Perrin, Clotilde. Inside the Suitcase. Gecko Press, 09/2021. [20p.]. $21.99, 978-1-776573-43-1. Originally published in France and translated by Daniel Hahn, this picture book with flaps is about a boy with a magical red suitcase. [continue reading]
SPRING BOARD BOOK ROUND-UP, PART II
SPRING BOARD BOOK ROUND-UP, PART II New Board Books Cousins, Lucy. Little Fish’s Ocean. Candlewick, 03/2022. [10p.] $9.99. 978-1-5362-1685-1. A rhyming text and gatefold flaps combine for a solid story on undersea life, [continue reading]
Chirp! Review
Murphy, Mary. Chirp! Mary Murphy, Illus. Picture Book. Candlewick, 03/2022. [32]pp. $17.99. 978-1-5362-1769-8. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES PRE-K. Birds say hello to a brand new day with a tempo building from one sparrow chirping as the [continue reading]
Author Jim Murphy Dies
Author Jim Murphy Dies: Jim Murphy, author of several award-winning nonfiction books for children, died at age 74 on May 1, 2022. He began as an editor’s assistant but decided on being a children’s author. [continue reading]
Frankie & Bug Read-Alikes
Frankie & Bug by Gayle Forman Callender, Kacen. King and the Dragonflies. Dee, Barbara. Violets Are Blue. Hiranandani, Veera. How to Find What You’re Not Looking For. Holm, Jennifer L. The Lion of Mars. Kelly, [continue reading]
The Great Stink Review
Paeff, Colleen. Great Stink, The: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London’s Poop Pollution Problem. Nancy Carpenter, Illus. Non-fiction. Simon & Schuster/ McElderry, 08/2021. [40]pp. $17.99. 978-1-5344-4929-9. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 1-4. London in the 1800s smelled terrible—and people [continue reading]
ACL Meeting on Friday, May 13, 2022 at 10am
ACL Meeting Friday, May 13, 2022: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, May 13, 2022, from 10:00am-Noon over Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84205853956?pwd=V3FQOG5sOEpPaVhxS0hOQzA4TlhEQT09. For our [continue reading]
Packing for Mars for Kids Review
Roach, Mary. Packing for Mars for Kids. Non-fiction. Norton, 04/2022. 144pp. $16.95. 978-1-324-01937-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-7. What is the greatest challenge for a rocket scientist? It turns out it is the human body. In seven [continue reading]