Review

Konczak, Joanna. Let’s Get Festive: Celebrations Around the World. Ewa Poklewska-Koziello, Illus. Translated from the Polish by Kate Webster. North South, 09/2024. 180pp.Nonfiction. Trade $27.95. 978-0-7358-4570-1. GRADES 4–8. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Holidays and celebrations from around [continue reading]

Conrad, Lauren Paige. This Is a Window. Lauren Paige Conrad, Illus. Minerva/Astra, 04/2024. [40]pp. Picture Book. Trade $18.99. 978-1-6626-5159-5. GRADES Preschool–2. HIGH ADDITIONAL.       Children are shown in imaginative play in this simple, warm depiction of [continue reading]

Coelho, Joseph. Spooky Poems Aloud: 25 Poems to Frighten and Delight. Daniel Gray-Barnett, Illus. Wide Eyed, 08/2024. 40pp. Poetry. Trade $19.99. 978-0-7112-8740-2. GRADES 3–6. HIGH ADDITIONAL.         Coelho (UK Children’s Laureate 2022-2024) has written twenty-five original [continue reading]

Taylor, Sean. Fall Feast: Nature’s Harvest. Cinyee Chiu, Illus. Addl. Creator Alex Morss. Seasons in the Wild; bk. 4. Happy Yak, 08/2024. [32]pp. Picture Book. Trade $19.99. 978-0-7112-7866-0. GRADES Kindergarten–3. ADDITIONAL.   In this series’ final [continue reading]

Treuer, Anton. Where Wolves Don’t Die. Levine Querido, 06/2024. 320pp. Fiction. Trade $18.99. 978-1-64614-381-8. GRADES 7–12. HIGH ADDITIONAL.       Ezra Cloud lives in Northeast Minneapolis with his dad, but would rather be at the Nigigoonsiminikaaning First [continue reading]

Yuly, Toni. Pelican Can!, The. Toni Yuly, Illus. Little, Brown, 05/2024. [36]pp. Picture Book. Trade $18.99. 978-0-316-49781-7. GRADES Preschool–2. HIGH ADDITIONAL.      In this rhyming celebration of pelicans, the text asks a question that is answered [continue reading]

Messner, Kate. Fergus and Zeke and the Great Farm Field Trip. Heather Ross, Illus. Fergus and Zeke; bk. 6. Candlewick, 05/2024. 56pp. Reader. Trade $14.99. 978-1-5362-2761-1. GRADES Kindergarten–2. HIGH ADDITIONAL.         In Messner’s newest addition to [continue reading]

Malburi, C.G. Markless. Levine Querido, 06/2024. 368pp. Fiction. Trade $19.99. 978-1-64614-377-1. GRADES 7–12. ADDITIONAL.     In this middle ages-like world, people without a magical mark on their hands are treated as abominations, cast aside because they [continue reading]