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The Fisherman & the Whaleby Jessica Lanan; illus. by the authorPrimary Simon 48 pp.5/19 978-1-5344-1574-4 $17.99e-book ed. 978-1-5344-1575-1 $10.99In this dramatic wordless tale, a commercial fisherman and what appears to be his son collect fish in the large net thrown from their boat. They sail on — that is, until...
The Iliadadapted by Gareth Hinds; illus. by the adapterMiddle School, High School Candlewick 264 pp.3/19 978-0-7636-8113-5 $27.99Paper ed. 978-0-7636-9663-4 $16.99As with his treatment of The Odyssey (rev. 11/10), Hinds offers an ambitious and compelling comics adaptation of a Homerian epic. This complex, winding tale picks up in the tenth year...
To Night Owl from Dogfishby Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg WolitzerIntermediate, Middle School Dial/Dutton 311 pp. g2/19 978-0-5255-5323-6 $17.99At the start of this epistolary (via email) novel, twelve-year-olds Bett Devlin, an adventure-loving California girl of African American and Brazilian descent, and Avery Bloom, a tightly wound New Yorker whose single...
Helloby Fiona Woodcock; illus. by the authorPreschool Greenwillow 40 pp.5/19 978-0-06-264456-6 $17.99In Look (rev. 7/18), Woodcock strung together a series of words with double os, more or less one per page, to tell a story of a brother and sister visiting the zoo. In this companion, double ls get the...
Dissenter on the Bench: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Life & Workby Victoria OrtizMiddle School, High School Clarion 184 pp. g6/19 978-0-544-97364-0 $18.99e-book ed. 978-1-328-63990-5 $9.99Since her appointment to the Supreme Court in 1993, Ruth Bader Ginsburg has become a hero to many Americans for her progressive positions on cases involving free...
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Meby Mariko Tamaki; illus. by Rosemary Valero-O’ConnellHigh School First Second/Roaring Brook 298 pp.5/19 978-1-250-31284-6 $24.99Paper ed. 978-1-62672-259-0 $17.99This relatable, heart-wrenching, and often funny graphic novel opens with seventeen-year-old Frederica (“Freddy”) Riley’s email to advice columnist Anna Vice. “For almost the past year I’ve been...
Ogilvyby Deborah Underwood; illus. by T. L. McBethPreschool, Primary Godwin/Holt 40 pp.5/19 978-1-250-15176-6 $17.99Ogilvy, a wide-eyed, line-drawn bunny, is excited to make friends in a new town. But upon arrival, the rabbit’s sartorial choices are challenged; Ogilvy, clad in a knit article of clothing, is asked: “Is it a sweater...
My mom and dad truly laid the foundation for my writing life by reading to me and my siblings every night — giving me a heart for stories. And there were many moments that followed that inspired my literary journey. Here is one.In February of 1991, my father showed me...
Moth: An Evolution Storyby Isabel Thomas; illus. by Daniel EgnéusPrimary Bloomsbury 48 pp. g6/19 978-1-5476-0020-5 $18.99e-book ed. 978-1-5476-0024-3 $13.29“This is a story of light and dark. Of change and adaptation, of survival and hope.” In a shadowy (pre-industrial) wood, a peppered moth — its “speckled, freckled” wing patterns wonderfully detailed...
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