Reviews
Pangu's Shadow
“Detective hijinks abound, including last-ditch offworld trips, and a morgue heist to find a prosthetic hand. A slow-burn queer romance and stellar worldbuilding round out this sci-fi about queer girls flipping the script.”—Shelf Awareness View →
The Knight of Little Import
“For her collages, Batsel (A Is for Another Rabbit) works with a sweepingly wide range of unfussy materials, including thread, sawdust, and artificial turf—selections true to the spirit of this tale of resourcefulness, improvisation, and pluck. Although the author… View →
Nothing Could Stop Her: The Courageous Life of Ruth Gruber
“This enthusiastic biography charmingly depicts the commitment and tenacity of this intrepid explorer-journalist.” —Shelf Awareness View →
The Moon Is a Ball: Stories of Panda & Squirrel
“Striking artwork and sweet, funny stories about friendship make The Moon Is a Ball an amusing addition to the philosophical friends genre, alongside Winnie-the-Pooh and Frog and Toad Are Friends.”—Shelf Awareness View →
My Mommies Built a Treehouse
“Evans’s energetic digital illustrations bring wonder and humor to the narrative by highlighting elements not specifically mentioned in the text . . . . The family works in tandem while using their individual strengths to achieve the child’s goal in this heartwarming… View →
Indigo and Ida
“[A] powerful and climactic contemporary novel.”—starred, Shelf Awareness View →
Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Himself
“Monica Edinger and Lesley Younge—former fourth grade co-teachers—brilliantly transform the autobiography into ‘found poems’ by cutting and rearranging Equiano’s original into verse . . . Their deft transformation of Equiano’s odyssey is well-equipped to… View →
Gotcha!: A Funny Fairy Tale Hide-and-Seek
The oversized pages filled with bold, saturated artwork showcase the creatures in all their stinky, “freakish” glory. This interactive fairy-tale hide-and-seek . . . is guffaw-eliciting and engaging."—Shelf Awareness View →
Where We Come From
“This collaboration of American voices offers an unusual and honest look at the complexity of identity.” —Shelf Awareness View →
The Hunt Is On: Book 1
“[B]alances dynamic action sequences with a nuanced exploration of environmental commodification and resource scarcity.”—Shelf Awareness View →
A Story About Afiya
“James Berry’s ‘A Story About Afiya’ makes its debut in this visually spectacular edition illustrated by Brazilian artist Anna Cunha.”—Shelf Awareness View →
Monstrous: The Lore, Gore, and Science behind Your Favorite Monsters
“Beccia tickles her audience’s prefrontal cortexes with eye-opening biology, riveting physics, savory nutrition and more, to prove that ‘Science is stronger than fear.’”—Shelf Awareness View →
A Map into the World
“[A] quietly uplifting picture book.”—Shelf Awareness View →
“Illustrative details abound in this atmospheric picture book of a mere 112 words.”—Shelf Awareness View →
Inside the Villains
“A handsome literary and visual package that invites exploration with the fingers, the eyes and the imagination.”—Shelf Awareness View →
My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder
“Nie Jun’s illustrations are lush, the figures expressive and Beijing itself captivating in its detail.”—Shelf Awareness View →
Open Mic Night at Westminster Cemetery
“Mary Amato’s inventive Open Mic Night at Westminster Cemetery finds humor in the grave.”—Shelf Awareness View →
Detective Gordon: A Case for Buffy
“[W]himsical perfection.”—starred, Shelf Awareness View →
Troublemakers
“Catherine Barter’s debut YA novel is a tense, subtle work about family and bringing secrets to light.”—Shelf Awareness View →
You're Safe With Me
“Chitra Soundar’s text has the rhythm of a song, with call-like verses and response-like ’You’re safe with me’ chorus.”—starred, Shelf Awareness View →
Locked Up for Freedom: Civil Rights Protesters at the Leesburg Stockade
“[E]ngag[es] readers in a physically uncomfortable yet vitally important topic. . . . The miscarriage of justice against more than 30 young girls from Americus, Ga., during the civil rights movement comes to light in words and pictures that will infuriate and inspire young… View →
Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion
“Chris Barton and Victo Ngai’s Dazzle Ships gives young readers an introduction to World War I in a clever and colorful way.”—Shelf Awareness View →