Each month we post an annotated bibliography of books that were rated ‘Outstanding’ and nominated for our Distinguished List at our previous month’s meeting. Members can see full reviews of these books and many more [continue reading]
Review
They Called Us Enemy Review
Takai, George, Justin Eisinger, and Steven Scott. They Called Us Enemy. Harmony Becker, Illus. Graphic. Top Shelf, 07/2019. 204[+4]pp. PB $19.99. 978-1-60309-450-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 7-ADULT. Actor George Takai, best known as Star Trek’s Sulu, leads [continue reading]
Downstairs Girl Review
Lee, Stacey. Downstairs Girl, The. Fiction. Putnam, 08/2019. 384pp. $17.99. 978-1-5247-4095-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 8-12. In 1890 Atlanta, Jo Kuan, a 17-year-old Chinese American girl, has just lost her job with a milliner for being a [continue reading]
Wait, Rest, Pause Review
Atkins, Marcie Flinchum. Wait, Rest, Pause: Dormancy in Nature. Non-fiction. Millbrook/Lerner, 09/2019. [32]pp. $27.99. 978-1-5415-6192-2. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-2. Don’t miss this well-executed non-fiction book for older preschool to second graders about a rarely discussed concept, [continue reading]
OUTSTANDING! – August 2019
Each month we post an annotated bibliography of books that were rated ‘Outstanding’ and nominated for our Distinguished List at our previous month’s meeting. Members can see full reviews of these books and many more [continue reading]
Dear America: The Story of an Undocumented Citizen Review
Vargas, Jose Antonio. Dear America: The Story of an Undocumented Citizen. Biography. HarperCollins, 2019. 130pp. $16.99. 978-0-06-291459-0. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. Pulitzer-prize-winning author Jose Antonio Vargas opens this young-reader version of his autobiography with a brief [continue reading]
Green Place to Be Review
Yazdani, Ashley Benham. Green Place to Be, A: The Creation of Central Park. Picture Book. Candlewick, 03/2019. [40]pp. $17.99. 978-0-7636-9695-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 1-5. In 1858, Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted won a contest to [continue reading]
Cinderella Liberator Review
Solnit, Rebecca. Cinderella Liberator. Arthur Rackham, Illus. Folklore. Haymarket, 05/2019. 29pp. $17.95. 978-1-608-46596-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-ADULT. A feminist reimagining of Cinderella, this story alters the narrative to focus on the liberation that comes with helping [continue reading]