Reviews
The Rock in My Throat
“Yang traces a Hmong-speaking child’s experience of selective mutism. . . Lin’s digital illustrations employ scale and perspective to smart effect.”—Publishers Weekly View →
Just Another Story: A Graphic Migration Account
“With delicacy and grace, Salvadoran cartoonist Saade crafts a resonant and distinctive graphic novel debut . . . Each panel is a testament to individual resilience, culminating in an expansive story of human beings triumphing against unspeakable odds.”—starred,… View →
A Ramadan to Remember
“[T]his heartwarming title stresses the importance of community, while Awatiff’s vibrant spreads convey a sense of happiness and contentment.”—Publishers Weekly View →
Best Believe: The Tres Hermanas, a Sisterhood for the Common Good
“Medina’s digital illustrations have a sumptuous risograph-like quality, rendering a floral motif alongside images of “Tres Hermanas” working powerfully in concert. An author’s note and glossary conclude."—Publishers Weekly View →
The Color of Sound
“Intricately entwining interpersonal growth with each character’s relationship to their Jewish faith and culture, Isler highlights the role of family history in identity formation through metaphorical time travel. Color-centric imagery rendered in immersive prose translates… View →
The Lunar New Year Surprise
“Wang details traditional Spring Festival customs and their meanings, portrayed in Do’s festive illustrations . . . . Back matter includes more about Lunar New Year dishes globally and a zodiac animal guide.”—Publishers Weekly View →
To the Ice
“[A] strange, enthralling blend of survivalist realism and fantasy.”—Publishers Weekly View →
Small Shoes, Great Strides: How Three Brave Girls Opened Doors to School Equality
“Micheaux Nelson and Bostic’s information-packed picture book examines an overlooked story of civil rights . . . Art in browns, purples, and golds juxtaposes saturated portraits of the girls with sepia-tone scenes of protesters.”—starred, Publishers Weekly View →
The Mexican Dreidel
“Mola’s chalky, bright-hued images, which portray characters with brown skin, evoke a sunny, cozy town and the fun of sharing with ‘nuevos amigos.’” —Publishers Weekly View →
Strikers: A Graphic Novel
“As the team bonds on and off the ice . . . they find support and stability in their relationships with one another while striving to get that elusive W.” —Publishers Weekly View →
A Wild, Wild Hanukkah
“Painterly, fanciful art captures the richness of feathers, fur, and scales, as well as the comedic chaos of an ever-more-crowded house. Gershman and Strauss end with a rousing Hanukkah countdown . . .” —Publishers Weekly View →
The Knight of Little Import
“[A] playfully interactive story that suggests the grass isn’t always greener somewhere else.” —Publishers Weekly View →
A Bird Day
“[An] offbeat slice-of-life story. . . . [A]musement comes from the view of birds as having so much—bickering, boredom, complaining—in common with humans.”—Publishers Weekly View →
We Planted a Pumpkin
“Less gardening primer than accounting of a slow-moving triumph, this In the Garden series starter depicts a parent-free project in the works alongside the delayed gratification that gardening can represent, all leading up to the protagonists’ breathless delight around… View →
My Brain Is Magic: A Sensory-Seeking Celebration
“Peaches and pinks infuse Ladi’s domestic scenes with a warmth that lasts until cool colors arrive with the onset of a ‘big sleepy whale’ slumber—a soothing end to the lively pages that precede.”—Publishers Weekly View →
Night and Dana
“In a retro style reminiscent of Archie comics, Davidson. . . fashions characters who are convincingly relatable.” —Publishers Weekly View →
The Bodyguard Unit: Edith Garrud, Women's Suffrage, and Jujitsu
“[A]n empowering work both in content and visuals, about the figure who taught women how to take back their power.” —Publishers Weekly View →
A Book about Bupkes
“Slice-of-life drawings and upbeat characters…assure readers that the world moves forward on even the smallest acts of kindness.” ―Publishers Weekly View →
Fodo Dodo Goes Fishing
“With self-assured characters and snappy pacing, it’s a simple angling story that’s as streamlined and functional as a pair of underpants.”—Publishers Weekly View →
My Mommies Built a Treehouse
“Evans’s warm digital renderings showcase the loving relationship between parents and child. Celebratory concluding scenes in the cozy fort successfully emphasize the value of family support in making dreams come true.”—Publishers Weekly View →
My Mommy Marches
“Hawkins’s rhythmic prose highlights the feelings and ideas that compel Mommy to march, and concluding pages make clear that her actions, like those of her mother and grandmother before her, succeed at inspiring both her child and her community.”—Publishers Weekly View →
The Moon Is a Ball: Stories of Panda & Squirrel
“As Franck models charming rapport and low-stakes companionship, Tjong-Khing’s delicate artwork provides nature-filled scenes of glorious suns and a bamboo forest.”—Publishers Weekly View →