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Review of The Next Scientist: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of the World’s Great Scientists
The Next Scientist: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of the World’s Great Scientists by Kate Messner; illus. by Julia Kuo Primary, Intermediate Chronicle 64 pp. 8/24 9781452176963 $19.99 This attractive, informative, and ambitious collective biography begins with a challenge: “Quick! Name the world’s greatest scientist.” Messner (The Next President,...
Review of Space: The Final Pooping Frontier
Space: The Final Pooping Frontier by Annabeth Bondor-Stone and Connor White; illus. by Lars Kenseth Primary, Intermediate Godwin/Holt 40 pp. 7/24 9781250222886 $19.99 e-book ed. 9781250386663 $11.99 The words “go boldly” are boldly recontextualized in this newest addition to the ever-growing collection of poop-focused nonfiction titles for kids. This truncated...
Review of Heatwave
Heatwave by Lauren Redniss; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Random House Studio/Random 40 pp.5/24 9780593645949 $19.99Library ed. 9780593645956 $22.99e-book ed. 9780593645963 $10.99Redniss’s assured, measured, and elegant meditation on life during our current environmental crisis begins during a record-breaking heatwave with a crystal-clear proclamation: “No way. Too hot.” The spare, evocative,...
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Review of More Dung!: A Beetle Tale
More Dung!: A Beetle Tale by Frank Weber; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Disney-Hyperion 48 pp.5/24 9781368100083 $18.99In a story centered on the collection, care, and digestion of excrement, Weber has crafted a contemporary fable that reads more gracious than gross. After a pile of steaming green-brown poop lands on...
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Review of The Case of the Golden Bone
The Case of the Golden Bone [Detective Sweet Pea]by Sara Varon; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate First Second 208 pp.5/24 9781250236371 $22.99Paper ed. 9781250348401 $14.99e-book ed. 9781250384638 $9.99When Parkville’s prized Golden Chew Bone goes missing, the town’s quirky enclave of animal residents is sent into a tailspin. Sweet Pea,...
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Review of Shared Space
Shared Space by Maddie Frost; illus. by the authorPrimary Harper/HarperCollins 32 pp.4/24 9780063246096 $19.99Frost’s tribute to the importance of community and friendly compromise delivers its message through a solid mashup of effective cartooning, witty visual gags, and sentimental (not saccharine) writing. Mouse likes living alone in his tree-stump duplex, especially...
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Review of Ant Story
Ant Story by Jay Hosler; illus. by the authorIntermediate, Middle School HarperAlley/HarperCollins 160 pp.3/24 9780063294004 $24.99Paper ed. 9780063293991 $15.99e-book ed. 9780063294011 $10.99Hosler’s distinct combination of biological science and cartooning is on full display throughout this informative, emotionally compelling, and skillfully illustrated graphic novel. Rubi is a bright red cartoon leafcutter...
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Review of Viewfinder
Viewfinder by Christine D. U. Chung and Salwa Majoka; illus. by the authorsPrimary, Intermediate Tundra 144 pp.2/24 9780735268753 $18.99e-book ed. 9780735268760 $10.99Chung and Majoka offer a wordless graphic novel for younger readers that presents dystopian science fiction through a gentle, nearly amicable viewpoint. After a brief sepia-tone introduction showcases a...
Review of The School for Invisible Boys
The School for Invisible Boys by Shaun David Hutchinson Intermediate, Middle School Labyrinth Road/Random 304 pp. 2/24 9780593646298 $17.99 Library ed. 9780593646304 $20.99 e-book ed. 9780593646311 $10.99 Hutchinson’s (Howl, rev. 7/22) middle-grade debut is a captivating combination of dark fantasy and tween drama built on a cast of nuanced characters,...
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