Wallmark, Laurie. Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine. April Chu, Illus. Biog. Creston, 10/2015. [40]pp. $17.99. 978-1-939547-20-0. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 2-5. Dramatic full-color pencil drawings that look like paintings combine with a concise, factual text [continue reading]
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Review of the Week: Ketzel, the Cat Who Composed
Newman, Lesléa. Ketzel, the Cat Who Composed. Amy Bates, Illus. Pic. Bk. Candlewick, 09/2015. [40]pp. $16.99. 978-0-7636-6555-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES K-3. Ketzel the kitten becomes a celebrated composer when his owner, Moshe, submits his work to [continue reading]
The Nest Review
Oppel, Kenneth. Nest, The . Jon Klassen, Illus. Fiction. Simon & Schuster, 10/2015. 244p. $16.99. 978-1-4814-3232-0. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-8. His parents spend most of their time caring for their seriously ill infant, so Steven must [continue reading]
Dory and the Real True Friend
Hanlon, Abby. Dory and the Real True Friend . Abby Hanlon, Illus. Fiction. Dory Fantasmagory Series, Bk. 2. Dial, 10/2015. 153p. $14.99. 978-0-525-42866-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 1-3. Dory and Mary (her monster) and her fairy godmother [continue reading]
The Book Itch
Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux. Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, and Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore, The. Gregory Christie, Illus. Non-fiction. Carolrhoda, 10/2015. [36]pp. $17.99. 978-0-7613-3943-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 2-5. A picture book presentation of the same Harlem bookstore owner [continue reading]
Waiting
Henkes, Kevin. Waiting. Kevin Henkes, Illus. Pic. Bk. Greenwillow, 09/2015. [32]pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-236843-0. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-2. Five toys wait on a windowsill: a pig with an umbrella, a spotted owl, a puppy on a sled, [continue reading]
Mars Evacuees
McDougall, Sophia. Mars Evacuees. Fiction. Mars Evacuees Series, Bk. 1. HarperCollins, 02/2015. 404p. $16.99. 978-0-06-229399-2. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-8 Narrated with entertainingly British self-deprecation and sangfroid by twelve-year-old Alice Dare, this intelligent and thought-provoking middle grade [continue reading]
Sleepless Knight
Sturm, James, Andrew Arnold, and Alexis Frederick-Frost. Sleepless Knight. Graphic novel. First Second, 04/2015. [29]p. $14.99. 978-1-59643-651-0. OUTSTANDING. GRADES K-3. A young knight with a trusty horse sets off on a camping trip, only to [continue reading]