Review

Armand, Glenda. All Aboard the Schooltrain: A Little Story from the Great Migration.Keisha Morris, Illus. Scholastic, 01/2023. [48]pp. Picture Book. Trade $19.99. 978-1-338-76689-9. GRADES Preschool–3. OUTSTANDING. In Jim Crow-era Vacherie, Louisiana, a young Black girl [continue reading]

Slater, Dashka. Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed. Macmillan/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 08/2023. 496pp. Nonfiction. Trade $20.99. 978-0-374-31434-7. GRADES 6–12. OUTSTANDING. Slater presents an account of the racist Instagram posts targeting Black [continue reading]

Wynter, Anne. Nell Plants a Tree. Daniel Miyares, Illus. Harper Collins/Brazer & Bray, 01/2023. 40pp. Picture Book. Trade $17.99. 978-0-06-286577-9. GRADES Kindergarten–3. OUTSTANDING.         Long ago, Nell planted a seed and now a pecan tree has grown, providing a special place for her large and loving family [continue reading]

Brockenbrough, Martha. Frank and the Masked Cat. Jon Lau, Illus. Levine Querido, 4/2023. 50pp. Fiction. Trade $14.99. 978-1-64614-242-2. GRADES 1–3. ADDITIONAL.        Frank, a house cat, swoons over a “masked cat” he spied outside while waiting [continue reading]

Hazelwood, Ali. Check & Mate. G. P. Putnam, 11/2023. 368pp. Fiction. PLB $22.99. 978-0-593-69844-0. Paper $14.00. 978-0-593-61991-9. GRADES 10–12. OUTSTANDING.   STEMinist romcom author Hazelwood successfully shifts into YA territory with this appealing romance set in [continue reading]

Albertalli, Becky. Imogen, Obviously. Balzer & Bray, 05/2023. 432pp. Fiction. Trade $19.99. 978-0-06-304587-3. GRADES 9–12. OUTSTANDING.      This emotionally charged novel follows high school senior Imogen, die-hard LGBTQ ally, as she grapples with her own gender [continue reading]

Vukovic, Diane. Water, Fire, Food. Scholastic/Children’s Press, 03/2023. 48pp. Nonfiction. PLB $31.00. 978-1-338-85362-9. Paper $7.99. 978-1-338-85363-6. GRADES 3–5. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Good design, photos, diagrams, and instructions make this slim volume a useful and accessible introduction [continue reading]

Truhelkova, Lucie Hasova. Grandad’s Pink Trousers. Andrea Tachezy, Illus. Albatros, 10/2022. [56]pp. Picture Book. Trade $16.95. 978-80-00-06592-2. GRADES Kindergarten–3. HIGH ADDITIONAL.            A cantankerous old man is known for making his wife sad because he never [continue reading]