Recently, ACL received some paperback reissues of books published by Flashlight Press. Because ACL only reviews new books, we won’t be able to review these but wanted to check out the publisher’s history and focus. [continue reading]
Shape of Thunder Read-Alikes
READ-ALIKES The Shape of Thunder by Jasmine Warga Benjamin, Ali. The Thing About Jellyfish. Bishop, Jenn. Where We Used to Roam. Blake, Ashley Herring. Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea. Bow, Erin. Simon Sort [continue reading]
2025 Boston Globe – Horn Book Awards Announced
The 2025 Boston Globe – Horn Book Awards were announced on June 24, 2024. The award honors excellence in children’s and young adult literature, selecting books in three categories: picture book, fiction, and nonfiction. The [continue reading]
Spring Board Book Round-up, Part II
Spring Board Book Round-up, Part II New Original Board Books Adams, Rosie. Little Chick: A Touch and Feel Book. Illus. by Laura Silveira. Tiger Tales, 01/2025. [10p]. $7.99. 978-1-6643-5153-0. Using a rhyming text, Little [continue reading]
White House Secrets Review
Jarrow, Gail. White House Secrets: Medical Lies and Cover-ups. Medical Fiascoes. Calkins Creek, 09/2025. 288pp. Nonfiction. Trade $24.99. 978-1-66268-103-5. GRADES 5–10. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Jarrow’s latest book on medical calamities in history describes how nine U.S. [continue reading]
Death in the Jungle Review
Fleming, Candace. Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown. Schwartz & Wade, 04/2025. 356pp. Nonfiction. Trade $19.99. 978-0-593-48006-9. GRADES 9–Adult. OUTSTANDING. In 1978, preacher and cult leader Jim Jones of [continue reading]
Night Light Review
Emberley, Michael. Night Light. Michael Emberley, Illus. I Like to Read Comics. Holiday House, 04/2025. [32]pp. Reader. Trade $14.99. 978-0-8234-5816-5. GRADES Kindergarten–2. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Part of the I Like to Read Comics series of early [continue reading]
When Sally O’Malley Discovered the Sea Review
Cushman, Karen. When Sally O’Malley Discovered the Sea. Knopf, 03/2025. 230pp. Fiction. Trade $17.99. 978-0-593-65057-8. GRADES 4–6. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Orphan Sally O’Malley is on her own in Oregon in 1894 when she decides it is [continue reading]