Review

Faber, Polly. Special Delivery : A Book’s Journey Around the World. Klas Fahlen, Illustrator. Candlewick / Nosy Crow, 04/2023. [32]pp. Picture Book. Trade $17.99. 978-1-5362-2985-1. GRADES Preschool – 2. HIGH ADDITIONAL. How complicated is the [continue reading]

Eager, Lindsay. Family Fortuna, The. Candlewick, 03/2023. 389pp. Fiction. Trade $19.99. 978-0-7636-9235-3. GRADES 10 – 12. HIGH ADDITIONAL. With vivid and sensual description, Eager introduces the reader to the fabulous and insular world of the [continue reading]

Bybee, Veeda. Shining a Light: Celebrating 40 Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders Who Changed the World. Victo Ngai, Illustrator. HarperCollins / Versify, 03/2023. 112pp. Biography. Trade $17.99. 978-0-358-53935-3. GRADES 4 – 8. OUTSTANDING. Shining a [continue reading]

Nuñez, Talia Aikens. Men of the 65th: The Borinqueneers of the Korean War. Lerner / Zest, 05/2023. 136pp. Non-Fiction. PLB $37.32. 978-1-7284-4962-3. Paper $17.99. 978-1-7284-7914-9. GRADES 6 – 12. HIGH ADDITIONAL.   The Borinqueneers were the U.S. Army’s first (and last) segregated Latino regiment. Formed in 1898 they defended the homeland, [continue reading]

Lai, Thanhhà. When Clouds Touch Us. Inside Out & Back Again Series; bk. 2. HarperCollins, 05/2023. 256pp. Fiction. Trade $18.99. 978-0-06-304700-6. GRADES 5 – 7. ADDITIONAL. In a poetic sequel to Inside Out & Back Again (HarperCollins, 2011) that picks up as sixth grade Vietnamese American Ha must leave her [continue reading]

Jarvis. Bear and Bird: The Picnic and Other Stories. Jarvis, Illus. Candlewick, 05/2023. 62pp. Reader. Trade $15.99. 978-1-5362-2832-8. GRADES Kindergarten – 2. HIGH ADDITIONAL.        Bird and Bear are best friends, but like all friends they make mistakes, unintentionally hurt each other’s feelings, and suffer bad [continue reading]

Greenwald, Lisa. Absolutely, Positively Natty. HarperCollins / Katherine Tegen, 05/2023. 272pp. Fiction. Trade $18.99. 978-0-06-306272-6. GRADES 6 – 7.   HIGH ADDITIONAL.        There is a lot wrong with Natty’s life: her depressed mom has moved out and her unemployed dad barely gets off the couch. Natty’s [continue reading]

Atinuke. Too Small Tola Gets Tough. Onyinye Iwu, Illus. Too Small Tola Series. Candlewick, 03/2023. 96pp. Reader. Trade $15.99. 978-1-5362-2946-2. GRADES 1 – 3. OUTSTANDING. Beginner chapter books are usually distinguished by simple characters and [continue reading]