Review

Miller, Marie-Therese. 34 Amazing Facts About Minecraft. Unbelievable!: UpDog Books. Lerner, 01/2024. 32pp. Nonfiction. Trade $30.65. 979-8765609002. Paper $10.99. 979-8-7656-2513-2. GRADES 2–5. ADDITIONAL.         SERIES REVIEW. Please see: 34 Amazing Facts About Basketball by Matt Doeden [continue reading]

Doeden, Matt. 34 Amazing Facts About Football. Unbelievable!: UpDog Books. Lerner, 01/2024. 32pp. Nonfiction. Trade $30.65. 979-8765608999. Paper $10.99. 979-8765625125. GRADES 3–5. ADDITIONAL.         SERIES REVIEW. Please see: 34 Amazing Facts About Basketball by Matt Doeden [continue reading]

Doeden, Matt. 34 Amazing Facts About Basketball. Unbelievable!: UpDog Books. Lerner, 01/2024. 32pp. Nonfiction. Trade $30.65. 979-8765608982. Paper $10.99. 979-8765625118. GRADES 2–5. ADDITIONAL.         This eight-book series presents high-interest nonfiction topics using very sparse and accessible [continue reading]

Cook, Jennifer. Grow Your Colors: Planting and Eating Healthy Foods with Sesame Street. Sesame Street. Lerner, 02/2024. 32pp. Nonfiction. PLB $30.65. 979-8765604298. Paper $9.99. 979-8765624555. GRADES Preschool–2. ADDITIONAL. This Sesame Street-themed title introduces readers to [continue reading]

Remenar, Kristen. Squirrel Needs a Break. Matt Faulkner, Illustrator. Charlesbridge, 02/2024. [32]pp. Picture Book. Trade $17.99. 978-1-6235-4370-9. GRADES Preschool–1. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Squirrel stomps past Groundhog and the rest of their forest animal pals, telling them [continue reading]

Min, Cat. Shadow & the Ghost, The. Cat Min, Illustrator. Levine Querido, 04/2024. [40]pp. Picture Book. Trade $18.99. 978-1-64614-368-9. GRADES Kindergarten–1. ADDITIONAL. Shinbi, a lonely ghost, spends her nights gazing at the stars and talking [continue reading]

Sonnenblick, Jordan. Stepping Off. Scholastic, 06/2024. 336pp. Fiction. Trade $19.99. 978-1-339-02317-5. GRADES 7–10. OUTSTANDING.      As sixteen-year-old Jesse’s reality becomes increasingly fraught, the escapist draw of his favorite place—the lake community in Pennsylvania—becomes ever more powerful. There he can avoid magnet-school pressures and his parents’ failing [continue reading]

Safina, Carl. Owls in Our Yard: The Story of Alfie. Norton, 06/2024. 48pp. Nonfiction. Trade $18.99. 978-1-3240-5319-4. GRADES Kindergarten–5. HIGH ADDITIONAL.     A half-dead owlet is adopted by a licensed wildlife rehabilitator, who is also an award-winning nature writer. Dozens of outstanding photographs and daily proximity [continue reading]