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Review of BirdCatDog
BirdCatDog [Three-Story Books]by Lee Nordling; illus. by Meritxell BoschPrimary Graphic Universe/Lerner 32 pp.11/14 Library ed. 978-1-4677-4522-2 $25.26Paper ed. 978-1-4677-4523-9 $6.95e-book ed. 978-1-4677-4524-6 $25.32In this innovative wordless picture book told entirely through cartoon panels, three pets escape the ennui of domestication for brief, interconnected adventures in the wild. An introduction explains...
Review of One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia
One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambiaby Miranda Paul; illus. by Elizabeth ZunonPrimary Millbrook 32 pp.2/15 Library ed. 978-1-4677-1608-6 $19.99e-book ed. 978-1-4677-6299-1 $19.99In the 1980s in the cities of the Gambia, a switch from using baskets made of natural materials to non-biodegradable plastic bags led...
Review of Tales of Bunjitsu Bunny
Tales of Bunjitsu Bunnyby John Himmelman; illus. by the authorPrimary Holt 128 pp.10/14 978-0-8050-9970-6 $13.99e-book ed. 978-0-8050-9972-0 $9.49Young rabbit Isabel is known as Bunjitsu Bunny for her proficiency in martial arts class. Himmelman’s thirteen short, generously illustrated chapters relate Isabel’s adventures as she demonstrates that “bunjitsu is not just about...
Review of Smick!
Smick!by Doreen Cronin; illus. by Juana MedinaPreschool, Primary Viking 32 pp.2/15 978-0-670-78578-0 $16.99 gWith minimal text, a clever use of sight words and word families, and a bounty of playfulness, Cronin introduces preschoolers (and early readers) to their new best friend: good-natured, tail-wagging, droopy-eared dog Smick. A game of fetch...
Review of Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir
Tomboy: A Graphic Memoirby Liz Prince; illus. by the authorMiddle School, High School Zest Books 256 pp.9/14 Paper ed. 978-1-936976-55-3 $15.99e-book ed. 978-1-936976-56-0 $15.99“When you don’t look or act like what everyone has been told is the norm, you get proverbially barfed on a lot.” In an often funny, sometimes...
Review of Paper Things
Paper Thingsby Jennifer Richard JacobsonIntermediate, Middle School Candlewick 378 pp.2/15 978-0-7636-6323-0 $16.99 gBefore her death four years earlier, Ari and Gage’s mother had urged them to “stay together always.” Now it has been two months since nineteen-year-old Gage and eleven-year-old Ari left their overbearing guardian’s home to strike out on...
Review of Finding Spring
Finding Springby Carin Berger; illus. by the authorPreschool Greenwillow 32 pp.1/15 978-0-06-225019-3 $16.99 gAs the forest grows cold and most bears start to think about hibernating, a little bear named Maurice can only think about experiencing his first spring. His mother tries to settle him down (“‘Maybe you will dream...
Review of Welcome to the Family
Welcome to the Familyby Mary Hoffman; illus. by Ros AsquithPrimary Frances Lincoln 28 pp.12/14 978-1-84780-592-8 $17.99This chatty, informative book covers all the bases — and then some — in its survey of how families are made. Friendly cartoon illustrations highlight various permutations, from families formed by birth and adoption to...
Review of I Was Here
I Was Hereby Gayle FormanHigh School Viking 272 pp.1/15 978-0-451-47147-5 $18.99 gMeg Garcia is brilliant and passionate — a standout in her dead-end Washington State hometown and a constant in best friend Cody’s unstable life. But just months after escaping to college on a prestigious scholarship, Meg checks into a...
Review of Leontyne Price: Voice of a Century
Leontyne Price: Voice of a Centuryby Carole Boston Weatherford; illus. by Raúl ColónPrimary Knopf 40 pp.12/14 978-0-375-85606-8 $17.99Library ed. 978-0-375-95606-5 $20.99e-book ed. 978-0-385-39246-4 $10.99Opera singer Leontyne Price didn’t just stand on the shoulders of Marian Anderson, she “blew open the door that Marian left ajar.” Born in 1927 in Laurel,...
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