading]

Khalil, Aya. Great Banned-Books Bake Sale, The. Anait Semirdzhyan, Illus. Tilbury House, 08/2023. [32]pp. Picture Book. Trade $18.95. 978-0-88448-967-2. GRADES Kindergarten–3. ADDITIONAL. A powerful story based on current national headlines, this story continues The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story (2020), with Kanzi’s elementary school class eagerly visiting [continue reading]

Matson, Morgan. Firefly Summer, The. Simon & Schuster, 05/2023. 400pp. Fiction. Trade $18.99. 978-1-5344-9335-3. GRADES 4–7. HIGH ADDITIONAL.          When Ryanna visits a summer camp once run by her grandparents, the seventh grader meets a group of previously unknown relatives and learns more about her mother, [continue reading]

Burgess, Tamika. Sincerely Sicily. Harper/Collins, 01/2023. 304pp. Fiction. Trade $17.99. 978-0-0631-5960-0. GRADES 4–7. ADDITIONAL.          Sicily longs to go to the same middle school as her squad of friends but instead must attend a school closer to home. She is hurt and embarrassed when new classmates [continue reading]

Slater, Dashka. Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed. Macmillan/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 08/2023. 496pp. Nonfiction. Trade $20.99. 978-0-374-31434-7. GRADES 6–12. OUTSTANDING. Slater presents an account of the racist Instagram posts targeting Black [continue reading]

Wynter, Anne. Nell Plants a Tree. Daniel Miyares, Illus. Harper Collins/Brazer & Bray, 01/2023. 40pp. Picture Book. Trade $17.99. 978-0-06-286577-9. GRADES Kindergarten–3. OUTSTANDING.         Long ago, Nell planted a seed and now a pecan tree has grown, providing a special place for her large and loving family [continue reading]

Mendez, Jasminne. Aniana Del Mar Jumps In. Penguin / Dial, 03/2023. 384pp. Fiction. Trade $18.99. 978-0-593-53181-5. GRADES 5–9. OUTSTANDING.      This engaging novel in verse gives voice to Aniana Del Mar, a strong and believable twelve-year-old adapting to life with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. An array of [continue reading]