Review

Connors, Jerrold. Jim! Six True Stories About One Great Artist: James Marshall. Jerrold Connors, Illus. Dial, 05/2025. 72pp. Biography. Trade $20.99. 978-0-593-85934-6. GRADES Kindergarten–3. OUTSTANDING.     This picture book biography of children’s author and illustrator James [continue reading]

Svoboda, Tomas Smot. Up, up, and Away: The History of Aviation. Tomas Smot Svoboda, Illus. Translated from the Czech by Andrew Oakland. Albatross, 07/2025. 57pp. Nonfiction. Trade $19.95. 978-80-00-07460-3. GRADES 3–5. ADDITIONAL.          Readers interested in [continue reading]

Jackson, Mick. We’re Moving House. Rashin Kheiriyeh, Illus. Candlewick, 02/2025. [32]pp. Picture Book. Trade $17.99. 978-1-5362-3892-1. GRADES Preschool–2. OUTSTANDING.    In the tradition of literal wordplay made popular by the Amelia Bedelia series, We’re Moving House [continue reading]

Gramson, Hannah. Terror Birds: A First Look. Read for a Better World: Read About Prehistoric Beasts. Lerner, 08/2025. 24pp. Nonfiction. PLB $29.32. 979-8765669075. Paper $9.99. 979-8765684719. GRADES Preschool–1. ADDITIONAL.    SERIES REVIEW. Please see: Ground Sloths: [continue reading]

Gramson, Hannah. Megalodon: A First Look. Read for a Better World: Read About Prehistoric Beasts. Lerner, 08/2025. 24pp. Nonfiction. PLB $29.32. 979-8765669051. Paper $9.99. 979-8765684696. GRADES Preschool–1. ADDITIONAL.    SERIES REVIEW. Please see: Ground Sloths: A [continue reading]

Gramson, Hannah. Ground Sloths: A First Look. Read for a Better World: Read About Prehistoric Beasts. Lerner, 08/2025. 24pp. Nonfiction. PLB $29.32. 979-8765669044. Paper $9.99. 979-8765684689. GRADES Preschool–1. ADDITIONAL.    SERIES REVIEW: Pictures and short sentences [continue reading]

Sardà, Júlia. Witch in the Tower, The. Júlia Sardà, Illus. Candlewick Studio, 09/2025. 64pp. Picture Book. Trade $19.99. ‎ 978-1-5362-4301-7. GRADES 4–7. OUTSTANDING.     Carmela feels left out and sad that her new friends and older [continue reading]

Peyton Smith, Sasha. Rose Bargain, The. HarperCollins, 02/2025. 385pp. Fiction. Trade $19.99. 978-0-06-337252-8. GRADES 8–12. HIGH ADDITIONAL.       To save her sister from a mysterious rose bargain with the cruel fairy queen, Ivy Benton joins a [continue reading]