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Review of Hello: How Nüwa Created the World
Hello: How Nüwa Created the World by Viola Wang; illus. by the author Primary Little Bee 40 pp. 2/24 9781499814927 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781499814934 $9.99 This story (inspired by the Chinese myth of Nüwa, who crafted humankind) takes readers and listeners on a journey back to a time “when the...
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 Sutton Primary Candlewick 40 pp. 3/24 9781536231410 $18.99 Davies 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...
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...
Review of Henry and the Something New
Henry and the Something New by Jenn Bailey; illus. by Mika SongPrimary Chronicle 56 pp.3/24 9781797213903 $14.99In his second early-chapter-book outing (Henry, like Always, rev. 3/23), Henry—a sensitive child who presents as being on the autism spectrum—is ambivalent about a field trip to the natural history museum. “Henry was excited....
Review of Just like Millie
Just like Millie by Lauren Castillo; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Candlewick 40 pp.4/24 9781536224818 $17.99e-book ed. 9781536237122 $17.99In this comforting story, a young girl and her mother move to a cozy apartment in a new city where she happily plays by herself whenever her mom has to work in...
Review of Remembering Rosalind Franklin: Rosalind Franklin & the Discovery of the Double Helix Structure of DNA
Remembering Rosalind Franklin: Rosalind Franklin & the Discovery of the Double Helix Structure of DNA by Tanya Lee Stone; illus. by Gretchen Ellen Powers Primary, Intermediate Ottaviano/Little, Brown 40 pp. 2/24 9780316351249 $18.99 Stone’s dedication—“For anyone who did something awesome and didn’t feel the love”—sets the reparative tone for this...
Review of Ferris
Ferris by Kate DiCamilloIntermediate Candlewick 240 pp.3/24 9781536231052 $18.99e-book ed. 9781536237375 $18.99Returning to her literary roots in Florida (see: Because of Winn-Dixie, rev. 7/00; Raymie Nightingale, rev. 3/16), DiCamillo again explores bonds of family, friends, and community. Ferris Winkey finds the summer before fifth grade a puzzling one. Much turbulence...
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