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Review of Friends Beyond Measure
Friends Beyond Measure by Lalena Fisher; illus. by the author Primary Harper/HarperCollins 40 pp. 2/23 9780063210523 $18.99 Clever, whimsical, and jam-packed with details, Fisher’s visual graphics chart the friendship of two young girls. First up, a Venn diagram, drawn by the story’s narrator, Ana, captures what she and brand-new pal...
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Review of Sisters in Science: Marie Curie, Bronia Dłuska, and the Atomic Power of Sisterhood
Sisters in Science: Marie Curie, Bronia Dłuska, and the Atomic Power of Sisterhood by Linda Elovitz Marshall; illus. by Anna and Elena BalbussoPrimary, Intermediate Knopf 40 pp.2/23 9780593377581 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593377604 $11.99Marie Curie (1867–1934) is a household name; Bronia Dłuska (1865–1939), not so much. But, as this captivating picture-book biography...
Review of Counting in Dog Years and Other Sassy Math Poems
Counting in Dog Years and Other Sassy Math Poems by Betsy Franco; illus. by Priscilla Tey Primary, Intermediate Candlewick 40 pp. g 10/22 978-1-5362-0116-1 $18.99 Silly humor and punchy payoffs abound in Franco’s (Mathematickles!, rev. 7/03) latest math-themed poetry collection. Take, for example, “Mom Time,” in...
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Review of Hidden Powers: Lise Meitner’s Call to Science
Hidden Powers: Lise Meitner’s Call to Science by Jeannine Atkins Intermediate, Middle School Atheneum 288 pp. g 1/22 978-1-6659-0250-2 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-6659-0252-6 $10.99 Another real-life, courageous, boundary-pushing woman gets some well-deserved attention in Atkins’s (Grasping Mysteries, rev. 11/20; Finding Wonders, rev. 7/16) novel in verse. Readers first meet Jewish...
Review of We Are One: How the World Adds Up
We Are One: How the World Adds Up by Susan Hood; illus. by Linda Yan Primary Candlewick 32 pp. g 11/21 978-1-5362-0114-7 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5362-2785-7 $9.99 Math meets philosophy, as Hood views numbers, specifically groups of one to ten, through a unique and thought-provoking lens: the Aristotelian concept that...
Review of Etty Darwin and the Four Pebble Problem
Etty Darwin and the Four Pebble Problem by Lauren Soloy; illus. by the author Primary Tundra 48 pp. g 5/21 978-0-7352-6608-7 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-0-7352-6609-4 $10.99 Fairies, butterflies, foxes; belief, observation, evidence — there’s plenty to ponder and discuss with your father when he happens to be Charles Darwin, “one...
Review of What Are Little Girls Made Of?
What Are Little Girls Made Of? by Jeanne Willis; illus. by Isabelle Follath Primary Nosy Crow/Candlewick 32 pp. g 2/21 978-1-5362-1733-9 $14.99 What are little girls made of? More than “sugar and spice and everything nice” in Willis’s narrative-flipping revision of the classic rhyme. Her update? “Sun and rain and...
Review of Building Zaha: The Story of Architect Zaha Hadid
Building Zaha: The Story of Architect Zaha Hadid by Victoria Tentler-Krylov; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Orchard/Scholastic 48 pp. g 12/20 978-1-338-28283-2 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-338-67489-7 $11.99 With fittingly bold, whimsical, flowing illustrations, this picture-book biography showcases Iraqi British architect Zaha Hadid, who “dreamed big and defied convention.” Born...
Review of Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier
Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier by Jim Ottaviani; illus. by Maris Wicks Middle School First Second/Roaring Brook 168 pp. 2/20 978-1-62672-877-6 $19.99 Paper ed. 978-1-250-76003-6 $12.99 At the attention-grabbing start of Ottaviani and Wicks’s second graphic collaboration (Primates, rev. 5/13), a series of panels shows a “famous astronaut” (gender...
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