Schmitt, Kelly Rice. I Fuel: How Energy Powers Our Busy World. Jam Dong, Illus. Lerner/Millbrook, 10/2024. [40]pp. Nonfiction. Trade $19.99. 978-1-7284-7683-4. GRADES Preschool–2. ADDITIONAL. Follow a microscopic life form as it lives, dies, transforms, and eventually joins millions of others to provide energy to modern society. Mixed [continue reading]
Drawn Onward Review
Nayeri, Daniel. Drawn Onward. Matt Rockefeller, Illus. HarperAlley, 10/2024. 40pp. Picture Book. Trade $19.99. 978-0-06-327716-8. GRADES Preschool–3. OUTSTANDING. With very few words, Nayeri manages to tell an emotionally powerful story set in a fantasy world where the main character, a child with tan skin and brown hair [continue reading]
Gymnastics Superstars Review
Wagner, Zelda. Gymnastics Superstars. Lerner Sports Rookie: All-Time Best Athletes. Lerner, 08/2024. 24pp. Nonfiction. PLB $29.32. 979-8765625736. Paper $8.99. 979-8765628195. GRADES Kindergarten–2. ADDITIONAL. SERIES REVIEW. Please see: Football Superstars by Percy Leed for series review. [continue reading]
Basketball Superstars Review
Wagner, Zelda. Basketball Superstars. Lerner Sports Rookie: All-Time Best Athletes. Lerner, 08/2024. 24pp. Nonfiction. PLB $29.32. 979-8765625712. Paper $8.99. 979-8765628171. GRADES Kindergarten–2. ADDITIONAL. SERIES REVIEW. Please see: Football Superstars by Percy Leed for series review. [continue reading]
Mishka Review
Van de Vendel, Edward. Mishka. Annet Schaap, Illus. Addl. Creator Anoush Elman. Translated from the Dutch by Nancy Forest-Flier. Levine Querido, 10/2024. 151pp. Fiction. Trade $15.99. 978-1-64614-458-7. GRADES 3–5. ADDITIONAL. An Afghanistan refugee family of [continue reading]
I Am a Rock Review
Qilavaq-Savard, Ashley. I Am a Rock. Pelin Turgut, Illus. Inhabit Media, 04/2024. 26pp. Picture Book. Trade $17.95. 978-1-77227-475-2. GRADES Preschool–3. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Young Pauloosie lays in bed while Anaana (Inuktitut for “mother”) speaks through his [continue reading]
Dream Submarine Review
Gunnufson, Charlotte. Dream Submarine. Cleonique Hilsaca, Illus. Candlewick, 06/2024. 40pp. Picture Book. Trade $17.99. 978-1-5362-2479-5. GRADES Kindergarten–3. HIGH ADDITIONAL. A child boards the eponymous Dream Submarine to travel the ocean in this celebration of marine [continue reading]
Buffalo Dreamer Review
Duncan, Violet. Buffalo Dreamer. Penguin Random House / Nancy Paulsen, 08/2024. 110pp. Fiction. Trade $17.99. 978-0-5936-2481-4. GRADES 5–8. OUTSTANDING. At the same time that graves are discovered on the site of an old reservation school [continue reading]