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Breathing Underwater by Abbey Lee Nash

Breathing Underwater by Abbey Lee Nash. Holiday House, 2024. 9780823453863 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover Genre: Realistic sports fiction What did you like about the book? Tess is a swimmer. She is banking on a scholarship to a highly prestigious college for her swimming abilities.  She is training for Nationals.  She even has dreams of the Olympics.  Then…

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Simone by Viet Thanh Nguyen, illustrated by Minnie Phan

Simone by Viet Thanh Nguyen, illustrated by Minnie Phan. Minerva, 2024. 9781662651199 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover picture book What did you like about the book? Simone is abruptly awakened by her mom and told that they have to evacuate their house immediately. There is a wildfire in the hills above their neighborhood. She can choose “what’s…

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The Prickletrims Go Wild by Marie Dorléans

The Prickletrims Go Wild by Marie Dorléans. Floris Books, c2022, 2024. 9781782508830 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover picture book What did you like about the book?  In this tall, narrow picture books, readers meet the precise Prickletrims, who keep their garden clipped and tamed into submission. Their slim two-story house (drawn in meticulously ruled…

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Little Chick’s Springtime by Danielle McLean, illustrated by Judi Abbot

Little Chick’s Springtime by Danielle McLean, illustrated by Judi Abbot. Tiger Tales, 2024. 9781664351028 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3 Format: Board book What did you like about the book? Die-cut pages encircle a squishy, glittery yellow chick as she meets other springtime friends.  Little ones will enjoy the bright, colorful illustrations of springtime harbingers,…

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How It Works: Shark  by Molly Littleboy, illustrated by David Semple

How It Works: Shark  by Molly Littleboy, illustrated by David Semple. Tiger Tales, 2024. 9781664351011 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3.5 Format: Board book What did you like about the book? Colorful die-cut pages allow young scientists to explore the biology of a shark.  Readers will learn interesting facts, such as how dorsal fins aid balance, that sharks can sense…

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How to Help a Hare and Protect a Polar Bear by Jess French; illustrated by Angela Keoghan

How to Help a Hare and Protect a Polar Bear by Jess French; illustrated by Angela Keoghan. Nosy Crow, 2024. 9798887770574 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3 Format: Hardcover picture book What did you like about the book:   How to Help a Hare and Protect a Polar Bear is a beautifully illustrated nonfiction picture book about habitats and conservation. This book introduces 9…

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Animal Albums from A to Z by Cece Bell

Animal Albums from A to Z by Cece Bell. Walker Books, 2024. 9781536226249 Rating:  1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover picture book What did you like about the book?  This alphabet book consists of album cover art, song lyrics, and “delightful bits of treasured memorabilia” featuring a wide array of creatures and musical genres.  From the Tex-Mex flavor of Arnie…

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Dragonfruit by Makii Lucier

Dragonfruit by Makii Lucier. Clarion Books, 2024. 9780358272106  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover Genre:  Fantasy What did you like about the book? A new addition to the growing number of books by AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) authors, this book features Pacific Island characters, magical tattoos, a strong heroine, and seadragons. What’s not to…

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As the Seas Rise by Angela Quezada Padron

As the Seas Rise: Nicole Hernandez Hammer and the Fight for Climate Justice by Angela Quezada Padron. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2024. 9781665913942 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover picture book Genre:  Biography What did you like about the book:   This excellent picture book biography presents the life of Nicole Hernandez Hammer, a scientist and…

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A Place for Vanishing by Ann Fraistat

A Place for Vanishing by Ann Fraistat. Delacorte Press, 2024. 9780593382219 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover Genre:  Young Adult Horror/Sci Fi Fantasy What did you like about the book? After her failed suicide attempt, Libby and her family try to make a fresh start in a mysterious house that’s been abandoned for decades. But while the family struggles to…

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The Souls of Flowers by Pavlína Kourková and Klára Mandausová, illustrated by Pavlína Kourková

The Souls of Flowers: the Loveliest Flowers in Our Meadows and Gardens by Pavlína Kourková and Klára Mandausová, illustrated by Pavlína Kourková and translated by Andrew Oakland. Albatros Media, 2024. 9788000071008 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover What did you like about the book? So many words come to mind after reading this book—stunning, breathtaking,…

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Escaping Mr. Rochester by L. L. McKinney

Escaping Mr. Rochester by L. L. McKinney.  HarperTeen, 2024. 9780062986269  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover Genre: Historical/ Romance/ Mystery/ LGBTQIA What did you like about the book? Jane Eyre is a 19-year-old orphan living at Lowood school when she becomes governess to Adele, Edward Rochester’s ward, living at Thornfield Hall.  She develops an…

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Behold the Hummingbird by Suzanne Slade,  illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez

Behold the Hummingbird by Suzanne Slade,  illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez. Peachtree, 2024. 9781682636527 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover picture book What did you like about the book?  Following up on their well-received 2023 Behold the Octopus, Slade and Gonzalez return with this beautiful book on hummingbirds. The lush, realistic illustrations done…

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You and the Universe by Stephen and Lucy Hawking, illustrated by Xin Li

You and the Universe by Stephen and Lucy Hawking, illustrated by Xin Li. Random House, 2024. 9780593432112  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover picture book What did you like about the book? This delightfully engaging text introduces readers to the universe and questions that the author has in relation to it.  The story discusses aspects of our universe as…

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The Sherlock Society by James Ponti

The Sherlock Society by James Ponti. Aladdin, 2024. 9781665932530  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Paperback Genre:  Mystery/Adventure What did you like about the book? With the last name Sherlock, solving mysteries just seemed to be an inevitable summer job. Alex and Zoe Sherlock are looking to earn extra cash with Alex’s friends Yadi and Lina. Sure they are on…

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Black & Irish by Leon Diop and Brianna Fitzsimons, illustrated by Jessica Louis

Black & Irish: Legends, Trailblazers & Everyday Heroes by Leon Diop and Brianna Fitzsimons, illustrated by Jessica Louis. Little Island, 2024. 9781915071231  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Paperback Genre:  Collective biography What did you like about the book? Filled with inspiring biographies of amazing people who impacted not only the British Isles but also…

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Bunny and Clyde by Megan McDonald, illustrated by Scott Nash

Bunny and Clyde by Megan McDonald, illustrated by Scott Nash. Candlewick Press, 2024. 9781536228731 Rating:  1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover early chapter book Genre: Animal fiction What did you like about the book?  “Bunny and Clyde were tired of being good.”  These two best friends – a rabbit and a chipmunk – always do the right thing: they follow the rules,…