Book Reviews
The Iridescence of Birds: A Book About Henri Matisseby Patricia MacLachlan;
illus. by Hadley HooperPrimary Porter/Roaring Brook 40 pp.10/14 978-1-59643-948-1 $17.99“If you were a boy named Henri Matisse who lived / in a dreary town…” Thus begins this speculative exploration of the painter’s early encounters with color, worded as a...
Because They Marched: The People’s Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed Americaby Russell FreedmanMiddle School Holiday 83 pp.8/14 978-0-8234-2921-9 $20.00e-book ed. 978-0-8234-3263-9 $20.00With characteristically clear prose sprinkled liberally with primary source quotes and carefully selected photographs, Freedman documents the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery march that featured the horrific Bloody Sunday confrontation between...
Strike! The Farm Workers’ Fight for Their Rights by Larry Dane Brimner Intermediate, Middle School Calkins Creek/Boyds Mills 172 pp. 10/14 978-1-59078-997-1 $16.95 Brimner turns his attention from one part of the 1960s — the civil rights movement in the South (Black & White) — to another, a parallel movement...
Ivan: The Remarkable True Story
of the Shopping Mall Gorillaby Katherine Applegate;
illus. by G. Brian KarasPrimary, Intermediate Clarion 40 pp.10/14 978-0-544-25230-1 $17.99 gApplegate introduces young readers to the true story that inspired her Newbery Medal–winning novel The One and Only Ivan (rev. 1/12). “In leafy calm, / in gentle...
By now, nonfiction magazine Kids Discover has adapted twenty-two (and counting) of its issues to digital, covering a wide range of natural and social science topics from the microscopic to the galactic. Every issue — and by extension, every app — offers eight informational chapters, each with an introductory paragraph...
Buried Sunlight: How Fossil Fuels Have
Changed the Earthby Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm; illus. by Molly BangPrimary Blue Sky/Scholastic 48 pp.9/14 978-0-545-57785-4 $17.99 gIn the latest of Bang and Chisholm’s excellent books on the role of the sun’s energy in powering life processes on Earth (Living Sunlight, rev. 5/09;...
2013 was an anniversary year for the live-action educational TV program Bill Nye the Science Guy. In honor of that occasion, developer Disney Education created the Bill Nye the Science Guy 20th Anniversary App.Welcome to Nye Labs, where you’ll discover on the main screen (a.k.a. Bill’s retro-looking desk) an assortment...
At Home in Her Tomb: Lady Dai and the Ancient Chinese Treasures of Mawangduiby Christine Liu-Perkins;
illus. by Sarah S. BrannenIntermediate, Middle School Charlesbridge 80 pp.4/14 978-1-58089-370-1 $19.95e-book ed. 978-1-60734-615-9 $9.99Late in 1971, workers digging an air-raid shelter in Hunan Province found three tombs of a noble family from early...
Park Scientists: Gila Monsters, Geysers, and Grizzly Bears in America’s Own Backyard
[Scientists in the Field]by Mary Kay Carson;
photos by Tom UhlmanIntermediate, Middle School Houghton 75 pp.5/14 978-0-547-79268-2 $18.99Although most of us think about our national parks in terms of their stunning natural vistas and opportunities for outdoor adventures,...
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