Review

Meloy, Colin. Whiz Mob and the Grenadine Kid, The. Carson Ellis. Illus. Fiction. Balzer & Bray/HarperCollins, 10/2017. 424pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-234245-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 3-7.  In 1961Marseille, France, Charlie Fisher, the neglected 12-year-old son of an American [continue reading]

González, Xelena. All Around Us. Adriana M. García, Illus. Picture Book. Cinco Puntos, 10/2017. [32]pp. $17.95. 978-1-941026-76-2. OUTSTANDING. GRADES K-2. A small moment between grandfather and granddaughter ex­pands into a larger lesson on cycles in [continue reading]

Santat, Dan. After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again. Dan Santat, Illus. Picture Book. Roaring Brook, 10/2017. [32]pp. $17.99. 978-1-62672-682-6. OUTSTANDING. GRADES K-2. Expanding on the well-known Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme, Santat [continue reading]

Ortiz, Simon J. People Shall Continue, The: 40th Anniversary Special Edition. Sharol Graves, Illus. Non-fiction. Children’s Bk. Pr./Lee & Low, 10/2017. [32]pp. PB $9.95. 978-0-89239-125-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-ADULT. Ortiz, Simon J. Pueblo Seguira’: Edicion Especial [continue reading]

Sweeney, Linda Booth. When the Snow Falls, Jana Christy, Illus. Picture Book. Putnam/Penguin, 10/2017. [32]pp. $16.99.  978-0-399-54720-1. OUTSTANDING.  GRADES PRE-2. On a winter morning, a brother and sister awake to a window painted with frost [continue reading]

Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker. War I Finally Won, The. Fiction. Dial, 10/2017. 385pp. $16.99.  978-0-525-42920-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-12. This sequel to the The War That Saved My Life (2005) finds 12-year-old Ada still struggling with the [continue reading]

Weatherford, Carole Boston. Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library. Eric Velasquez, Illus. Biography. Candlewick, 09/2017. 44pp. $16.99. 978-0-7636-8046-6. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-7.  This lushly illustrated biography of African American historian Arturo Schomburg is constructed as [continue reading]