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Review of Hello: How Nüwa Created the World

Hello: How Nüwa Created the World by Viola Wang; illus. by the authorPrimary    Little Bee    40 pp.2/24    9781499814927    $18.99e-book ed.  9781499814934    $9.99This story (inspired by the Chinese myth of Nüwa, who crafted humankind) takes readers and listeners on a journey back to a time “when the world was still young,”...

Review of Green: The Story of Plant Life on Our Planet

Green: The Story of Plant Life on Our Planet by Nicola Davies; illus. by Emily SuttonPrimary    Candlewick    40 pp.3/24    9781536231410    $18.99Davies showcases the important role that plants play on Earth as consumers of carbon, producers of oxygen, and mitigators of the effects of human-induced global warming. The meaning of “green”...

Review of Next Stop

Next Stop by Debbie Fong; illus. by the authorIntermediate, Middle School    RH Graphic/Random    272 pp.3/24    9780593425206    $21.99Library ed.  9780593425213    $24.99Paper ed.  9780593425183    $13.99e-book ed.  9780593425190    $8.99Fong’s deeply moving graphic novel opens with an intriguing premise: Pia Xing, a reserved and lonely middle schooler, says goodbye to her father and embarks...

Review of The First Day of May

The First Day of May by Henrique Coser Moreira; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary    Levine Querido    40 pp.3/24    9781646143825    $15.99First published in Portugal, this wordless book celebrates—with abundant style—the blossoming of spring. Most spreads convey the action in a series of four or six small, square panels. In the opening...

Review of Climbing the Volcano: A Journey in Haiku

Climbing the Volcano: A Journey in Haiku by Curtis Manley; illus. by Jennifer K. MannPrimary    Porter/Holiday    40 pp.1/24    9780823451661    $18.99e-book ed.  9780823457458    $11.99Manley offers a child’s point of view of a day-long hike up a mountain (identified in the back matter as the South Sister in Oregon’s Cascade Mountain Range)....

Review of Barracoon: Adapted for Young Readers

Barracoon: Adapted for Young Readers by Zora Neale Hurston; adapted by Ibram X. Kendi; illus. by Jazzmen Lee-JohnsonIntermediate, Middle School    Amistad/HarperCollins    208 pp.1/24    9780063098336    $18.99e-book ed.  9780063098350    $10.99In 1860, more than fifty years after the United States outlawed the slave trade, the ship Clotilda journeyed back to Alabama from West...

2024 Summer Reading: High School

  Need suggestions for beach reading or books to bring to summer camp? Each of our lists — for all age ranges and including fiction, nonfiction, folklore, and poetry — includes thirteen selections (a baker's dozen!), all published 2023–2024 and ideal for the season. Grade levels are only suggestions; the individual...

2024 Summer Reading: Middle School

  Need suggestions for beach reading or books to bring to summer camp? Each of our lists — for all age ranges and including fiction, nonfiction, folklore, and poetry — includes thirteen selections (a baker's dozen!), all published 2023–2024 and ideal for the season. Grade levels are only suggestions; the individual...

2024 Summer Reading: Intermediate

  Need suggestions for beach reading or books to bring to summer camp? Each of our lists — for all age ranges and including fiction, nonfiction, folklore, and poetry — includes thirteen selections (a baker's dozen!), all published 2023–2024 and ideal for the season. Grade levels are only suggestions; the individual...
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