Melissa McAvoy

Moss, Marissa. Ellis Island Passover. Marissa Moss, Illus. Creston, 01/2025. 32pp. Picture Book. Trade $19.99. 978-1-9543-5432-6. GRADES Kindergarten–3. ADDITIONAL.          In this pen-and-ink picture book, Marissa Moss gives us a Passover tale in which the central [continue reading]

Preble, Joy. Happy Passover, Edie Rose. Valeria Cis, Illus. Kar-Ben, 01/2025. 32pp. Picture Book. Trade $18.99. 979-8-7656-2994-9. GRADES Kindergarten–2. HIGH ADDITIONAL.          Every year, Edie Rose in Apt 701 prepares a Passover for everyone in the [continue reading]

Ross, Fiona. No More Mr. Mice Guy. Fiona Ross, Illus. Tiger Tales, 7/2025. [32]pp. Picture Book. Trade $18.99. 978-16643-0074-3. GRADES Kindergarten–2. ADDITIONAL.          Squeak, a small mouse with a bow tie, wins a slimy prize from [continue reading]

Yuly, Toni. Go, Sloth, Go! Toni Yuly, Illus. Little Brown, 07/2025. [36]pp. Picture Book. Trade $18.99. 978-0-316-49791-6. GRADES Baby/Toddler–1. OUTSTANDING.             A softly smiling sloth wakes, ready to eat. Her slow climb to the tastiest leaves is narrated in brief, alliterative, rhyming text, punctuated by an interactive, encouraging [continue reading]

Day, Nicholas. World Without Summer, A: A Volcano Erupts, a Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out. Yas Imamura, Illus. Random House, 09/2025. 294pp. Nonfiction. Trade $19.99. 978-0-593-64387-7. GRADES 6–11. HIGH ADDITIONAL.         Animated language, dramatic events, and direct questions for the reader, connect the 1815 volcanic [continue reading]

Heiligman, Deborah. Loudmouth: Emma Goldman vs. America (A Love Story). Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 09/2025. 336pp. Biography. Trade $21.99. 978-1-2508-2307-6. GRADES 10–Adult. HIGH ADDITIONAL. In 1885 sixteen-year-old Emma Goldman immigrated to the United States. By her early twenties, she was at the heart of her [continue reading]

Maudsley, George. Ancient Greece. Eugenia Nobati, Illus. Addl. Creators Lisa Alderson and Daniel Rodgers. The Magnificent Book of Treasures. Weldon Owen, 08/2025. 80pp. Nonfiction. Trade $19.99. 979-8886740677.GRADES 3–7. ADDITIONAL.        Oversize pages and easy-to-read fonts explain thirty-seven objects, found by archaeologists, that help to illustrate life in Ancient [continue reading]

Lukoff, Kyle. World Worth Saving, A. Penguin Random House/Dial, 02/2025. 337pp. Fiction. Trade $18.99. 978-0-5936-1898-1. GRADES 5–9. OUTSTANDING.          Trans fourteen-year-old A Izenson has been isolated since the beginning of COVID and is all too aware of his parents’ and the world’s transphobia. However, it isn’t [continue reading]