Abrams Books for Young Readers | 9781419744228 It’s spring now in the northern hemisphere and the trees are leafing out, bright and green. If you’re like me, you look forward to these months of new growth, birds chirping their morning and evening songs. Spring also means books. New books! I’ve been a fan of both Maria… Read more »
Abrams Books for Young Readers | 9781419736261 Last month, I was fortunate to hear author, Sandra Nickel, share a portion of the beginning of her newest picture book, THE STUFF BETWEEN THE STARS: How Vera Rubin Discovered Most of the Universe. She talked about reading Vera’s story for the first time (in a NYT… Read more »
Dial Books | 978-0593112595 Have you seen the tree in me by Corinna Luyken? One look at the cover with its gorgeous gouache, pencil, and ink illustrations in bright – almost florescent – pinks and yellows, oranges and golds and you know this is a book you must have. It makes my heart happy… Read more »
Knopf Books for Young Readers | 978-0525579748 It’s been just over a year since the world and our regular routines were upended by COVID-19. Schools closed without warning, store shelves emptied, travel, events, and getting together with our friends all but shut down. It’s been a year of adapting, adjusting, and learning to… Read more »
G.P. Putnam’s Sons | ISBN 978-0399549083 Readers have been waiting almost three years for the next book by the Newbery Award-winning picture book duo Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson, and it’s finally here: MILO IMAGINES THE WORLD. It’s a beautiful book that feels like the perfect companion to LAST STOP ON MARKET STREET…. Read more »
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 978-1328580795 Did you know that in 1948, Dr. Ludwig Guttmann organized the first sports competition involving WWII veterans with spinal cord-related injuries? And did you know that twelve years later, in 1960, those very games (called the Stoke Mandeville Games) were played in Rome, Italy and later renamed and recorded… Read more »
Carolrhoda Books | 978-1541561915 by Kao Kalia Yan, illustrated by Khoa Le “My grandmother is so old, no one knows how old she is. Not me, not my big sister Dawb, not our older cousin, Lei. My father waits patiently when we try to guess her age. He is my grandma’s ninth and youngest… Read more »
