Review

Zosienka. Moon Keeper, The. Zosienka, Illus. Picture Book. HarperCollins, 03/2020. [40]pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-295952-2. OUTSTANDING. TODDLER. Emile the polar bear is appointed keeper of the moon by the other night animals; but as it begins to [continue reading]

Colbert, Brandy. Voting Booth, The. Fiction. Disney/Hyperion, 07/2020. 304pp. $18.99. 978-1-368-05329-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 9-12. Set over the course of Election Day 2020, this delightful two-hander starts when activist Marva (described as having dark brown skin) [continue reading]

Newson, Karl. Bear Is a Bear (Except When He’s Not), A. Anuska Allepuz, Illus. Picture Book. Nosy Crow, 08/2020. [32]pp. $16.99. 978-1-5362-1202-0. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-2. A bear imagines he is various different animals in this [continue reading]

Wolk, Lauren. Echo Mountain. Fiction. Dutton, 04/2020. 356pp. $17.99. 978-0-525-55556-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-7. Twelve-year-old Ellie has adjusted to the life changes associ­ated with moving from town to the mountains in Maine during the Depression, but [continue reading]

Avi. Gold Rush Girl. Fiction. Candlewick, 03/2020. 306pp. $17.99. 978-1-5362-0679-1. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. Tory recounts her experience in San Francisco, where she, her father, and her younger brother have relocated from Rhode Is­land to seek [continue reading]

Yang, Gene Luen. Dragon Hoops. Gene Luen Yang, Illus. Graphic novel. First Second, 03/2020. 448pp. $24.99. 978-1-626720-79-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 8-12. This graphic novel follows Bishop O’Dowd High School’s 2014-2015 basketball team and their quest for [continue reading]