Review

Kelly, Erin Entrada. Hello, Universe. Fiction. Greenwillow, 03/2017. 313pp. $16.99. 978-0-06-241415-1. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-8. The lives of four middle schoolers converge on the first day of summer, leading to a very mean prank, new friendships, [continue reading]

Wild, Margaret. Treasure Box, The. Freya Blackwood, Illus. Picture Book. Candlewick, 04/2017. 40pp. $16.99. 978-0-7636-9084-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 2-4. In an unknown historical time (perhaps during WW II), war forces a people to flee their homes; [continue reading]

Wittlinger, Ellen. Saturdays with Hitchcock. Fiction. Charlesbridge, 10/2017. 272pp. $16.99. 978-1-58089-775-4. OUTSTANDING.  GRADES 5-8. Maisie, nicknamed Hitchcock, and her best fried Cyrus attend classic film screenings at their local theater, where they are joined by [continue reading]

Garland, Michael. Daddy Played the Blues . Michael Garland, Illus. Picture Book. Tilbury House, 08/2017. [48]pp. $17.95. 978-0-88448-588-9. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES K-3. Six-year-old Cassie squeezes into the backseat of her family’s old jalopy, holding Daddy’s [continue reading]

Iturbe, Antonio. Librarian of Auschwitz, The. Fiction. Translated from the Spanish by Lilit Thwaites. Holt, 10/2017. 432pp. $19.99. 978-1-62779-618-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 7-ADULT. In 1944, Dita Adlerova, along with her mother and father and countless Jewish [continue reading]

Sanchez, Anita. Karl, Get Out of the Garden! Carolus Linnaeus and the Naming of Everything. Catherine Stock, Illus. Non-fiction. Charlesbridge, 2017. 48pp. PLB $17.99. 978-1-58089-606-1. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 3-5. Lush illustrations by Catherine Stock, in pen-and-ink [continue reading]

Cornwall, Gaia. Jabari Jumps. Gaia Cornwall, Illus. Picture Book. Candlewick, 05/2017. [32]pp. $15.99. 978-0-7636-7838-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-2. Jabari, an African American boy, conquers his fear of jumping off the high dive with his father’s advice [continue reading]

Pastis, Stephan. Timmy Failure: The Cat Stole My Pants. Stephan Pastis, Illus. Fiction. Timmy Failure Series; bk. 6. Candlewick, 2017. 264pp. $14.99. 978-0-7636-9733-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 3-6. Northern California author and cartoonist Stephan Pastis has written [continue reading]