Alston, B. B. Amari and the Night Brothers. Godwin Akpan, Illus. Fiction. Supernatural Investigations Series; bk. 1. Balzer & Bray, 01/2021. 416pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-297516-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-7. Amari, one of the few Black girls at [continue reading]
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OUTSTANDING! – February 2021
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]
Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy Review
Magoon, Kekla. Highest Tribute, The: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy. Laura Freeman, Illus. Biog. HarperCollins/Quill Tree, 01/2021. [37]pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-291251-0. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 2-5. This picture book biography presents a straightforward and comprehensive account [continue reading]
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre Review
Weatherford, Carole Boston. Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre. Floyd Cooper, Illus. Non-fiction. Carolrhoda, 02/2021. [32]pp. $17.99. 978-1-5415-8120-3. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 2-5. Weatherford brings her talents to tell the true story of this race-based massacre in [continue reading]
Cousins Review
McManus, Karen M. Cousins, The. Fiction. Delacorte, 12/2020. 336pp. $19.99, 978-0-525-70800-1, PLB $22.99, 978-0-525-70801-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 8-12. Twenty-four years ago, fabulously wealthy reclusive widow Mildred Story abruptly disinherited her four children, and the only explanation [continue reading]
OUTSTANDING! – January 2021
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]
If You Come to Earth
Blackall, Sophie. If You Come to Earth. Sophie Blackall, Illus. Picture Book. Chronicle, 09/2020. 76pp. $18.99. 978-1-4521-3779-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-2. Red-hatted Quinn lies on his bed composing, on an endless scroll of paper, a letter [continue reading]
Land of the Cranes Review
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]