Bloomfield, Jill Colella. Duct Tape Purim. Kar-Ben, 02/2023. 32pp. Non-Fiction. GRADES 1 – 4. $19.99. 978-1-5415-3469-8. LOW ADDITIONAL. This Purim costume craft book recycles about 75% of the content of Lerner’s Duct Tape Costumes (Bernhardt, [continue reading]
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Bear, a Bee, and a Honey Tree Review
Bernstrom, Daniel. Bear, a Bee, and a Honey Tree, A. Brandon James Scott, Illus. Hippo Park, 11/2022. 40pp. Picture Book. GRADES Preschool – 1. $18.99. 978-1-6626-4008-7. OUTSTANDING. Humor, action, and playful rhymes will delight young [continue reading]
Iveliz Explains it All Review
Arango, Andrea Beatriz. Iveliz Explains it All. Alyssa Bermudez, Illus. Random House, 09/2022. 272pp. Fiction. GRADES 5-9. $16.99. 978-0-593-56397-7. OUTSTANDING. This Newbery Honor Award winner brilliantly illuminates a middle school girl’s daily struggle to get [continue reading]
Patron Thief of Bread Review
Eagar, Lindsay. Patron Thief of Bread. Candlewick, 05/2022. 448pp. Fiction. GRADES 5 – 9. $19.99. 978-1-5362-0468-1. OUTSTANDING. Eight-year-old Duck lives with a raggedy band of pickpockets and petty thieves, all children, who call themselves the [continue reading]
Winter Bird Review
Banks, Kate. Winter Bird, The. Suzie Mason, Illus. Candlewick, 10/2022. [32]pp. Picture Book. GRADES Kindergarten – 1. $18.99. 978-1-5362-1568-7. ADDITIONAL. What is winter, and snow, to a bird who normally flies south? Due to a [continue reading]
Booked Review
Alexander, Kwame. Booked. Dawud, Anyabwile, Illus. The Crossover (Graphic Novel) Series; bk. 2. Clarion, 08/2022. 315pp. Graphic. GRADES 6 – 9. $24.99. 978-0-35-816181-3 PB. $12.99. 978-0-35-816182-0. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Enjoy a glimpse of Nick Hall’s life [continue reading]
Babel or the Necessity of Violence Review
Kuang, R.F. Babel or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution. Harper Voyager, 08/2022. 560pp. Fiction. $27.99. 978-0-06-302142-6. GRADES 8 – Adult. OUTSTANDING. In an 1829 where Britain’s empire spreads using [continue reading]
As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow Review
Kahtouh, Zoulfa. As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow. Fiction. Little, Brown, 09/2022. 416pp. $18.99. 978-0-316-35137-9. GRADES 9 – 12. OUTSTANDING. Her native city of Homs is crumbling under bombings during the Syrian revolution, and [continue reading]