Marsh, Katherine. Lost Year, The. Roaring Brook, 01/2023. 354pp. Fiction. Trade $17.99. 978-1-250-31360-7. Paper $8.99. 978-1-250-90930-5. GRADES 5–8. OUTSTANDING. During the COVID-19 lockdown, thirteen-year-old Matthew is helping his one-hundred-year-old Ukrainian great-grandmother, Nadiya (GG) unpack when [continue reading]
Scott O’Dell Award Named
Scott O’Dell Award Named: The 2024 Scott O’Dell Award for children’s historical fiction has been announced. The winner is Bea and the New Deal Horse by L.M. Elliott. The Scott O’Dell Award (scottodell.com).
Jane Addams Peace Award Announced
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]