Salazar, Aida. Land of the Cranes The. Fiction. Scholastic, 09/2020. 256pp. $17.99. 978-1-338-34380-9. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 3-7. Oakland writer Aida Salazar uses verse to tell the story of 9-year-old Latinx Betita Quintero and her pregnant mother [continue reading]
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How We Got to the Moon Review
Rocco, John. How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity’s Greatest Adventure. John Rocco, Illus. Non-fiction. Crown, 10/2020. 256pp. $29.99, 978-0-525-64741-6, PLB $32.99, 978-0-525-64742-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-10. [continue reading]
My Storied Year
Proctor, Katie. My Storied Year. Fiction. Fawkes, 10/2020. 244pp. PB $10.99 978-1-9454-1952-2. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-7. Dragon is a seventh grader who struggles with dyslexia, a tumultuous home life in a trailer park, and emotions he [continue reading]
Magic Fish Review
Nguyen, Trung Le. Magic Fish, The. Trung Le Nguyen, Illus. Graphic novel. Random, 10/2020. 256pp. $23.99, 978-0-5931-2529-8, PLB $26.99, 978-1-9848-5160-4, PB $16.99, 978-1-9848-5159-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 7-11. Thirteen-year-old Tiến lives with his Vietnamese immigrant parents in [continue reading]
Evelyn del Rey Is Moving Away Review
Medina, Meg. Evelyn del Rey Is Moving Away. Sonia Sanchez, Illus. Picture Book. Candlewick, 09/2020. [32]pp. $17.99. 978-1-5362-0704-0. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-4. It’s Evelyn’s last day in her apartment, and as the final boxes are packed [continue reading]
OUTSTANDING! – December 2020
Each month we post an annotated bibliography of books that were rated ‘Outstanding’ at our previous month’s meeting and nominated for our year-end Distinguished List. Members can see full reviews of these books and many [continue reading]
See the Cat Review
LaRochelle, David. See the Cat: Three Stories about a Dog . Mike Wohnoutka, Illus. Easy Reader. Candlewick, 09/2020. [64]pp. $8.99. 978-1-5362-0427-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-2. Abundant white space, good-sized font, and gouache pictures combine for a [continue reading]
Displacement Review
Hughes, Kiku. Displacement. Kiku Hughes, Illus. Graphic novel. First Second, 08/2020. 288pp. $17.99. 978-1-250-19353-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 7-12. Japanese American teen Kiku visits San Francisco’s Japantown with her mother, trying to find the place her grandparents [continue reading]