Review

Lilley, Matt. Good Eating: The Short Life of Krill. Dan Tavis, Illus. Non-fiction. Tilbury, 01/2022. [36]pp. $18.95. 978-0-8844-8867-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 1-3. The opening line: “Hey egg. What are you doing?” grabs readers and takes them on [continue reading]

Cline-Ransome, Lesa. Being Clem. Fiction. Finding Langston Series; bk. 3. Holiday, 08/2021. 256pp. $17.99. 978-0-8234-4604-9. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-7. African American Clem used to be the boy who made his family laugh. But after his father’s death [continue reading]

Wallace, Kali. Hunters of the Lost City. Fiction. Quirk, 04/2022. 297pp. $16.99. 978-1-68369-289-8. ADDITIONAL. GRADES 5-9. Twelve-year-old Octavia grew up believing that her walled town of Vittoria is the only one left after a devastating magical war [continue reading]

Tabor, Corey R. Sir Ladybug. Corey R. Tabor, Illustrated Easy Reader. Sir Ladybug Series; bk. 1. Balzer & Bray, 03/2022. 68pp. $12.99. 978-0-06-306906-0. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES K-3. A sword-carrying ladybug protects other insects, including a caterpillar that a [continue reading]

Iloh, Candice. Break This House. Fiction. Dutton, 05/2022. 210pp. $17.99. 978-0-525-55623-7. ADDITIONAL. GRADES 9-12. Yaminah, sixteen, returns to her hometown of Obsidian, Michigan after finding out that her mother has died. Although estranged and living with her [continue reading]

Schu, John. This Is a School. Veronica Miller Jamison, Illus. Picture Book. Candlewick, 03/2022. [36]pp. $17.99. 978-1-5362-0458-2. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES PRE-2. A brightly colored school and the classrooms, garden, playground, library, and auditorium celebrate the school as a [continue reading]

Pintonato, Camilla. Detective Mole. Camilla Pintonato, Illus. Picture Book. Translated from the Italian by Debbie Bibo. HarperCollins, 11/2021. [40]pp. $16.99. 978-0-06-305178-2. ADDITIONAL. GRADES K-2.  When Grandpa Squirrel goes missing, Mole, who has long dreamed of [continue reading]

Riddle, Tohby. Nobody Owns the Moon. Tohby Riddle, Illus. Picture Book. Berbay, 10/2021. [32]pp. $19.99. 978-0-9943841-9-5. LOW ADDITIONAL. GRADES K-2.  A fox called Clive Prendergast lives successfully in the city— clothed, working, and renting an [continue reading]