Review

Mass, Wendy and Rebecca Stead. Bob. Nicholas Gannon, Illus. Fiction. Feiwel, 05/2018. 208pp. $16.99. 978-1-250-16662-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 3-6.  Livy doesn’t remember much from the last time she visited her Gran in drought-stricken Australia, five years [continue reading]

James, Matt. Funeral, The.  Matt James, Illus. Picture Book. Groundwood, 04/2018. [40]pp. $18.95. 978-1-55498-908-9. OUTSTANDING.  GRADES PRE-2. Norma’s great-uncle Frank has died. As the family prepares to attend the funeral, Norma, a white child, practices [continue reading]

Zoehfeld, Kathleen Weidner. What Makes a Blizzard? Maddie Frost, Illus. Non-fiction. Let’s Read and Find Out Science Series. HarperCollins, 01/2018. 35pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-248473-4. PB $6.99. 978-0-06-248472-7. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 1-3. This non-fiction book for early [continue reading]

Seeing Into Tomorrow: Haiku by Richard Wright. Nina Crews, Illus. Poetry. Millbrook, 02/2018. 32pp. PLB $19.97. 978-1-5124-1865-1. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES K-4 . Richard Wright wrote more than 4,000 haiku, most in the last year when he [continue reading]

Shetterly, Margot Lee and Winifred Conkling. Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race. Laura Freeman, Illus. Non-fiction. HarperCollins, 01/2018. [40]pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-274246-9. OUTSTANDING.  GRADES 1-5. Hidden Figures is the picture [continue reading]

Valério, Geraldo. Blue Rider. Geraldo Valério, Illus. Picture Book. Groundwood, 03/2018. [44]pp. $19.95. 978-1-55498-981-2. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-2.  Blue Rider is a paean to a book; in fact, it could be a paean to itself since [continue reading]