Review

Barrows, Annie. Stella & Marigold. Sophie Blackall, Illus. Chronicle, 10/2024. 108pp. Fiction. Trade $15.99. 978-1-7972-1970-7. GRADES 2–4. OUTSTANDING.      Seven chapters depict the relationship between seven-year-old Stella and four-year-old Marigold as sisters and partners in crime. [continue reading]

Anderhagen, Anna. Chicks: A First Look. Read for a Better World: Read About Baby Animals. Lerner, 08/2024. 24pp. Reader. Trade $29.32. 979-8765626351. Paper $9.99. 979-8765629475. GRADES Preschool–1. ADDITIONAL. SERIES REVIEW. Please see Ducklings: A First Look by Anna Anderhagen for series review. Beth Gousman—Montclair Elementary School / Oakland [continue reading]

Anderhagen, Anna. Bunnies: A First Look. Read for a Better World: Read About Baby Animals. Lerner, 08/2024. 24pp. Reader. Trade $29.32. 979-8765626344. Paper $9.99. 979-8765629468. GRADES Preschool–1. ADDITIONAL.        SERIES REVIEW. Please see Ducklings: A First Look by Anna Anderhagen for series review. Beth Gousman—Montclair Elementary School / Oakland Unified School [continue reading]

Beautiful Butterflies. Margarida Esteves, Illus. Addl. Creator Danielle McGuigan. Gibbs Smith, 04/2024. [10]pp.Nonfiction. Trade $16.99. 978-1-4236-6518-2. GRADES Baby/Toddler–Preschool. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Gorgeous illustrations and an exceptionally thoughtful presentation are marred by lackluster text and clunky rhymes in this nonfiction board book that introduces the metamorphosis cycle [continue reading]

Rubin, Sean. Iguanodon’s Horn, The: How Artists and Scientists Put a Dinosaur Back Together Again and Again and Again. Sean Rubin, Illus. Clarion, 03/2024. 48pp. Nonfiction. Trade $21.99. 978-0-06-323921-0. GRADES 1–4. ADDITIONAL.            When a gigantic tooth and other skeletal remains were unearthed in England in the 1800s, [continue reading]

Van Oosbree, Ruthie. Norman’s Deep Dive. Mette Engell, Illus. Pull Ahead Readers: Let’s Look at Polar Animals—Fiction. Lerner, 08/2024. 30pp. Reader. PLB $27.99. 979-8765626207. Paper $8.99. 979-8765629222. GRADES Preschool–1. ADDITIONAL.       SERIES REVIEW. Please see: Arctic Fox on the Move by Katie Peters for series review. Joshua Rees—Daly City Public Library

Van Oosbree, Ruthie. Harper and the Ice. Tom Heard, Illus. Pull Ahead Readers: Let’s Look at Polar Animals—Fiction. Lerner, 08/2024. 16pp. Reader. PLB $27.99. 979-8765626191. Paper $8.99. 979-8765629215. GRADES Preschool–1. ADDITIONAL.          SERIES REVIEW. Please see: Arctic Fox on the Move by Katie Peters for series review. Joshua Rees—Daly City Public [continue reading]

Van Oosbree, Ruthie. Frosty’s Snow Day. Mette Engell, Illus. Pull Ahead Readers: Let’s Look at Polar Animals—Fiction. Lerner, 08/2024. 16pp. Reader. PLB $27.99. 979-8765626184. Paper $8.99. 979-8765629208. GRADES Preschool–1. ADDITIONAL.          SERIES REVIEW. Please see: Arctic Fox on the Move by Katie Peters for series review. Joshua Rees—Daly City Public Library