Review

Sterer, Gideon. Midnight Fair, The. Picture Book. Mariachiara Di Giorgio, Illus. Candlewick, 02/2021. [32]pp. $16.99. 978-1-5362-1115-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES TOD-2. Nearly every panel of this gorgeous wordless picture book deserves to be framed. Sterer and Di [continue reading]

Walker, David F. Black Panther Party, The: A Graphic Novel History.  Graphic novel. Marcus Kwame Anderson, Illus. Ten Speed, 01/2021. 192pp. $19.99. 978-1-98485770-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 8-ADULT. This graphic novel goes beyond the standard stories and [continue reading]

Sorell, Traci. We Are Still Here! Native American Truths Everyone Should Know. Frané Lessac, Illus. Non-fiction. Charlesbridge, 04/2021. 40pp. $17.99. 978-1-62354-192-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 1-5. In this companion to Sibert Honoree We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga (2018), [continue reading]

Tabor, Corey R.  Mel Fell. Corey Tabor, Illus. Picture Book. Balzer & Bray, 02/2021. [40]pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-287801-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES. PRE-3. One day a young kingfisher bird named Mel decides it’s time to learn to fly. [continue reading]

Pinkney, Brian. Time for Kenny.  Brian Pinkney, Illus. Picture Book. Greenwillow, 01/2021. [40]pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-073528-9. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-1. Two-time Caldecott honor winner Pinkney is both author and illustrator of this book. His artwork (acrylic and [continue reading]

Smith, Pauline Vaeluaga. Dawn Raid. Fiction. Levine Querido, 03/2021. 217pp. $17.99. 978-1-64614-041-1. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-7. Sofia, whose father is Maori and mother is white, is intrigued by her older brother’s involvement with the Polynesian Panthers [continue reading]

Paulsen, Gary. Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood. Biog. Farrar, 01/2021. 357pp. $17.99. 978-0-374-31415-6. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 7-12. Gary Paulsen, author of Hatchet (Atheneum, 1987), offers this unusual episodic memoir written in third person [continue reading]