Jane Addams Peace Award Announced: The 2024 Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards were announced Feb. 15, 2024. They honor books that promote peace and social justice. Book Award – Jane Addams Peace Association (janeaddamschildrensbookaward.org). The [continue reading]
Author Robie Harris Dies
Author Robie Harris Dies: Robie Harris, author of several children’s sex education books, has died at age 83. It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, and Sexual Health (1994), and several other books by Harris [continue reading]
Ben Rothery’s Deadly and Dangerous Animals Review
Rothery, Ben. Ben Rothery’s Deadly and Dangerous Animals. Ben Rothery, Illus. Tilbury House, 10/2023. 48pp. Nonfiction. Trade $19.95. 978-1-958394-25-0. GRADES 2–7. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Dramatic drawings, likely done using colored pencil, display animals that are especially [continue reading]
Five Little Chicks Review
Murray, Lily. Five Little Chicks. Holly Surplice, Illus. Candlewick /Templar, 12/2023. [24]pp. Picture Book. Trade $16.99. 978-1-5362-3261-5. GRADES Baby/Toddler–Kindergarten. ADDITIONAL. In this variation on the nursery song and fingerplay “Five Little Ducks Went Out One [continue reading]
Truth About Dragons Review
Leung, Julie. Truth About Dragons, The. Hanna Cha, Illus. Henry Holt, 08/2023. [40]pp. Picture Book. Trade $18.99. 978-1-250-82058-7. GRADES Kindergarten–3. OUTSTANDING. An Asian mother tells her son a story about dragons, where he begins his [continue reading]
Voice in the Hollow Review
Hillenbrand, Will. Voice in the Hollow, The. Will Hillenbrand, Illus. Holiday House, 10/2023. [36]pp. Picture Book. Trade $18.99. 978-0-8234-3681-1. GRADES Preschool–2. OUTSTANDING. During a snowstorm, Hubert (a young mouse) takes a shortcut home through the [continue reading]
Billy & Rose: Just the Way They Are Review
Hest, Amy. Billy & Rose: Just the Way They Are. Kady MacDonald Denton, Illus. Billy & Rose; bk. 2. Candlewick, 10/2023. 42pp. Reader. Trade $16.99. 978-1-5362-1420-8. GRADES 1–3. ADDITIONAL. In this sequel to Billy & [continue reading]
Henry, Like Always Review
Bailey, Jenn. Henry, Like Always. Mika Song, Illus. Chronicle, 03/2023. 40pp. Fiction. Trade $14.99. 978-1-7972-1389-7. GRADES 1–4. OUTSTANDING. Henry likes school but doesn’t like it when the schedule changes or things are not done as [continue reading]