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A Gift of Dust: How Saharan Plumes Feed the Planet by Martha Brockenbrough; illus. by Juana Martinez-Neal Primary, Intermediate Knopf 40 pp. 5/25 9780593428429 $19.99 Library ed. 9780593428436 $22.99 e-book ed. 9780593428443 $11.99 “When a sunbeam slips through a window in a certain slant of light, you can see a...
The Moon Moved In by Sue Soltis; illus. by Sonia SánchezPrimary Chronicle 48 pp.7/25 9781452180717 $17.99A girl named Stella looks out her window to the house next door with a for-sale sign on the front lawn. After the sign tips over, curiously, the moon moves into the empty house. Stella...
Recess by Lane Smith; illus. by the author; design by Molly LeachPrimary Abrams 40 pp.7/25 9781419776892 $19.99e-book ed. 9798887074047 $17.99At Freedom Elementary School, students tackle reading, writing, and math, but as the narrator wryly notes, sometimes they “need a break from all that fun, right?” Enter recess—spontaneous, unannounced, and absolutely...
I Wish I Didn’t Have to Tell You This by Eugene Yelchin; illus. by the authorHigh School Candlewick 432 pp.9/25 9781536215533 $22.99e-book ed. 9781536227321 $22.99This graphic memoir, a sequel to The Genius Under the Table (rev. 9/21) but for a teen audience, picks up in 1980 Leningrad, with Yelchin’s early...
The Fig Tree: A Story About Building Friendship and Peace in Cyprus by Costantia Manoli; illus. by Leah GilesPrimary Roaring Brook 40 pp.6/25 9781250763136 $18.99e-book ed. 9781250435095 $10.99In 1974, a Greek military coup in Cyprus prompted a Turkish invasion and occupation, and the small eastern Mediterranean island was divided into...
The True and Lucky Life of a Turtle by Sy Montgomery; illus. by Matt PattersonPrimary Clarion/HarperCollins 40 pp.9/25 9780063325166 $19.99In a previous collaboration (The Book of Turtles, rev. 7/23), Montgomery and Patterson briefly featured a large snapping turtle, a.k.a. Fire Chief. Now Fire Chief gets a starring role in his...
The Boy Who Became a Parrot: A Foolish Biography of Edward Lear, Who Invented Nonsense by Wolverton Hill; illus. by Laura CarlinPrimary, Intermediate Enchanted Lion 84 pp.7/25 9781592704132 $22.99For the most part, this is a straightforward picture-book biography of poet, natural history artist, and landscape painter Edward Lear (1812–1888), focusing...
Ablaze: The Story of America’s First Female Smokejumper by Jessica Lawson; illus. by Sarah GonzalesPrimary Viking 40 pp.7/25 9780593463659 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593463666 $10.99Lawson’s lyrical picture-book biography of change-making wildland firefighter Deanne Shulman opens with an anecdote from Shulman’s childhood that foreshadows her future vocation. The young girl, an avid hiker...
First Ascent: The Epic Yosemite Rock-Climbing Rivalry of Royal Robbins and Warren Harding by Kate Messner; illus. by Stevie LewisPrimary, Intermediate Yosemite Conservancy 56 pp.8/25 9781951179335 $19.99Robbins (1935–2017) and Harding (1924–2002) started out as rock-climbing buddies but quickly became rivals. Messner’s conversational text introduces them and their interest in climbing;...
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