Goade, Michaela. Berry Song. Michaela Goade, Illustrator. Little, Brown. 07/2022. [34]pp. Picture Book. GRADES Preschool – 2. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Trade $18.99. 978-0-316-49417-5. A young girl and her grandmother gather berries and other supplies from nature [continue reading]
Learning to Fall Review
Engelfried, Sally. Learning to Fall. Little, Brown. 09/2022. 268pp. Fiction. GRADES 5 – 8. OUTSTANDING. Trade $16.99. 978-0-316-36797-4. Daphne’s mother sends her to spend the summer in Oakland, California with her dad while mom is [continue reading]
Freewater Review
Luqman-Dawson, Amina. Freewater. Little, Brown. 02/2022. 398 [+8]pp. Fiction. GRADES 4 – 7. ADDITIONAL. Trade $16.99. 978-0-316-05661-8. Employing nine different voices in her first novel, Luqman-Dawson weaves the story of runaway slave twelve-year-old Homer and [continue reading]
In the Key of Us Review
Lockington, Mariama J. In the Key of Us. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 04/2022. 368pp. Fiction. GRADES 5 – 8. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Trade $16.99. 978-0-3743-1410-1. Andi and Zora are thirteen-year-old Black girls attending a prestigious music [continue reading]
Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle Review
LaCour, Nina. Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle. Juanita Kaylani, Illustrator. Candlewick. 03/2022. [32]pp. Picture Book. GRADES Preschool – 3. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Trade $17.99. 978-1-5362-1151-1. A brown-skinned little girl fits “perfectly in the [continue reading]
H is for Harlem Review
Johnson, Dinah. H is for Harlem. April Harrison, Illustrator. Little, Brown. 07/2022. [40]pp. Non-Fiction. GRADES Kindergarten – 4. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Trade $18.99. 978-0-316-32237-9. In this alphabet, Dinah Johnson creates a guide to the important places [continue reading]
Not Yet, Yeti Review
Freitas, Bethany V. Not Yet, Yeti. Maddie Frost, Illustrator. Clarion. 06/2022. [32]pp. Picture Book. GRADES Preschool – 1. ADDITIONAL. Trade $17.99. 978-0-358-45025-2. Yeti begins his first day at school ready to meet new friends, play [continue reading]
Be Thankful for Trees Review
Ziefert, Harriet. Be Thankful for Trees. Brian Fitzgerald, Illus. Red Comet, 03/2022. [76]pp. Picture Book. GRADES Preschool-Kindergarten. $19.99. 978-1-63655-020-6. ADDITIONAL. Ziefert’s informative picture book tribute to trees demonstrates seven ways (food, comfort, music, art, recreation, home, [continue reading]