Larsen, Andrew. Gifts from the Garbage Truck: A True Story About the Things We (Don’t) Throw Away. Oriol Vidal, Illus. Sourcebooks, 09/2024. 40pp. Picture Book. Trade $18.99. 978-1-7282-8351-7. GRADES Kindergarten–3. HIGH ADDITIONAL. As a child, Puerto Rican Nelson Molina collected, repaired, and gifted thrown away treasures. In [continue reading]
Mythmakers Review
Hendrix, John. Mythmakers, The: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. John Hendrix, Illus. Abrams, 09/2024. 224pp. Graphic. Trade $24.99. 978-1-4197-4634-5. GRADES 6–10. OUTSTANDING. Hendrix’s graphic biography focuses on exactly how Tolkien and Lewis’s deep friendship inspired their radical creative leaps. Combining playful illustration, strong [continue reading]
World of Rot Review
Crow-Miller, Britt. World of Rot: Learn All About the Wriggly, Slimy, Super-Cool Decomposers We Couldn’t Live Without. Bruno Valasse, Illus. Storey, 09/2024. 80pp. Nonfiction. Trade $18.99. 978-1-6358-6669-8. GRADES 2–6. OUTSTANDING. The wonderful and essential world of rot is all around you, on you, and in you. Slow [continue reading]
Hysterical Girls of St. Bernadette’s Review
Alkaf, Hanna. Hysterical Girls of St. Bernadette’s, The. Simon & Schuster / Salaam, 09/2024. 352pp. Fiction. Trade $19.99. 978-1-5344-9458-9. GRADES 7–12. HIGH ADDITIONAL. For more than one hundred years, prestigious St. Bernadette’s has taught and shaped the girls of Kuala Lumpur, equipping them with education [continue reading]
Little Chefs Review
Wells, Rosemary. Little Chefs, The: Three Stories. Rosemary Wells, Illus. Hippo Park, 10/2024. 80pp. Picture Book. Trade $18.99. 978-1-66264-071-1. GRADES 1–3. ADDITIONAL. Three short stories make up this longer picture book, illustrated with Wells’s signature [continue reading]
Love, the Earth Review
Stickley, Frances. Love, the Earth. Tim Hopgood, Illus. Candlewick, 03/2024. [44]pp. Picture Book. Trade $17.99. 978-1-5362-3412-1. GRADES Preschool–2. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Earth delivers a message to its people in this rhyming picture book: “I am the [continue reading]
Beto’s Berry Treasure Review
Lacika, Jenny. Beto’s Berry Treasure. Addy Rivera Sonda, Illus. Storytelling Math. Charlesbridge, 10/2024. [32]pp. Picture Book. Trade $16.99. 978-1623544416. GRADES Preschool–2. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Beto invites his sister Cora (who is a pirate fanatic) to a [continue reading]
In the Winter Woods Review
Kulot, Daniela. In the Winter Woods. Daniela Kulot, Illus. Translated from the German by Elisabeth Lauffer. Charlesbridge, 10/2024. [28]pp. Picture Book. Trade $17.99. 978-1-62354-495-9. GRADES Preschool–2. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Squirrel can’t remember where he stockpiled the [continue reading]