Vo, Young. Gibberish. Young Vo, Illus. Picture Book. Levine Querido, 03/2022. $17.99. 978-1-64614-110-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES K-3. Dat “first sailed on a boat, then flew on a plane” before arriving at his new school by bus. His mah [continue reading]
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Eyes That Speak to the Stars Review
Ho, Joanna. Eyes That Speak to the Stars. Dung Ho, Illus. Picture Book. HarperCollins, 02/2022. [36]pp. $18.99. 978-0-06-305775-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES K-3. When a father picks his son up from school, the boy, upset, tells him [continue reading]
Chirp! Review
Murphy, Mary. Chirp! Mary Murphy, Illus. Picture Book. Candlewick, 03/2022. [32]pp. $17.99. 978-1-5362-1769-8. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES PRE-K. Birds say hello to a brand new day with a tempo building from one sparrow chirping as the [continue reading]
The Great Stink Review
Paeff, Colleen. Great Stink, The: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London’s Poop Pollution Problem. Nancy Carpenter, Illus. Non-fiction. Simon & Schuster/ McElderry, 08/2021. [40]pp. $17.99. 978-1-5344-4929-9. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 1-4. London in the 1800s smelled terrible—and people [continue reading]
Packing for Mars for Kids Review
Roach, Mary. Packing for Mars for Kids. Non-fiction. Norton, 04/2022. 144pp. $16.95. 978-1-324-01937-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-7. What is the greatest challenge for a rocket scientist? It turns out it is the human body. In seven [continue reading]
Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? Review
Connor, Leslie. Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? Fiction. HarperCollins, 02/2022. 336pp. $21.00. 978-0-06-299936-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. Aurora talks a mile a minute and Frenchie never speaks, but the two neurodiverse sixth graders are best friends. When [continue reading]
When Winter Robeson Came Review
Woods, Brenda. When Winter Robeson Came. Fiction. Penguin /Paulsen, 01/2022. 160pp. $16.99. 978-1-5247-4158-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. In free verse, 12-year-old Eden describes the time her cousin Winter from Mississippi visited her family in Los Angeles [continue reading]
Bright Brown Baby Review
Pinkney, Andrea Davis. Bright Brown Baby: A Treasury. Brian Pinkney, Illus. Scholastic⁄ Orchard, 01/2022. [64]pp. $18.99. 978-0-545-87229-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES TOD-PRE. Five poems celebrating African American babies make up this treasury divided into chapters. Along with [continue reading]