Book Reviews
The Blue Jays That Grew a Forest by Lynn Street; illus. by Anne Hunter Primary Quinlin/Peachtree 48 pp. 8/25 9781682636046 $18.99 Most everyone knows that “mighty oaks from little acorns grow,” as the old saw goes, but how many people know that blue jays are integral to their propagation? Street’s...
Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley High School Holt 384 pp. 9/25 9781250328533 $19.99 e-book ed. 9781250328540 $11.99 Lucy Smith knows that someone is following her, and she decides it’s time to leave town. At first she suspects the handsome Potawatomi man who insists on talking to her at...
Together, United [All Because You Matter] by Tami Charles; illus. by Bryan Collier Primary Orchard/Scholastic 40 pp. 9/25 9781338752052 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781546148562 $18.99 In this third installment of the affirming series (All Because You Matter, rev. 11/20; We Are Here, rev. 3/23), Charles’s evocative verse underscores a message of...
A Snow Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead; illus. by Erin E. SteadPreschool, Primary Roaring Brook 48 pp.9/25 9781250324733 $19.99In his third outing, city-dwelling zookeeper—and lover of snow—Amos McGee (A Sick Day for Amos McGee, rev. 5/10; Amos McGee Misses the Bus, rev. 11/21) eagerly anticipates a forecasted...
How Six Found Christmas by Trina Schart Hyman; illus. by the authorPrimary, Intermediate Holiday 32 pp.10/25 9780823461929 $15.99In this reissue of a classic fable (rev. 12/69), a girl who has never heard of Christmas heads into a snowy forest to search for it. There she meets five animals who want...
The Little Ghost Quilt’s Winter Surprise by Riel Nason; illus. by Byron EggenschwilerPrimary Tundra 48 pp.8/25 9781774885376 $18.99e-book ed. 9781774885383 $10.99The main character from The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt loves “flying outside in the wintertime.” Unfortunately, it is too cold for his ghost-sheet friends to join him. When...
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Review of Winter Is the Worst!
Winter Is the Worst! by Dan Tavis; illus. by the authorPreschool Amicus Ink 32 pp.10/25 9798889880165 $18.99Penguin frankly lists the many reasons why “winter is the worst” (the cold, heavy snow, slippery ice) before a few wordless spreads show the one thing the bird likes about the season: sledding with...
Lost and Found Hanukkah by Joy Preble; illus. by Lisa AnchinPrimary Chronicle 40 pp.9/25 9781797216096 $17.99Nate, who loves Hanukkah because “it’s always the same,” is sad about celebrating in a new apartment and without his menorah, which was lost in the family’s move. Visiting a Judaica store to replace it...
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Review of Santa Claws
Santa Claws by Bridget Heos; illus. by Galia BernsteinPreschool, Primary Holt 40 pp.9/25 9781250909497 $18.99“While kids scrawl notes to Santa Claus, /Hatchlings write to Santa Claws.” This companion to shark-themed Santa Jaws (rev. 11/21) focuses on the prehistoric world. Santa is a T-rex, the elves are pachycephalosauruses, and Heos crafts...
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