Book Reviews
The Poet and the Bees: A Story of the Seasons Sylvia Plath Kept Bees by Amy Novesky; illus. by Jessica LovePrimary, Intermediate Viking 32 pp.2/25 9780593526392 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593526408 $10.99Novesky provides a snapshot of Plath (1932–1963) inspired by her poems and letters about her brief experience with beekeeping. The text...
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Review of Safe Crossing
Safe Crossing by Kari Percival; illus. by the authorPrimary Chronicle 48 pp.1/25 9781797214566 $18.99Why do amphibians cross a dark, perilous road? To lay their eggs, of course. But sometimes they need help. In the middle of the night, a biracial family dons rain gear over PJs, gathers equipment, and joins...
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Review of Rose Weaves a Garden
Rose Weaves a Garden by Rashin Kheiriyeh; illus. by the authorPrimary Schwartz/Random 40 pp.4/25 9780593705100 $18.99Library ed. 9780593705117 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593705124 $10.99Rose’s grandfather is a rug weaver, working mornings in a factory and weaving in the afternoon for friends and family on his at-home loom. Rose loves watching Baba joon’s...
Springtime Storks: A Migration Love Story by Carol Joy Munro; illus. by Chelsea O’ByrnePrimary Minerva/Astra 40 pp.12/24 9781662651212 $18.99e-book ed. 9781662651229 $11.99This moving tale of two storks begins when one of them, Katerina, who narrates the story, is shot from the sky and falls to the fields below. A farmer...
Seven: A Most Remarkable Pigeon by Sandra Nickel; illus. by Aimée SicuroPrimary Candlewick 40 pp.4/25 9781536235197 $17.99Typically, two nestlings are born when pigeons mate. But not this time. There’s only one egg in the clutch, producing a single squab. His parents name him Seven, a lucky name, because seven thousand...
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Review of Home
Home by Matt de la Peña; illus. by Loren LongPrimary Putnam 48 pp.3/25 9780593110898 $19.99e-book ed. 9780593110904 $10.99The duo behind Love (rev. 3/18) returns with another meaningful picture book meant to tug on readers’ heartstrings—this time, on the topic of home. It begins with glimpses into the mundane moments people...
The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn’s Great Big Wish by Shawn Harris; illus. by the authorPrimary Knopf 40 pp.3/25 9780593571910 $18.99Library ed. 9780593571927 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593571934 $8.99The teeny-weeny unicorn is back, just as small, just as smudgy, and just as pink as he was in his original appearance in The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn (rev....
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Review of The Interpreter
The Interpreter by Olivia Abtahi; illus. by Monica ArnaldoPrimary Kokila/Penguin 40 pp.1/25 9780593620441 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593620458 $10.99Cecilia, a Latine girl, juggles two jobs: kid and interpreter. Text bubbles in yellow for Spanish and blue for English differentiate the languages spoken by Cecilia’s “clients” (i.e., her parents) and by those at...
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Review of The Hole
The Hole by Lindsay Bonilla; illus. by Brizida MagroPrimary Paulsen/Penguin 32 pp.2/25 9780593529140 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593529157 $10.99This tender, deeply empathetic story, narrated by a child grieving the loss of a sibling, offers a moving exploration of grief’s many layers. “There’s a hole in the bottom bunk where my brother, Matty,...
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