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Barone, Rebecca E. F. Mountain of Fire: The Eruption and Survivors of Mount St. Helens. Holt, 05/2024. 173pp. Nonfiction. Trade $18.99. 978-1-250-88165-6. GRADES 7–12. HIGH ADDITIONAL. The 1980 eruption of the Mount St. Helens volcano [continue reading]

Wenjen, Mia. We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court. Victor Bizar Gómez, Illus. Red Comet, 11/2024. 48pp. Biography. Trade $19.99. 978-1-63-655087-9. GRADES 4–6. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Stories matter, but it also matters who tells the story, [continue reading]

Roth, Jonathan. Almost Underwear: How a Piece of Cloth Traveled from Kitty Hawk to the Moon and Mars. Jonathan Roth, Illus. Christy Ottaviano, 08/2024. [40]pp. Nonfiction. Trade $18.99. 978-0-316-52554-1. GRADES Kindergarten–4. OUTSTANDING. Once upon a time, at the turn of the twentieth century, a plain roll of [continue reading]

Kim, Cheryl. Wat Takes His Shot: The Life and Legacy of Basketball Hero Wataru Misaka. Nat Iwata, Illus. Lee & Low, 06/2024. [40]pp. Biography. Trade $20.95. 978-1-64379-603-1. GRADES Kindergarten–4. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Against the backdrop of World War II and Japanese internment, young Wataru Misaka faced adversity, broke [continue reading]

Hurston, Zora Neale. Barracoon: Adapted for Young Readers. Jazzmen Lee-Johnson, Illus. Addl. Creator Ibram X. Kendi. Amistad, 01/2024. 195pp. Biography. Trade $18.99. 978-0-0630-9833-6. GRADES 6–8. LOW ADDITIONAL.            Zora Neale Hurston’s 1927 first-hand account of the life of Kossula, the last living U.S. victim of the Atlantic slave trade, [continue reading]

Schmitt, Kelly Rice. I Fuel: How Energy Powers Our Busy World. Jam Dong, Illus. Lerner/Millbrook, 10/2024. [40]pp. Nonfiction. Trade $19.99. 978-1-7284-7683-4. GRADES Preschool–2. ADDITIONAL.       Follow a microscopic life form as it lives, dies, transforms, and eventually joins millions of others to provide energy to modern society. Mixed [continue reading]

Nayeri, Daniel. Drawn Onward. Matt Rockefeller, Illus. HarperAlley, 10/2024. 40pp. Picture Book. Trade $19.99. 978-0-06-327716-8. GRADES Preschool–3. OUTSTANDING. With very few words, Nayeri manages to tell an emotionally powerful story set in a fantasy world where the main character, a child with tan skin and brown hair [continue reading]

Wagner, Zelda. Gymnastics Superstars. Lerner Sports Rookie: All-Time Best Athletes. Lerner, 08/2024. 24pp. Nonfiction. PLB $29.32. 979-8765625736. Paper $8.99. 979-8765628195. GRADES Kindergarten–2. ADDITIONAL.     SERIES REVIEW. Please see: Football Superstars by Percy Leed for series review. [continue reading]