Esteban de Luna, Baby Rescuer! Written by Larissa M. Mercadó-Lopez Illustrated by Alex Pardo DeLange Young Esteban’s prized possession is his green cape. He wears it every day from the park to the doctor’s office and everywhere in between,…
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CREEK-FINDING A TRUE STORY, a book for EARTH DAY
CREEKFINDING A TRUE STORY about a true kind of treasure, for Earth Day — Buried treasure … who doesn’t want to read a good book about buried treasure? This marvelous picture book, CREEKFINDING, A TRUE STORY written by Jacqueline Briggs…
Scribble & Author by Miri Leshem-Pelly
Scribble & Author By Miri Leshem-Pelly With a color spot plus a few pencil lines, Author creates Scribble. At first Scribble basks on the calm shore of The Beginning of the Story, safe and content, but she is alone…
Best Frints in the Whole Universe by Antoinette Portis
Best Frints in the Whole Universe By Antoinette Portis Best frints, Yelfred and Omek, live on an obscure and distant planet, Boborp. They have been frints ever since they were little blobbies. Yelfred and Omek do everything together: from…
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING
This book by Arthur A. Levine and illustrated by Katie Kath will bring a beautiful morning to you. The subject of this picture book, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING, is a difficult one. Noah experiences the sudden and confusing changes in…
THE WORLD IN A SECOND
Take one second, just one, and imagine all the events happening to all the many people living in all the different countries around the world. In this award-winning picture book, each double-page presents an illustration that shows a place and…
LUIS PAINTS THE WORLD, a picture book of waiting, hoping, and connecting
LUIS PAINTS THE WORLD, written by Terry Farish and illustrated with dramatic swirls of color by Oliver Dominguez, presents a story of how confusing and scary it is to have someone in the family deployed. Luis’s big brother, Nico, doesn’t…
I’m A Hungry Dinosaur by Janeen Brian and Ann James
When a little dinosaur’s tummy is hungry, what else can be done but to bake a cake? In Brian’s and James’ sequel to “I’m A Dirty Dinosaur,” (2013) the whimsical little dinosaur returns taking readers on a spirited step by…
Review: Salt To The Sea by Ruta Sepetys
Last month I reviewed the middle grade novel Pax by Sara Pennypacker. This month I am reviewing a young adult novel that also explores the effects of war on our world. While Pax explores these effects in a near future,…
J. L. Power’s AMINA named 2016 USBBY Outstanding International Book
AMINA, (Through My Eyes series), published in Australia, a story set in Somalia, has been recognized by USBBY – United States Board on Books for Young People – as one of the top international books for middle-grade readers. In this…