Review

Schuh, Mari. Idil Steps In: a Story About Respect. Mike Byrne, Illus. Early Bird Stories: Building Character Series. Lerner, 01/2023. 32pp. Picture Book. GRADES Preschool – 1. PLB $29.32. 978-1-7284-7638-4. Paper $ 8.99. 978-1-7284-7842-5. ADDITIONAL. [continue reading]

Johnson, Kristin. Justin Keeps it Fair: A Story About Fairness. Mike Byrne, Illus. Early Bird Stories Series: Building Character. Lerner, 01/2023. 32pp. Picture Book. GRADES Preschool – 1. PLB $29.32. 978-1-7284-7636-0. Paper $ 8.99. 978-1-7284-7839-5. [continue reading]

Pinkney, Jerry. Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life. Jerry Pinkney, Illus. Little, Brown, 01/2023. 146pp. Biography. GRADES 4 – 8. $17.99. 978-0-316-38385-1. OUTSTANDING. This warm memoir by Caldecott Medalist Jerry Pinkney describes his youth [continue reading]

Ortiz, Lars. Walls and Welcome Mats: Immigration and the American Dream. Twenty-first Century, 02/2023. 120pp. Non-Fiction. GRADES 7 – 12. PLB $37.32. 978-1-7284-2399-9. HIGH ADDITIONAL. The history of immigration to the United States is the [continue reading]

Medina, Juana. Elena Rides. Juana Medina, Illus. Candlewick, 03/2023. [26]pp. Reader. GRADES Kindergarten – 1. $9.99. 978-1-5362-1635-6. OUTSTANDING. Elena is a purple elephant who learns to ride a bike, demonstrating that it takes practice and [continue reading]

Atinuke. Hooray for Anna Hibiscus! Lauren Tobia, Illus. Anna Hibiscus Series; bk. 3. Candlewick, 01/2023. 105pp. Fiction. GRADES 2 – 4. $16.99. 978-1-5362-2520-4. Paper $7.99. 978-1-5362-2525-9. HIGH ADDITIONAL. In the third entry in this series, [continue reading]

Swinarski, Claire. What Happened To Rachel Riley? HarperCollins/Quill Tree, 01/2023. 343pp. Fiction GRADES 4 – 7. Trade $16.99. 978-0-06-321309-8. OUTSTANDING. Favorably compared to Barbara Dee’s Maybe He Just Likes You, this semi-epistolary novel explores why [continue reading]

Layton, Christine. Travel to Germany. Searchlight Books—World Traveler Series. Lerner, 01/2023. 32pp. Non-Fiction. GRADES 3 – 5. PLB $30.65. 978-1-7284-5789-5. Paper $ 9.99. 978-1-7284-6396-4. ADDITIONAL. Please see Travel to Italy by Matt Doeden for the [continue reading]