Review

Dionne, Erin. Balletball. Gillian Flint, Illus. Picture Book. Charlesbridge, 02/2020. [32]pp. $16.99. 978-1-58089-939-0. OUTSTANDING. PRE-3. Nini loves ballet, and when dance class ends and baseball sea­son begins, she’s upset and doesn’t want to play. Nini’s [continue reading]

Aceves, Fred. New David Espinoza, The. Fiction. HarperTeen, 02/2020. 336pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-248988-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 9-ADULT. David has gotten used to being shoved around and bullied at school, which he attributes to being extremely skinny. But [continue reading]

Billet, Julia. Catherine’s War. Claire Fauvel, Illus. Graphic. Translated from the French by Ivanka Hahnenberger. Harper Alley, 01/2020. 154[+14]pp. $21.99. 989-0-06-291560-3, PB $12.99 978-0-06-2901557-7.  OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-9. Originally published in France in 2017, this graphic [continue reading]

Coy, John. Dads . Wing Young Huie, Illus. Picture Book. Carolrhoda, 04/2020. [32]pp. $19.99, 978-1-5415-7839-5, OUTSTANDING, GRADES TOD-2. In Dads, Coy and Huie take a collection of photographs paired with sparse text and create a [continue reading]

Reid, Megan. Althea Gibson: The Story of Tennis’ Fleet-of-Foot Girl. Laura Freeman, Illus. Biog. Balzer & Bray, 01/2020. [40]pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-285109-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-3. With clever and dynamic text and illustrations, this biography of Althea [continue reading]

Bernstrom, Daniel. Big Papa and the Time Machine. Shane W. Evans, Illus. Picture Book. HarperCollins, 01/2020. [38]pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-246331-9. OUTSTANDING.  GRADES PRE-2. Grandfathers are honored for the stories they tell and the mes­sages of love [continue reading]

Bildner, Phil. High Five for Glenn Burke. Fiction. Farrar, 02/2020. 278pp. $16.99. 978-0-374-31273-2. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. Silas Walker, a self-described “white, floppy-haired, and skinny as a rail” sixth grader, feels as though he has taken [continue reading]