Van Oosbree, Ruthie. Blossom and the Daisies. Lisa Hunt, Illus. Pull Ahead Readers Fiction: In the Garden. Lerner, 01/2025. 16pp. Reader. PLB $27.99. 979-8765647660. Paper $8.99. 979-8765661871. GRADES Preschool–1. ADDITIONAL. SERIES REVIEW: Please see Bees Help Gardens Grow by Katherine Chu for series review. Joshua Rees—Daly City Public Library
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Earthworms Help Plants Review
Chu, Katherine. Earthworms Help Plants. Pull Ahead Readers Nonfiction: In the Garden. Lerner, 01/2025. 16pp.Reader. PLB $27.99. 979-8765647752. Paper $8.99. 979-8765661970. GRADES Preschool–1. ADDITIONAL. SERIES REVIEW: Please see Bees Help Gardens Grow by Katherine Chu for series review. Joshua Rees—Daly City Public Library
Composting Fun Review
Chu, Katherine. Composting Fun. Pull Ahead Readers Nonfiction: In the Garden. Lerner, 01/2025. 16pp. Reader. PLB $27.99. 979-8765647745. Paper $8.99. 979-8765661963. GRADES Preschool–1. ADDITIONAL. SERIES REVIEW: Please see Bees Help Gardens Grow by Katherine Chu for series review. Joshua Rees—Daly City Public Library
Bees Help Gardens Grow Review
Chu, Katherine. Bees Help Gardens Grow. Pull Ahead Readers Nonfiction: In the Garden. Lerner, 01/2025. 16pp. Reader. PLB $27.99. 979-8765647738. Paper $8.99. 979-8765661956. 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]
Zuzu Secret Review
Chernick, Miriam. Zuzu Secret, The. Charlesbridge, 05/2025. 266pp. Fiction. Trade $17.99. 978-1-62354-573-4. GRADES 4–8. ADDITIONAL. Twelve-year-old Josie is looking forward to volunteering with a veterinarian this summer, but there are complications. The family is new to town, her older brother Abe can’t be alone [continue reading]
Chronically Dolores Review
Van Wagenen, Maya. Chronically Dolores. Penguin/Dutton, 03/2024. 320pp. Fiction. Trade $18.99. 978-0-525-42682-0. GRADES 7–12. OUTSTANDING. Dolores has interstitial cystitis, a chronic bladder condition that is a source of pain, frustration, and embarrassment. After a mortifying incident at school, the fourteen-year-old Mexican American girl spirals [continue reading]
Ultraviolet Review
Salazar, Aida. Ultraviolet. Scholastic, 04/2024. 304pp. Fiction. Trade $18.99. 978-1-3387-7565-5. GRADES 5–10. OUTSTANDING. Thirteen-year-old Elio Solis has fallen hard for the girl of his sueños, dreamy Camelia. In this highly accessible and true-to-life story of a Mexican boy living his life with his parents and [continue reading]
We Are Definitely Human Review
Fang, X. We Are Definitely Human. X. Fang, Illus. Tundra, 08/2024. [48]pp. Picture Book. Trade $18.99. 978-1-7748-8202-3. GRADES Preschool–2. OUTSTANDING. When three big-eyed, blue-skinned “strangers” crash land outside Mr. and Mrs. Li’s house, the local people pull together in kindness, helping the “visitors” fix their broken vehicle. [continue reading]







