Book Reviews
The Strongest Heart by Saadia Faruqi Middle School Quill Tree/HarperCollins 384 pp. 3/25 9780063115859 $19.99 e-book ed. 9780063115897 $9.99 Thirteen-year-old Pakistani American Mohammad and his father move from Queens to Houston to stay with his aunt and cousin while his research scientist mother works in a refugee camp in Greece....
The Littlest Drop by Sascha Alper; illus. by Jerry Pinkney and Brian Pinkney Primary Schwartz/Random 40 pp. 4/25 9780593309124 $18.99 Library ed. 9780593309131 $21.99 e-book ed. 9780593309148 $10.99 When a brush fire begins raging, the animals flee to the river for safety—except for one determined hummingbird. The tiny bird carries...
Can You Imagine?: The Art and Life of Yoko Ono by Lisa Tolin; illus. by Yas Imamura Primary, Intermediate Atheneum 48 pp. 2/25 9781534487789 $19.99 e-book ed. 9781534487796 $10.99 Throughout her life, Yoko Ono (b. 1933) has found herself caught between two places: her vivid, hopeful imagination and the harsh,...
Max in the Land of Lies [Operation Kinderspion] by Adam Gidwitz Middle School Dutton 352 pp. 2/25 9780593112113 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780593112120 $10.99 This sequel picks up where Max in the House of Spies (rev. 3/24) ended, with just-turning-thirteen Max parachuting into Nazi Germany on a mission for the British...
Downpour: Splish! Splash! Ker-splash! by Yuko Ohnari and Koshiro Hata; illus. by the authors; trans. from Japanese by Emily Balistrieri Preschool Red Comet 40 pp. 3/25 9781636551142 $18.99 Vivid illustrations and enthusiastic prose evoke the surprise and awe of a summer rainstorm in this Japanese import. A child narrator peers...
How Elegant the Elephant: Poems About Animals and Insects by Mary Ann Hoberman; illus. by Marla Frazee Primary Tingley/Little, Brown 88 pp. 3/25 9780316417129 $20.99 e-book ed. 9780316584968 $12.99 As an introduction by the late Hoberman explains, for this collection she selected favorite poems of hers “about animals and insects”...
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Review of Rabbit’s Feat
Rabbit’s Feat by Barney Saltzberg; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Hippo Park/Astra 40 pp.6/25 9781662640803 $18.99e-book ed. 9781662640810 $11.99“Every spring, Rabbit heard Boulder and Cactus having the same conversation.” Boulder, perched near the edge of a small cliff, longs to see Cactus’s nighttime-blooming flowers up close. “Today will be the...
Fireworks by Matthew Burgess; illus. by Cátia ChienPreschool, Primary Clarion/HarperCollins 48 pp.5/25 9780063216723 $19.99Two young siblings, who serve as narrators, enjoy an eventful summer day that ends with an epic fireworks display. The story begins with them greeting the morning and eating their breakfast with chopsticks and a spoon, then...
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Review of No One Is Home
No One Is Home by Mikolaj Pa; illus. by Gosia Herba; trans. from Polish by Scotia GilroyPrimary Greystone Kids 48 pp.4/25 9781778402180 $18.95Leo, a lion, gets up and heads across town toward his best friend’s house, determined to surprise Kimbo, a butterfly, on his birthday. Leo encounters a series of...
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