Book Reviews
Sing it, write it, paint it, weave it, dance it out, “rap it up”! These nine picture books provide all sorts of examples of expressing oneself through the arts. See also our Five Questions interview with Cheryl Willis Hudson and London Ladd about When I Hear Spirituals and The Arts...
When the World Tips Over by Jandy Nelson High School Dial 528 pp. 9/24 9780525429098 $21.99 e-book ed. 9780698195042 $10.99 Nelson (Printz Award winner for I’ll Give You the Sun, rev. 11/14) begins with definitions of a fantasia—one of which is “a literary work composed of a mixture of different...
Céad míle fáilte to all those celebrating St. Patrick's Day today. We've updated three Guide/Reviews Database booklists recommending books for primary, intermediate, and older readers on all things Irish. Sláinte!...
The Midnight Panther by Poonam Mistry; illus. by the author Primary Candlewick Studio 48 pp. 10/24 9781536238716 $18.99 A gentle panther loves the forest, but he’s afraid to scale the tall trees and feels different from the other majestic cats. He admires Tiger’s bold stripes, Lion’s bright mane, and Leopard’s...
Bounce!: A Scientific History of Rubber by Sarah Albee; illus. by Eileen Ryan Ewen Primary Charlesbridge 48 pp. 10/24 978623543792 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781632893574 $9.99 Inviting 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...
The Curse of Madame Petrova by Marjolijn Hof; illus. by Annette Fienieg; trans. from Dutch by Bill Nagelkerke Middle School Em Querido/Levine Querido 272 pp. 9/24 9781646144532 $18.99 Silke and her twin brother, Janis, are fated to cause each other’s demise, or so predicted Madame Petrova when she read the...
How We Share Cake by Kim Hyo-eun; illus. by the author; trans. from Korean by Deborah Smith Preschool, Primary Scribble 56 pp. 10/24 9781957363851 $19.95 In this clever, humorous Korean import, a young girl describes how she and her two brothers and two sisters share things fairly. Snacks are divided...
A Forest Song by Kirsten Hall; illus. by Evan TurkPrimary Random House Studio/Random 40 pp.2/25 9780593480366 $18.99Library ed. 9780593480373 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593480380 $8.99This cento (a poem composed of passages from other writers) pays reverent tribute to the natural world, weaving together the words of poets such as Emily Dickinson, Mary...
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Review of In the Desert
In the Desert by David Elliott; illus. by Gordy WrightPrimary Candlewick 40 pp.3/25 9781536223385 $18.99In fifteen verses, Elliott celebrates creatures who inhabit the Sahara Desert—and, in one introductory poem, the desert itself. As always in this winning series (see At the Poles, rev. 9/23, and eight other titles), the poems...
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