Review

Lloyd, Susannah. Who Ate Steve? Kate Hindley, Illus. Nosy Crow, 03/2025. [32]pp. Picture Book. Trade $17.99. 979-8887771311. GRADES Preschool–Kindergarten. OUTSTANDING. An unknown narrator tells a story about the difference in size between Marcel the bird [continue reading]

Selznick, Brian. Run Away with Me. Brian Selznick, Illus. Scholastic, 04/2025. 320pp. Fiction. Trade $24.99. 978-1-3390-3552-9. GRADES 8–12. HIGH ADDITIONAL.       Rome is an expansive and central character in this layered romance between two adolescent boys [continue reading]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]