Book Reviews
Ice Journey of the Polar Bear by Martin Jenkins; illus. by Lou Baker-SmithPrimary Candlewick 32 pp.11/24 9781536235715 $18.99e-book ed. 9781536242300 $18.99Winter arrives in the Arctic. The days are shorter, the weather colder. A polar bear searches for a place to make a den, hibernate, and birth her twins. The trek...
Make a Pretty Sound: A Story of Ella Jenkins—the First Lady of Children’s Music by Tracy N. Todd; illus. by Eleanor DavisPrimary Chronicle 48 pp.1/25 9781452170640 $19.99Ella Jenkins (1924–2024) longed to make music from the time she was a little girl growing up in the segregated Bronzeville community of Chicago....
Virus Hunters: How Science Protects People When Outbreaks and Pandemics Strike by Amy CherrixIntermediate, Middle School Harper/HarperCollins 336 pp.9/24 9780063069541 $19.99e-book ed. 9780063069565 $9.99Epidemiologists are scientists who study the causes, patterns, and control of diseases in groups of people. Positioning epidemiologists as forensic detectives, Cherrix examines six case studies that...
The Crane and the Keeper: How an Endangered Crane Chose a Human as Her Mate by Meeg Pincus; illus. by Gillian Eilidh O’MaraPrimary, Intermediate Smithsonian Kids/Candlewick Entertainment 40 pp.1/25 9781536232363 $18.99This nonfiction picture book tells the intriguing story of Walnut, a white-naped crane who imprinted on a human when she...
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Review of I Am Wind
I Am Wind by Rachel Poliquin; illus. by Rachel WadaIntermediate Tundra 80 pp.11/24 9780735272187 $19.99e-book ed. 9780735272194 $11.99This innovative collection of musings on wind mixes poetic expression, cultural myths, and scientific facts to describe and explain wind phenomena. Major topics include the ways winds are formed in dynamic environments such...
Cicely Tyson by Renée Watson; illus. by Sherry ShinePrimary Amistad/HarperCollins 48 pp.11/24 9780063219991 $19.99In this picture-book biography told in poems, Watson (Maya’s Song, rev. 11/22) pays homage to legendary actor Cicely Tyson (1924–2021). The book opens with a poem called “1920s” (“Black is Harlem. / Black is the buzz of...
The Purple One: A Story of Prince by Matthew Burgess; illus. by Sirin ThadaPrimary Enchanted Lion 64 pp.11/24 9781592704224 $19.95This tribute to the life and artistry of the iconic musician offers readers a chance to delve into Prince’s (1958–2016) evolution from music-loving child to determined young adult set on conquering...
Unlocking the Universe: The Cosmic Discoveries of the Webb Space Telescope by Suzanne SladePrimary, Intermediate Charlesbridge 48 pp.10/24 9781623544591 $17.99e-book ed. 9781632894083 $9.99The James Webb Space Telescope is the latest “great observatory” collecting data on distant galaxies and stars from a position orbiting Earth. Slade skillfully explains NASA’s decades-long and...
Bounce!: A Scientific History of Rubber by Sarah Albee; illus. by Eileen Ryan EwenPrimary Charlesbridge 48 pp.10/24 978623543792 $18.99e-book ed. 9781632893574 $9.99Inviting readers into this spirited book, a bouncing red-rubber ball generates a path leading from the initial endpapers to the first words of text. Here readers discover properties of...
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