Lukoff, Kyle. Different Kinds of Fruit. Fiction. Penguin Random House, 04/2022. 320pp. $17.99. 978-0-593-11118-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4–8. Annabelle, a sixth grader in a small town outside of Seattle, learns about herself and her family when Bailey, the nonbinary [continue reading]
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Pull Ahead Readers: Nature Walk
Borgert-Spaniol, Megan. Nature Walk. Lisa Hunt, Illus. Easy Reader. Pull Ahead Readers Series; People Smarts: I Care; Fiction. Lerner, 08/2022. 16pp. PLB $23.99. 978-1-7284- 5765-9. PB $7.99. 978-1-7284-6300-1. ADDITIONAL. GRADES K-1 SERIES REVIEW: The Pull [continue reading]
Pull Ahead Readers: My Pet
Borgert-Spaniol, Megan. My Pet. Lisa Hunt, Illus. Easy Reader. Pull Ahead Readers Series; People Smarts: I Care; Fiction. Lerner, 08/2022. 16pp. PLB $23.99. 978-1-7284- 5761-1. PB $7.99 978-1-7284-6299-8. ADDITIONAL. GRADES K-1. SERIES REVIEW: The Pull [continue reading]
Pull Ahead Readers: Kaleo Helps
Borgert-Spaniol, Megan. Kaleo Helps. Lisa Hunt, Illus. Easy Reader. Pull Ahead Readers Series; People Smarts: I Care. Fiction. Lerner, 08/2022. 16pp. PLB $23.99. 978-1-7284-5763-5. PB $7.99. 978-1-7284-6298- 1. ADDITIONAL. GRADES K-1. SERIES REVIEW: The Pull [continue reading]
Pull Ahead Readers: Cara Takes Time
Borgert-Spaniol, Megan. Cara Takes Time. Lisa Hunt, Illus. Easy Reader. Pull Ahead Readers Series; People Smarts: I Care; Fiction. Lerner, 01/2022. 16pp. PLB. $23.99. 978-1-7284- 5769-7. PB $7.99 978-1-7284-6297-4. ADDITIONAL. GRADES K-1 SERIES REVIEW: The [continue reading]
Answers in the Pages
Levithan, David. Answers in the Pages. Fiction. Knopf, 05/2022. 176pp. $17.99. 978-0-593-48468-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-8. When Donovan’s mother reads the final sentence in a book assigned to his fifth grade class, she demands it be [continue reading]
The Town with No Mirrors
Collins, Christina. The Town with No Mirrors. Fiction. Sourcebooks, 02/2023. 305pp. $16.99. 978-1- 4926-5535-0. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 4-7. To avoid body shaming, the town of Gladder Hill forbids the use of mirrors, cameras, and other [continue reading]
Marshmallow Clouds: Two Poets at Play Among Figures of Speech Review
Kooser, Ted and Connie Wanek. Marshmallow Clouds: Two Poets at Play Among Figures of Speech. Richard Jones, Illus. Poetry. Candlewick, 03/2022. 72pp. $25.99 978-1-5362-0303-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 3-8. Two noted poets, Ted Kooser and Connie Wanek, [continue reading]