Review

Partridge, Elizabeth. Seen and Unseen: What Toyo Miyataki, Dorothea Lange, and Ansel Adams Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration. Lauren Tamaki, Illus. Graphic. Chronicle, 10/2022. 132pp. $21.99. 978-1-4521- 6510-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-12. What happened during [continue reading]

Maloney, Brenna. Buzzkill: A Wild Wander Through the Weird and Threatened World of Bugs. Dave Mottram, Illus. Non-fiction. H. Holt, 10/2022. 384pp. $19.99. 978-1-2508-0103-6. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. Some books demand to be shared—the stories are [continue reading]

Latta, Sara. I Could Not Do Otherwise: The Remarkable Life of Dr. Mary Edwards Walker. Biography. Zest, 10/2022. 208pp. PLB $39.99 978-1-7284-1391-4, PB $16.99. 140 978-1-7284-1392-1. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 8-12. Dr. Mary Edwards Walker was [continue reading]

Barone, Rebecca E. F. Unbreakable: The Spies Who Cracked the Nazi’s Secret Code. Non-fiction. H. Holt, 10/2022. 272pp. $19.99. 978-1-250- 81420-3. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 6-12. Spies, codebreakers, and the heroic struggle to defeat the Nazis, [continue reading]

Leed, Percy. Mars: A First Look. Non-fiction. Read for a Better World: Read About Space Series. Lerner, 08/2022. 24pp. PLB $27.99 978-1-7284-5925-7, PB $8.99 978-1-7284-6433-6. GRADES PRE-1. ADDITIONAL.  Please see series review for Astronauts: A First Look [continue reading]

Borgert-Spaniol, Megan. Nature Walk. Lisa Hunt, Illus. Easy Reader. Pull Ahead Readers Series; People Smarts: I Care; Fiction. Lerner, 08/2022. 16pp. PLB $23.99. 978-1-7284- 5765-9. PB $7.99. 978-1-7284-6300-1. ADDITIONAL. GRADES K-1 SERIES REVIEW: The Pull [continue reading]

Borgert-Spaniol, Megan. My Pet. Lisa Hunt, Illus. Easy Reader. Pull Ahead Readers Series; People Smarts: I Care; Fiction. Lerner, 08/2022. 16pp. PLB $23.99. 978-1-7284- 5761-1. PB $7.99 978-1-7284-6299-8. ADDITIONAL. GRADES K-1. SERIES REVIEW: The Pull [continue reading]