Book Reviews
Tiptoe Tapirsby Hanmin Kim; illus. by the author; trans. from the Korean by Sera LeePreschool, Primary Holiday 40 pp.8/15 978-0-8234-3395-7 $16.95e-book ed. 978-0-8234-3495-4 $16.95First published in South Korea in 2013, this pourquoi tale explaining why animals move stealthily begins in the jungle long ago when animals were all quite noisy...
Granddaddy’s Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Boxby Michael S. Bandy and Eric Stein; illus. by James E. RansomePrimary Candlewick 32 pp.7/15 978-0-7636-6593-7 $16.99“Patience, son, patience.” That’s what the young narrator’s grandfather tells him as they wait for the fish to bite. That’s also what Granddaddy says when he puts...
Poetry appears in many forms in these four illustrated books: one collection of old favorites, two books that present original poetry in both Spanish and English, and one biography of an enslaved man who became a poet.JooHee Yoon's sixteen selections of poems about animals in Beastly Verse include the usual...
Vegetables in Underwearby Jared Chapman;
illus. by the authorPreschool Abrams Appleseed/Abrams 32 pp.4/15 978-1-4197-1464-1 $14.95Vegetables are usually not funny. Underpants often are. Vegetables in underwear? Guaranteed preschool hilarity. A head of broccoli gets things started on the copyright and dedication pages with a striptease down to his red skivvies. A...
The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriageby Selina Alko; illus. by
Sean Qualls and Selina AlkoPrimary Levine/Scholastic 32 pp.1/15 978-0-545-47853-3 $18.99The 1967 Supreme Court case that legalized interracial marriage throughout the country is here given a picture-book accounting. Richard Loving was white, Mildred Jeter’s skin was a “creamy...
Yard Saleby Eve Bunting; illus. by Lauren CastilloPrimary Candlewick 32 pp.4/15 978-0-7636-6542-5 15.99 gIn this straightforward, heartfelt story, hard economic times mean that Callie and her parents must move from their house into a small apartment. “Small but nice,” Callie’s mother tells her. The family must sell many of its...
Use Your Words, Sophie!by Rosemary Wells; illus. by the authorPreschool Viking 24 pp.3/15 978-0-670-01663-1 $16.99 gMouse-child Sophie uses lots of words. She welcomes her new baby sister home from the hospital in Jellyfish language (“Jubbabubba”); she growls that she’s “too big for naps” in Hyena language (“Grabvjkloz!”). But her distracted...
You Nest Here with Meby Jane Yolen and Heidi E. Y. Stemple; illus. by Melissa SweetPreschool Boyds Mills 32 pp.3/15 978-1-59078-923-0 $16.95 gYolen and Stemple gracefully incorporate natural science into a comforting picture book comparing various nesting birds with a “nesting” child (“My little nestling, time for bed…”). Some birds,...
Won Ton and Chopstick: A Cat and Dog Tale Told in Haikuby Lee Wardlaw; illus. by Eugene YelchinPrimary Holt 40 pp.3/15 978-0-8050-9987-4 $17.99 gIn this sequel to Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku (rev. 3/11), the cautious kitty has another reason to be worried: an adorable new puppy....
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