ACL Meeting Friday, July 11, 2025: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, July 11, 2025, from 9:20am-Noon, (note time change) over Zoom. The [continue reading]
Flashlight Press Celebrates 20 Years
Recently, ACL received some paperback reissues of books published by Flashlight Press. Because ACL only reviews new books, we won’t be able to review these but wanted to check out the publisher’s history and focus. [continue reading]
Shape of Thunder Read-Alikes
READ-ALIKES The Shape of Thunder by Jasmine Warga Benjamin, Ali. The Thing About Jellyfish. Bishop, Jenn. Where We Used to Roam. Blake, Ashley Herring. Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea. Bow, Erin. Simon Sort [continue reading]
All the Blues in the Sky Review
Watson, Renée. All the Blues in the Sky. Bloomsbury, 02/2025. 182pp. Fiction. Trade $17.99. 978-1-5476-0589-7. GRADES 5–8. OUTSTANDING. Thirteen-year-old aspiring pilot Sage is reeling from the recent and sudden loss of her best friend. Watson’s [continue reading]
Born Inside a Nest So Small Review
Trapani, Iza. Born Inside a Nest So Small: Conversation with a Hummingbird. Iza Trapani, Illus. Charlesbridge, 06/2025. [32]pp. Picture Book. Trade $17.99. 978-1-62354-584-0. GRADES Preschool–1. ADDITIONAL. Experience life as a hummingbird through this informative picture [continue reading]
2025 Boston Globe – Horn Book Awards Announced
The 2025 Boston Globe – Horn Book Awards were announced on June 24, 2024. The award honors excellence in children’s and young adult literature, selecting books in three categories: picture book, fiction, and nonfiction. The [continue reading]
Penguin Gets Cleaned Up Review
Chin, Cherilyn. Penguin Gets Cleaned Up. Tracy Nishimura Bishop, Illus. Lilly Lu to the Rescue. Lerner, 01/2025. 32pp. Fiction. PLB $30.65. 979-8765619674. Paper $9.99. 979-8765619810. GRADES 1–2. HIGH ADDITIONAL. SERIES REVIEW. Please see: Dolphin’s Cry [continue reading]
Dolphin’s Cry for Help Review
Chin, Cherilyn. Dolphin’s Cry for Help. Tracy Nishimura Bishop, Illus. Lilly Lu to the Rescue. Lerner, 01/2025. 32pp. Fiction. PLB $30.65. 979-8765619667. Paper $9.99. 979-8765619803. GRADES 1–2. HIGH ADDITIONAL. SERIES REVIEW: This early chapter book [continue reading]