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Hopson, Nasuġraq Rainey. Eagle Drums. Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson, Illus. Roaring Brook/Holtzbrinck, 2023. 245 [+8]pp. Folklore. Trade $18.99. 978-1-2507-5065-5. GRADES 5–8. OUTSTANDING.       The origin story of the Messenger Feast, a native Alaskan tradition, has been passed [continue reading]

Anderson, Josh. Inside the Green Bay Packers. Lerner Sports: Super Sports Teams. Lerner, 08/2023. 32pp. Nonfiction. Trade $30.65. 978-1-7284-9099-1. Paper $9.99. 979-8765604021. GRADES 2–5. HIGH ADDITIONAL. SERIES REVIEW: Please see: Inside the Denver Broncos by [continue reading]

Anderson, Josh. Inside the Los Angeles Rams. Lerner Sports: Super Sports Teams. Lerner,08/2023. 32pp. Nonfiction. Trade $30.65. 978-1-7284-9101-1. Paper $9.99. 979-8765604045. GRADES 2–5. HIGH ADDITIONAL. SERIES REVIEW: Please see: Inside the Denver Broncos by Josh [continue reading]

Anderson, Josh. Inside the Kansas City Chiefs. Lerner Sports: Super Sports Teams. Lerner,08/2023. 32pp. Nonfiction. Trade $30.65. 978-1-7284-9100-4. Paper $9.99. 979-8765604038. GRADES 2–5. HIGH ADDITIONAL. SERIES REVIEW: Please see: Inside the Denver Broncos by Josh [continue reading]

Anderson, Josh. Inside the Denver Broncos. Lerner Sports: Super Sports Teams. Lerner,08/2023. 32pp. Nonfiction. Trade $30.65. 978-1-7284-9098-4. Paper $9.99. 979-8765604014. Grades 2–5. HIGH ADDITIONAL. This series of twenty-six titles covers sports teams from the NFL, [continue reading]

Scurlock, Fenley. Down to Business: 51 Industry Leaders Share Practical Advice on How to Become a Young Entrepreneur. Addl. Creators Jason Liaw. Random House, 03/2024. 416pp. Nonfiction. Trade $19.99. 978-0-593-65159-9. PLB $22.99. 978-0-593-65160-5. GRADES 5–10. HIGH ADDITIONAL.    Two fifteen-year-old friends and award-winning entrepreneurs interview fifty-one diverse innovators, executives, [continue reading]

Nhuyēn, Trang. Chang and the Elephant. Jeet Zdūng, Illus. Translation help from Vietnamese by Hoãng Duy. Saving H’Non. Dial, 10/2023. 128pp. Graphic. Trade $23.99. 978-0-5934-0673-1. Paper $13.99. 978-0-5934-0672-4. GRADES 4–7. OUTSTANDING. A young Vietnamese wildlife conservationist, Chang, helps save an abused Asian elephant named H’non from a lifetime of cruel servitude. [continue reading]

Boulley, Angeline. Warrior Girl Unearthed. Henry Holt, 05/2023. 396pp. Fiction. Trade $19.99. 978-1-2507-6658-8. GRADES 8–12. OUTSTANDING.      Looking forward to a lazy “2014 Summer of Slack” spent fishing, sixteen-year-old underachieving Perry Firekeeper-Birch instead finds herself stuck in an internship at the tribal museum, and unexpectedly [continue reading]