Marrin, Albert. When Forests Burn: The Story of Wildfire in America. Knopf, 03/2024. 256pp. Nonfiction. Trade $24.99. 978-0-5931-2173-3. GRADES 8–12. HIGH ADDITIONAL. You might think a book about wildfire would start with flames, and it does, but before the story gets going our conversational narrator [continue reading]
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Kill Her Twice Review
Lee, Stacey. Kill Her Twice. G.P. Putnam, 04/2024. 400pp. Fiction. Trade $19.99. 978-0-593-53204-1. GRADES 7–12. ADDITIONAL. In 1932 teenaged Gemma Chow, like many Angelenos, burns with a spirit of reinvention, but with her dad ill and her mother expecting, practical matters rule until Gemma, and [continue reading]
Medicine Through the Ages: From Acupuncture to Antibiotics Review
Woods, Michael. Medicine Through the Ages: From Acupuncture to Antibiotics. Addl. Creators Mary B. Woods. Technology Through the Ages. Twenty-First Century, 01/2024. 80pp. Nonfiction. PLB $37.32. 979-8765610039. Paper $14.99. 979-8765625200. GRADES 6–12. ADDITIONAL. SERIES REVIEW. [continue reading]
Machines Through the Ages: From Furnaces to Factories Review
Woods, Michael. Machines Through the Ages: From Furnaces to Factories. Addl. Creators Mary B. Woods. Technology Through the Ages. Twenty-First Century, 01/2024. 80pp. Nonfiction. PLB $37.32. 979-8765610053. Paper $14.99. 979-8765625224. GRADES 6–12. ADDITIONAL. SERIES REVIEW. [continue reading]
Computing Through the Ages: From Bones to Binary Review
Woods, Michael. Computing Through the Ages: From Bones to Binary. Addl. Creators Mary B. Woods. Technology Through the Ages. Twenty-First Century, 01/2024. 80pp. Nonfiction. PLB $37.32. 979-8765610046. Paper $14.99. 979-8765625217. GRADES 6–12. ADDITIONAL. SERIES REVIEW. [continue reading]
Agriculture Through the Ages: From Silk to Supermarkets Review
Woods, Michael. Agriculture Through the Ages: From Silk to Supermarkets. Addl. Creators Mary B. Woods. Technology Through the Ages. Twenty-First Century, 01/2024. 80pp. Nonfiction. PLB $37.32. 979-8765610060. Paper $14.99. 979-8765625231. GRADES 6–12. ADDITIONAL. In this [continue reading]
Are You Big? Review
Willems, Mo. Are You Big? Mo Willems, Illus. Union Square Kids, 02/2024. [28]pp. Picture Book. Trade $17.99. 978-1-4549-4818-6. GRADES Kindergarten–2. HIGH ADDITIONAL. In this unusual concept book, size comparisons are demonstrated, beginning with a child’s [continue reading]
Ten Little Rabbits Review
Sendak, Maurice. Ten Little Rabbits. Maurice Sendak, Illus. Harper, 02/2024. [32]pp. Picture Book. Trade $19.99. 978-0-06-264467-1. GRADES Baby/Toddler–Kindergarten. OUTSTANDING. A young magician uses his magic wand to make rabbits appear out of a hat one [continue reading]