Book Reviews
Meena’s Saturday by Kusum Mepani; illus. by Yasmeen Ismail Primary Kokila/Penguin 40 pp. 10/24 9780593110317 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780593110324 $10.99 This captivating ode to weekly gatherings of friends and extended family brims with affection for foods, activities, and traditions shared by a loving, large group crowded together in the narrator’s...
Noodles on a Bicycle by Kyo Maclear; illus. by Gracey Zhang Preschool, Primary Random House Studio/Random 40 pp. 8/24 9780593706084 $18.99 Library ed. 9780593706091 $21.99 e-book ed. 9780593706107 $10.99 The creators of The Big Bath House (rev. 11/21) take readers back to Japan, this time for a wild bicycle ride...
Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos by Nathalie Alonso; illus. by Rudy Gutierrez Primary, Intermediate Calkins/Astra 40 pp. 8/24 9781635928112 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781635928129 $11.99 In engaging, economical, and colloquial prose, Alonso chronicles the ascent and career highs of legendary right fielder Clemente (1934–1972), who endured...
How It All Ends by Emma Hunsinger; illus. by the author Middle School, High School Greenwillow 304 pp. 8/24 9780063158153 $25.99 Paper ed. 9780063158146 $15.99 e-book ed. 9780063158160 $9.99 In this quick-paced graphic novel, Tara’s runaway thoughts are great when she plays pretend with her baby brother but not so...
¡Vamos!: Let’s Celebrate Halloween and Día de los Muertos [World of ¡Vamos!] by Raúl the Third; illus. by the author; color by Elaine Bay Preschool, Primary Versify/HarperCollins 48 pp. 7/24 9780063277137 $16.99 Little Lobo, Bernabé, and friends, some dressed as other characters from the series, go trick-or-treating on Halloween night,...
Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez by Belen Medina; illus. by Natalia Rojas Castro Primary Atheneum 40 pp. 6/24 9781665931427 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781665931434 $10.99 This picture-book biography introduces readers to an extraordinary Indigenous ultramarathoner. Ramírez, born in 1995, is “a proud daughter...
The Brightwood Code by Monica Hesse High School Little, Brown 336 pp. 5/24 9780316045650 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780316045711 $10.99 In 1918 Washington, DC, eighteen-year-old Edda St. James is working as a switchboard operator for the Bell telephone company while living in her aunt’s boarding house. Though she is grateful for...
Are You Small? by Mo Willems; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Union Square 32 pp. 6/24 9781454951452 $17.99 The child with the purple circle head and stick limbs from Are You Big? (rev. 1/24) again ponders size in this companion concept book. Asking the titular question, an unseen narrator...
Island of Whispers by Frances Hardinge; illus. by Emily Gravett Intermediate, Middle School Amulet/Abrams 120 pp. 8/24 9781419774331 $19.99 e-book ed. 9798887073118 $17.99 Milo’s father has a vital role to play on the island of Merlank: he’s the Ferryman, responsible for transporting the Dead to a place where their spirits...
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