Book Reviews
International Holocaust Remembrance Day (established by the United Nations General Assembly) is January 27 and Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel, the United States, and other countries) is in April or May (in 2025 it's April 24). All of the following titles were recommended by The Horn Book Magazine and...
The Hero Twins and the Magic of Song [Tales of the Feathered Serpent] by David Bowles; illus. by Charlene Bowles Middle School Cinco Puntos/Lee & Low 80 pp. 10/24 Paper ed. 9781947627697 $15.95 Spanish ed. 9781947627703 $15.95 This follow-up to Rise of the Halfling King (rev. 11/20) tells the story—again...
A Dangerous Idea: The Scopes Trial, the Original Fight over Science in Schools by Debbie Levy Middle School, High School Bloomsbury 256 pp. 1/25 9781547612215 $19.99 e-book ed. 9781547612222 $13.99 Levy takes readers back one hundred years to the sleepy town of Dayton, Tennessee, and the historic Scopes trial. At...
The Art Thieves by Andrea L. Rogers High School Levine/Levine Querido 400 pp. 10/24 9781646143788 $19.99 This compelling Cherokee-centered speculative novel by Cherokee writer Rogers (Man Made Monsters, rev. 11/22) is set in the near future: the 2050s. Stevie’s world at first looks not much different from ours, though events...
Your Farm by Jon Klassen; illus. by the author Preschool Candlewick 24 pp. 2/25 9781536230826 $8.99 e-book ed. 9781536242416 $8.99 ★ Your Forest by Jon Klassen; illus. by the author Preschool Candlewick 24 pp. 2/25 9781536230833 $8.99 e-book ed. 9781536242430 $8.99 ★ Your Island by Jon Klassen; illus. by the...
Beware the Dragon and the Nozzlewock: A Graphic Novel Poetry Collection Full of Surprising Characters! by Vikram Madan; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Wordsong/Astra 128 pp. 11/24 9781635928174 $19.99 e-book ed. 9781635928181 $11.99 This humorous collection features twenty-five story-poems presented in an innovative comic format. Kooky cartoon characters star...
The One & Only Googoosh: Iran’s Beloved Superstar by Azadeh Westergaard; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Viking 40 pp. 11/24 9780593114636 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780593114643 $11.99 Theatrical scenes in pomegranate reds and peacock greens introduce readers to a young, precocious Googoosh, born Faegheh Atashin, performing in the 1950s with...
Comedy is particularly well suited to the structural limitations of the beginning reader format, where few words can stand in contrast with illustrations that show so much more. In this selection, I’ve highlighted a lot of humorous books, ranging from gentle to as sharp as they come, as these are...
The Shape of Lost Things by Sarah Everett Middle School Harper/HarperCollins 272 pp. 10/24 9780063256613 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780063256620 $9.99 When Skye was six years old, her parents, both physicists, divorced. She and her brother, Finn, spent alternate weekends with their dad, but he became increasingly obsessed with physics and...
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