Fajardo, Kat. Miss Quinces: A Graphic Novel. Kat Fajardo, Illus./Mariana Azzi, Colorist. Scholastic/Graphix. 05/2022. 234 [+18]pp. Graphic. GRADES 4-8. OUTSTANDING. $24.99. 978-1-338-53558-7. PB $8.89. 978-1-338-53559-4. Second-generation Honduran American Suyapa (Sue) hopes to spend her summer [continue reading]
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Only the Best Review
Messner, Kate and Margaret E. Powell. Only the Best: The Exceptional Life and Fashion of Ann Lowe. Erin K. Robinson, Illustrator. Chronicle. 10/2022. 56pp. Biography. GRADES 2 – 5. OUTSTANDING. Trade $18.99. 978-1-45216-160-0. With panache [continue reading]
Mommy’s Hometown Review
Lim, Hope. Mommy’s Hometown. Jaime Kim, Illustrator. Candlewick. 04/2022. [32]pp. Picture Book. GRADES Kindergarten – 2. ADDITIONAL. Trade $17.99. 978-1-5362-1332-4. A young boy has heard mommy’s stories about what her hometown was like when she [continue reading]
Berry Song Review
Goade, Michaela. Berry Song. Michaela Goade, Illustrator. Little, Brown. 07/2022. [34]pp. Picture Book. GRADES Preschool – 2. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Trade $18.99. 978-0-316-49417-5. A young girl and her grandmother gather berries and other supplies from nature [continue reading]
Learning to Fall Review
Engelfried, Sally. Learning to Fall. Little, Brown. 09/2022. 268pp. Fiction. GRADES 5 – 8. OUTSTANDING. Trade $16.99. 978-0-316-36797-4. Daphne’s mother sends her to spend the summer in Oakland, California with her dad while mom is [continue reading]
Freewater Review
Luqman-Dawson, Amina. Freewater. Little, Brown. 02/2022. 398 [+8]pp. Fiction. GRADES 4 – 7. ADDITIONAL. Trade $16.99. 978-0-316-05661-8. Employing nine different voices in her first novel, Luqman-Dawson weaves the story of runaway slave twelve-year-old Homer and [continue reading]
In the Key of Us Review
Lockington, Mariama J. In the Key of Us. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 04/2022. 368pp. Fiction. GRADES 5 – 8. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Trade $16.99. 978-0-3743-1410-1. Andi and Zora are thirteen-year-old Black girls attending a prestigious music [continue reading]
Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle Review
LaCour, Nina. Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle. Juanita Kaylani, Illustrator. Candlewick. 03/2022. [32]pp. Picture Book. GRADES Preschool – 3. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Trade $17.99. 978-1-5362-1151-1. A brown-skinned little girl fits “perfectly in the [continue reading]