Smith, Lane. Recess. Lane Smith, Illus. Abrams, 07/2025. [36]pp. Picture Book. Trade $19.99. 978-1-4197-7689-2. GRADES Preschool–3. OUTSTANDING. Sometimes children need a break from school, even when it is not time for recess, and this book [continue reading]
Oh Dear, Look What I Got! Review
Rosen, Michael. Oh Dear, Look What I Got! Helen Oxenbury, Illus. Candlewick, 09/2025. [36]pp. Picture Book. Trade $17.99. 978-1-5362-3568-5. GRADES Preschool–2. OUTSTANDING. A boy goes to various shopkeepers and asks for items like a coat [continue reading]
Burning Season Review
Rose, Caroline Starr. Burning Season, The. Nancy Paulsen, 05/2025. 237pp. Fiction. Trade $17.99. 978-0-593-61793-9. GRADES 4–7. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Twelve-year-old Opal lives with her mother and grandmother in a fire observation tower in a forest in [continue reading]
Interrupted Lives Review
Friedeman, Amanda. Interrupted Lives: Nine Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust. Kar-Ben, 03/2025. 72pp. Nonfiction. Paper $10.99. 979-8765607763. GRADES 4–8. ADDITIONAL. Nine Jewish people from different countries and areas of Europe who survived the [continue reading]
Jim! Six True Stories About One Great Artist Review
Connors, Jerrold. Jim! Six True Stories About One Great Artist: James Marshall. Jerrold Connors, Illus. Dial, 05/2025. 72pp. Biography. Trade $20.99. 978-0-593-85934-6. GRADES Kindergarten–3. OUTSTANDING. This picture book biography of children’s author and illustrator James [continue reading]
Up, up, and Away Review
Svoboda, Tomas Smot. Up, up, and Away: The History of Aviation. Tomas Smot Svoboda, Illus. Translated from the Czech by Andrew Oakland. Albatross, 07/2025. 57pp. Nonfiction. Trade $19.95. 978-80-00-07460-3. GRADES 3–5. ADDITIONAL. Readers interested in [continue reading]
We’re Moving House Review
Jackson, Mick. We’re Moving House. Rashin Kheiriyeh, Illus. Candlewick, 02/2025. [32]pp. Picture Book. Trade $17.99. 978-1-5362-3892-1. GRADES Preschool–2. OUTSTANDING. In the tradition of literal wordplay made popular by the Amelia Bedelia series, We’re Moving House [continue reading]
Terror Birds Review
Gramson, Hannah. Terror Birds: A First Look. Read for a Better World: Read About Prehistoric Beasts. Lerner, 08/2025. 24pp. Nonfiction. PLB $29.32. 979-8765669075. Paper $9.99. 979-8765684719. GRADES Preschool–1. ADDITIONAL. SERIES REVIEW. Please see: Ground Sloths: [continue reading]