Frost, Helen. Wait–And See. Rick Lieder, Illustrator. Non-fiction. Candlewick, 05/2022. 24pp. $17.99. 978-1-5362- 1631-8. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES PRE-3. If you can be very still, patient, and just wait, what will you see? Short, simple, lyrical [continue reading]
At the Pond Review
Elliott, David. At the Pond. Amy Schimler-Safford, Illus. Picture Book. Candlewick, 05/2022. [32]pp. $18.99. 978-1- 5362-0598-5. ADDITIONAL. GRADES PRE-1. What could life at a pond be like if there was no human influence? Mixed-media and [continue reading]
All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir Wins National Book Award
All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir Wins National Book Award for Young People’s Literature: Sabaa Tahir won the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature for her Young Adult novel All My Rage (Razorbill/Penguin Random [continue reading]
Elephant Island Review
Timmers, Leo. Elephant Island. Leo Timmers, Illus. Picture Book. Translated from the Dutch by James Brown. Lerner/Gecko, 03/2022. [32]pp. $18.99. 978-1- 77657-434-6. ADDITIONAL. GRADES PRE-1. Arnold the elephant’s boat sinks, thus stranding him on [continue reading]
Whose Bones Are Those? Review
Takeuchi, Chihiro. Whose Bones Are Those? Takeuchi Chihiro, Illus. Picture Book. Candlewick, 06/2022. [32]pp. $17.99. 978-1-5362-2145-9. ADDITIONAL. GRADES K-1. There’s nothing better than using clues to predict what animal is being revealed as the page [continue reading]
Attack of the Black Rectangles Review
King, Amy Sarig. Attack of the Black Rectangles. Fiction. Scholastic, 09/2022. 258 [+4]pp. $18.99. 978-1-338-68052-2. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. Every town needs rules, and everyone should follow them, at least that is what sixth grader Mac [continue reading]
Silence that Binds Us Review
Ho, Joanna. Silence that Binds Us, The. Fiction. Harper Teen, 06/14/2022. 448 [+4]pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-305934-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 9-12. Maybelline Chen’s brother Danny is handsome, popular, accepted at Princeton and, horribly, unaccountably, dead by suicide, one [continue reading]
Mickey Mouse Funhouse Review
Auerbach, Annie and Hannah Cook. Mickey Mouse Funhouse: The Summer Snow Day. Loter, Inc. Easy Reader. World of Reading Series: Level 1, Pre-1. Disney, 04/2022. 32pp. PB $4.99. 978-1-368-07876-4. ADDITIONAL. GRADES K-1. Mickey Mouse and [continue reading]