Review

Engle, Margarita. Destiny Finds Her Way: How a Rescued Baby Sloth Learned to Be Wild. Sam Trull, photography. Baby Animal Tales Series. National Geographic Kids, 02/2023. 32pp. Non-Fiction. GRADES 1 – 4. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Trade [continue reading]

Driscoll, Laura.  I Want to Be a Firefighter. Catalina Echeverri, Illus. I Can Read Series, Level 1: My Community. Harper, 08/2022. 32pp. Reader. GRADES Kindergarten – 2. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Trade $16.99. 978-0-06-298961-1. Twins Mia and [continue reading]

Biedrzycki, David. SumoPuppy. David Biedryzcki, Illus. Charlesbridge, 10/2022. [52]pp. Picture Book. GRADES Preschool – 3. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Trade $18.99. 978-1-62354-301-3. SumoPuppy is a small half-pug, half-bulldog taken in by a sumo champion and trainer, tasking [continue reading]

Shang, Wendy Wan-Long. The Secret Battle of Evan Pao. Fiction. Scholastic, 06/2022. 272pp. $17.99. 978-1-338-67885-7. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 4 – 7. Family circumstances force Evan Pao and his mom and sister to relocate from California to Haddington, [continue reading]

Salaman, Bill (from a story idea by the late John Burningham). Air Miles. Helen Oxenbury, Illus. Picture Book. Candlewick, 06/2022. [32]pp. $18.99. 978-1-5362-2334-7. ADDITIONAL. GRADES K-1.  Miles, a brown dog, doesn’t have the energy he used [continue reading]

Reynolds, Jason. Ain’t Burned All the Bright. Jason Griffin, Illus. Fiction. Atheneum, 01/2022. 384pp. $19.99. 978-1-5344-3946-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 6–Adult. This masterwork of sparse text and multilayered art quickly picked up nine starred reviews when it was released in January, [continue reading]

Mandin, Christy. Lucky. Christy Mandin, Illus. Picture Book. Harper, 05/2022. [38]pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-304734-1. ADDITIONAL. Preschool-1.  Lucky feels like the luckiest pearl in the sea because of the interesting things she finds, such as bottle caps. When [continue reading]

Lukoff, Kyle. Different Kinds of Fruit. Fiction. Penguin Random House, 04/2022. 320pp. $17.99. 978-0-593-11118-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4–8.  Annabelle, a sixth grader in a small town outside of Seattle, learns about herself and her family when Bailey, the nonbinary [continue reading]