Youngdahl, Shana. A Catalog of Burnt Objects. Dial, 03/2025. 350 [11]pp. Fiction. Trade $19.99. 978-0-5934-0551-2. GRADES 8–12. OUTSTANDING. High school senior Caprice is using her love and knowledge of her mountain town to build a [continue reading]
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Anything Review
Stead, Rebecca. Anything. Gracey Zhang, Illus. Chronicle, 04/2025. [56]pp. Picture Book. Trade $17.99. 978-1-7972-1515-0. GRADES Preschool–2. OUTSTANDING. Stead’s first picture book evokes quiet emotion through a deceptively simple story about a young girl and her [continue reading]
When Alexander Graced the Table Review
Smalls, Alexander. When Alexander Graced the Table. Frank Morrison, Illus. Addl. Creator Denene Millner. Simon and Schuster, 01/2025. [40]pp. Picture Book. Trade $19.99. 978-1-5344-8872-4. PLB $19.99. 978-1-5344-8872-4. GRADES Kindergarten–1. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Alexander looks back on [continue reading]
Bear Who Had Nothing to Wear Review
Willis, Jeanne. Bear Who Had Nothing to Wear, The. Brian Fitzgerald, Illus. Scallywag, 03/2025. [32]pp. Picture Book. Trade $18.99. 978-1-915252-95-1. GRADES Preschool–2. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Unlike other teddy bears, Albie doesn’t like to wear the clothes [continue reading]
Diary of a Bee Review
Sekaninova, Stepanka. Diary of a Bee. Linh Dao, Illus. Albatros, 04/2025. [32]pp. Nonfiction. Trade $16395.00. 978-80-00-07446-7. GRADES 1–3. ADDITIONAL. Originally published in Czech in 2022, this mixes plenty of factual information on bees into a [continue reading]
Princess and the Witch Review
Schimmel, Nancy. Princess and the Witch, The: A Novel. Diana Browning, Illus. SparkPress, 03/2025. 121pp. Fiction. Paper $13.99. 978-1-68463-294-7. GRADES 3–6. OUTSTANDING. After Princess Margaret is turned into a dragon by her stepmother, she must [continue reading]
Jules, Penny, & the Rooster Review
Pinkwater, Daniel. Jules, Penny, & the Rooster. Tachyon, 03/2025. 160pp. Fiction. Paper $9.95. 978-1-61696-432-0. GRADES 3–6. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Jules and her family move to the suburbs just before she starts middle school, where she wins [continue reading]
One Girl’s Voice: How Lucy Stone Helped Change the Law of the Land Review
Kirkfield, Vivian. One Girl’s Voice: How Lucy Stone Helped Change the Law of the Land. Rebecca Gibbon, Illus. Calkins Creek, 02/2025. [40]pp. Biography. Trade $18.99. 978-1-6626-8045-8. GRADES 1–5. HIGH ADDITIONAL. In this picture book biography [continue reading]







