Reviews Of The Week
Your Turn Marisol Rainey by Erin Entrada Kelly; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Greenwillow 160 pp. 8/25 9780063337213 $18.99 On the last day of spring vacation, Marisol and her best friend, Jada, decide that they will adopt “new and improved” personalities. To satisfy their plan, Marisol, usually quiet and...
Field Trip to Dinosaur Valley by John Hare; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Ferguson/Holiday 40 pp. 9/25 9780823459575 $18.99 This fourth installment of the wordless picture book series (Field Trip to the Moon, rev. 9/19, and sequels) raises stakes even higher than previous excursions by delving into time travel—and...
Dear Acorn (Love, Oak): Letter Poems to Friends by Joyce Sidman; illus. by Melissa Sweet Primary Clarion/HarperCollins 40 pp. 9/25 9780358334767 $19.99 In eight pairs of poems, Sidman creates dialogues between two subjects, some in nature (cloud and droplets), some human-made elements (button and coat). For example, in the first...
Trapped in the Tar Pit: How Paleontologists Unearthed a City’s Prehistoric Past by Jessica Stremer; illus. by Alexander Vidal Primary Beach Lane/Simon 40 pp. 8/25 9781665953177 $19.99e-book ed. 9781665953184 $10.99 The fascinating story of the La Brea Tar Pits gets a wonderful introduction in Stremer’s (Plight of the Pelican, rev....
The Winter of the Dollhouse by Laura Amy Schlitz Intermediate, Middle School Candlewick 400 pp. 9/25 9781536236088 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781536247589 $18.99 Tiph is a child who is pulled in many directions. She loves her younger half siblings but is fed up with the chaos of a house with babies....
Moon Song by Michaela Goade; illus. by the author Primary Little, Brown 40 pp. 10/25 9780316461634 $18.99 As a family goes to bed on a cold night, a young girl begins a story to ease her cousin to sleep. The tale unfolds as a walk through the world around them,...
Imogen: The Life and Work of Imogen Cunningham by Elizabeth Partridge; illus. by Yuko Shimizu Primary, Intermediate Viking 40 pp. 8/25 9781984835185 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781984835208 $10.99 Imogen Cunningham (1883–1976) was born into a large, loving family in the Pacific Northwest at the tail end of the nineteenth century. As...
The Last Resort by Erin Entrada Kelly; illus. by Naomi Franquiz Intermediate, Middle School Scholastic 240 pp. 9/25 9781546132431 $17.99 e-book ed. 9781546132455 $17.99 In this supernatural murder mystery, the versatile Kelly (2025 Newbery medalist for The First State of Being, rev. 5/24) skillfully balances otherworldly horrors with more realistic...
To Activate Space Portal, Lift Here by Antoinette Portis; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Porter/Holiday 56 pp. 10/25 9780823459858 $18.99 The opening spread of this meta intergalactic romp should entice viewers: a small orange square with a smaller black circle at its center sits in the middle of a...
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