Boyd, Marie. Just a Worm. Marie Boyd, Illus. HarperCollins / Greenwillow, 03/2023. [32]pp. Picture Book. Trade $17.99. 978-0-06-321256-5. GRADES Preschool – 2. ADDITIONAL. Worm travels through his garden world trying to prove that he is [continue reading]
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Little Thieves: Painted Devils Review
Owen, Margaret. Painted Devils. Little Thieves Series; bk. 2. Henry Holt, 05/2023. 512pp. Fiction. Trade $20.99. 978-1-250-83116-3. GRADES 8 – Adult. OUTSTANDING. Vanja and Emeric are back to delight readers and confuse their kingdom in [continue reading]
Big Tree Review
Selznick, Brian. Big Tree. Brian Selznick, Illus.Scholastic Press, 04/2023. 528pp. Fiction.Trade $32.99. 978-1-338-18063-3.GRADES 3 – 8. OUTSTANDING. Caldecott winner Selznick returns with another illustrated novel to tell a story that can be experienced acouple of [continue reading]
A Case with a Bang Review
Nilsson, Ulf. Case with a Bang, A. Gitte Spee, Illus.Translated from the Swedish by Julia Marshall. Detective Gordon Series. Gecko, 03/2023. 113pp. Fiction. Trade $18.99. 978-1-7765-7487-2. GRADES 2 – 4. ADDITIONAL. The entire woodland police [continue reading]
Leon the Extraordinary Review
Nicholas, Jamar. Leon the ExtraordinaryBonia Rosado, Illus.Leon Series.Scholastic / Graphix, 10/2022. 267pp. Graphic.Paper $12.99. 978-1-338-74415-6.GRADES 3 – 6. ADDITIONAL. Although Leon dreams of having special powers like some of the kids and adults he knows [continue reading]
Enter the Body Review
McCullough, Joy. Enter the Body. Dutton, 03/2023. 336pp. Fiction.Trade $18.99. 978-0-593-40675-5.GRADES 9 – 12. OUTSTANDING. Enter the Body opens in the trap room of a theater, the bodies of Shakespeare’s murdered, beaten, andstrangled heroines falling [continue reading]