Vavagiakis, Eve M. I’m a Neutrino: Tiny Particles in a Big Universe. Ilze Lemesis, Illus. Non-fiction. MIT Kids, 03/2022. [32]pp. $18.99. 978-1-5362-2207-4. ADDITIONAL. GRADES 2-5. How to explain what neutrinos are? One way is this [continue reading]
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Seen and Unseen Review
Partridge, Elizabeth. Seen and Unseen: What Toyo Miyataki, Dorothea Lange, and Ansel Adams Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration. Lauren Tamaki, Illus. Graphic. Chronicle, 10/2022. 132pp. $21.99. 978-1-4521- 6510-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-12. What happened during [continue reading]
Buzzkill Review
Maloney, Brenna. Buzzkill: A Wild Wander Through the Weird and Threatened World of Bugs. Dave Mottram, Illus. Non-fiction. H. Holt, 10/2022. 384pp. $19.99. 978-1-2508-0103-6. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. Some books demand to be shared—the stories are [continue reading]
I Could Not Do Otherwise Review
Latta, Sara. I Could Not Do Otherwise: The Remarkable Life of Dr. Mary Edwards Walker. Biography. Zest, 10/2022. 208pp. PLB $39.99 978-1-7284-1391-4, PB $16.99. 140 978-1-7284-1392-1. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 8-12. Dr. Mary Edwards Walker was [continue reading]
Unbreakable Review
Barone, Rebecca E. F. Unbreakable: The Spies Who Cracked the Nazi’s Secret Code. Non-fiction. H. Holt, 10/2022. 272pp. $19.99. 978-1-250- 81420-3. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 6-12. Spies, codebreakers, and the heroic struggle to defeat the Nazis, [continue reading]
Children of the Quicksands Review
Traoré, Efua. Children of the Quicksands. Fiction. Chicken House, 07/2022. 286 [+14]pp. $18.99. 978-1-338-78192-2. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 5-7. Thirteen-year-old Simi’s mom must travel to London from Lagos, Nigeria, for her new job, so Simi gets [continue reading]
Sharks Review
Forster, Miriam. Sharks: A Mighty Bite-y History. Gordy Wright, Illus. Non-fiction. Abrams, 05/2022. [84]pp. $24.99. 978-1-4197-4773-1. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 2-6. Sharks are some of the oldest animals on Earth and have survived extinction, predators, and changing [continue reading]
Little Monarchs Review
Case, Jonathan. Little Monarchs. Jonathan Case, Illus. Graphic Novel. Holiday House/ Ferguson, 04/2022. 256pp. $22.99. 978-0-8234-4260-7. PB $14.99. 978-0-8234-5139-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-7. It’s Summer 2110, and ten-year-old Evie, who is biracial, is keeping an illustrated naturalist’s [continue reading]