Book Reviews
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...
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...
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