Review

Woodson, Jacqueline. Harbor Me. Fiction. N. Paulsen/Penguin, 08/2018. 176pp. $17.99. 978-0-399-25252-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-5.  A special education class of fifth and sixth graders in Brooklyn meets on Friday afternoons and students reveal their deepest secrets [continue reading]

Woodcock, Fiona. Look. Fiona Woodcock, Illus. Picture Book. Greenwillow/HarperCollins, 07/2018. [32]pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-264455-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-1.  Look is a colorful, fun way to learn the double-o vowel pat­tern. One word appears boldly on each page [continue reading]

Pham, LeUyen. Itchy Book. LeUyen Pham, Illus. Easy Reader. Elephant and Piggie Like Reading Series; bk. 5. Hyperion, 05/2018. [64]pp. $9.99. 978-1-368-00564-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES K-2. There is nothing that makes a person more itchy than [continue reading]

Schatz, Kate. Rad Girls Can: Stories of Bold, Brave, and Brilliant Young Women. Miriam Klein Stahl, Illus. Non-fiction. Ten Speed, 07/2018. 112pp. $16.99. 978-0-399-58110-6. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-12. In the third book from this Bay Area [continue reading]

Callender, Kheryn. Hurricane Child. Fiction. Scholastic, 03/2018. 214pp. $17.99. 978-1-338-12930-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-8.  Hurricane Child portrays the complex and unique landscape of the U.S. Virgin Islands and the ever-relatable challenges of middle school bullies and [continue reading]

Partridge, Elizabeth. Boots on the Ground: America’s War in Vietnam. Non-fiction. Viking, 04/2018. 214pp. $22.99. 978-0-670-78506-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 7-12.  Six men and two women recount their personal experiences in this history of the war in [continue reading]

Lê, Minh. Drawn Together. Dan Santat, Illus. Picture Book. Disney/Hyperion, 06/2018. [36]pp. $17.99. 978-1-484767-60-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES K-3. When a Thai American boy’s mother drops him off for an after­noon with his grandfather who doesn’t speak [continue reading]