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Brown Girl DreamingWritten by Jacqueline WoodsonPublished in 2014 by Nancy Paulsen BooksGrades 4 and up ISBN: 978-0-399-25251-8 Book ReviewTo refuel, rethink, and reconnect in life, we need only be reminded of the power of dreams. In Brown Girl Dreaming, acclaimed author Jacqueline Woodson eloquently shares the story of her childhood and the dreams that propelled […]
Mr. Cornell’s DREAM BOXES Written and Illustrated by Jeanette Winter Published by Beach Lane Books ISBN: 978-1-4424-9900-3 Grades 2-5 Book Review “If you had lived on Utopia Parkway not so long ago, you might have walked past this house.” In that house, if you looked closely, as author-illustrator Jeannette Winter asks the reader to do, […]
A Boy and a Jaguar Written by Alan Rabinowitz and Illustrated by Cátia Chien Published in 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Grades K-5 ISBN: 978-0-547-87507-1 Book Review “Animals can’t get the words out, just as I can’t get the words out. So people ignore or misunderstand or hurt them, the same way people ignore […]
The Pilot and the Little Prince Written and illustrated by Peter Sís Published in 2014 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) ISBN # 978-0374380694 Grades K and up Book Review Aviator, pioneer, inventor, war hero: In The Pilot and the Little Prince, we learn that Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was all this and more. With characteristic […]
Written by Barbara Kerley, Illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham Published by Scholastic Press, 2014 ISBN 978-0-545-35088-4 Grades 3-8 Book Review Ralph Waldo Emerson himself ushers the reader through the front door and into his home on the title page of Barbara Kerley and Edwin Fotheringham’s latest collaboration. The title page also introduces the palette of orange, […]
The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art
Biography & Memoirs, Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books
|The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art Written by Barb Rosenstock and Illustrated by Mary Grandpré Published by Knopf in 2014 ISBN 978-0-307-97848-6 Grades K – 8 Book Review “Snapping cerulean points. Crunching crimson squares. Whispering charcoal lines.” Evoking equally the senses of hearing and sight, author Barb Rosenstock provides […]
Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909
Biography & Memoirs, Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books
|Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909 Written by Michelle Markel and Illustrated by Melissa Sweet Published in 2013 by Balzer + Bray ISBN-10: 0061804428 Grades 2-8 Book Review As a young immigrant girl, Clara Lemlich lands in New York City “dirt poor, just five feet tall, and hardly speaks a word […]
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
Biography & Memoirs, Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books
|Written by Jen Bryant, Illustrated by Melissa Sweet Published by Alfred A. Knopf ISBN: 978-0-375-86712-5 Grades 1-5 Book Review “Horace loved to draw. He loved the feel of the charcoal as it slid across the floor. He loved looking at something in the room and making it come alive again in front of him.” Jen […]
Flying Solo and Daredevil: Picture Book Biographies of Women Aviators
Biography & Memoirs, Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books
|Flying Solo: How Ruth Elder Soared into America’s Heart Written by Julie Cummins and Illustrated by Malene R. Laugesen. Published in 2013 by Roaring Brook Press Grades 3 – 8 Book Review At the age of twenty-three, Ruth Elder, “a beauty queen with a sparkling personality, a smile as bright as a toothpaste ad, and […]
On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein Written by Jennifer Berne; Illustrated by Vladimir Radunsky Published by Chronicle Books, 2013 ISBN # 978-0-8118-7235-5 Grades K and up Book Review Albert Einstein’s”biggest, most exciting thought”wasn’t his general theory of relativity or his mass-energy equivalence formula E=mc2. Instead, it was a vision he imagined while riding […]
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