Hurston, Zora Neale. Barracoon: Adapted for Young Readers. Jazzmen Lee-Johnson, Illus. Addl. Creator Ibram X. Kendi. Amistad, 01/2024. 195pp. Biography. Trade $18.99. 978-0-0630-9833-6. GRADES 6–8. LOW ADDITIONAL. Zora Neale Hurston’s 1927 first-hand account of the life of Kossula, the last living U.S. victim of the Atlantic slave trade, [continue reading]
Months of the Year – Revised
Months of the Year – Revised January is a great time to have a storytime about the months of the year. For a craft project, make these paper plate months of the year wheels: [continue reading]
Pajamas Storytime – Revised
Pajamas Storytime – Revised Have a pajama party storytime as a special event, to kick off a new series of storytimes, or at the beginning of the summer reading program, or after returning from [continue reading]
I Fuel Review
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]