Barnett. Mac. Make Believe: On Telling Stories to Children. Little, Brown and Company. 2026. 112p. TR $20.00. ISBN 978-0316601122. Mac Barnett’s Make Believe is a small 112-page, 5.2 x 7 book that has angered many [continue reading]
Little Prince Read-Alikes
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery Bozzi, Riccardo. The Forest. Burnett, Frances Hodgson. The Secret Garden. Carroll, Lewis. Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland. DiCamillo, Kate. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. Garnier, Jonathan. [continue reading]
Let’s Camp Review
Rotner, Shelley. Let’s Camp. Lerner/Millbrook, 03/2026. [30]pp. Nonfiction. PLB $31.99. 979-8-7656-7047-7. Paper $10.99. 979-8-7656-7048-4. GRADES Preschool–1. ADDITIONAL. See some of the activities that kids do when they go camping via this photograph-rich title designed to [continue reading]
Two Artists, Grandad and Me Review
Pinkney Barlow, Charnelle. Two Artists, Grandad and Me. Charnelle Pinkney Barlow, Illus. Random House/Doubleday, 01/2026. [29]pp. Biography. Trade $18.99. 978-0-5935-7122-4. GRADES Preschool–3. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Written by the late artist’s granddaughter, Two Artists, Grandad and Me [continue reading]
What Good is a Dead Tree Review
Wechsler, Doug. What Good is a Dead Tree? A Science Mystery. Lerner/Millbrook, 04/2026. 40pp. Nonfiction. PLB $33.32. 979-8-3480-1053-9. GRADES 4–7. HIGH ADDITIONAL. The death cycle of an oak tree is explained in an unusual, though interesting, manner. Journey fifty [continue reading]
Alice With a Why Review
James, Anna. Alice With a Why. Matthew Land, Illus. Flamingo, 01/2026. 216pp. Fiction. Trade$18.99. 978-0-593-69199-1. GRADES 3–7. OUTSTANDING. Alyce—Alice with a “why”—proves herself a worthy successor to her grandmother, the original Alice of Alice in [continue reading]
Shell Seeker Review
Sherman, Suzanne. Shell Seeker: The Life, Work, and Adventures of a Blind Biologist. Linda Olliver, Illus. National Science Teachers Association / NSTAKids, 01/2026. 46pp. Biography. Trade $19.99. 979-8-8997-7010-4. GRADES 2–4. ADDITIONAL. “See” how a young [continue reading]
Rare Bird Review
Cooper, Elisha. Rare Bird, The. Elisha Cooper, Illus. Roaring Book, 02/2026. [35]pp. Picture Book. Trade $18.99. 978-1-250-36439-5. GRADES Preschool–1. OUTSTANDING. The Rare Bird is about a playful house cat whose imagination comes alive inside a [continue reading]