December 2020 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

December 2020 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Drawing God

By Karen Kiefer, illustrated by Kathy De Wit. Paraclete Press, 2019. 32 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $12.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 3 and…

Reviewed by Anne Nydam

December 2020 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

The Old Truck

By Jarrett Pumphrey and Jerome Pumphrey. Norton Young Readers, 2020. 48 pages. $17.95/hardcover; $17.48/eBook. Recommended for ages 3–5. Brothers Jarrett…

Reviewed by Julia Copeland

December 2020 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood

By Tony Hillery, illustrated by Jessie Hartland. Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 2020. 40 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $10.99/eBook. Recommended for ages…

Reviewed by Margaret T. Walden

December 2020 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Accordionly: Abuelo and Opa Make Music

By Michael Genhart, illustrated by Priscilla Burris. Magination Press, 2020. 32 pages. $14.99/hardcover or eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8. What…

Reviewed by Ken Jacobsen

December 2020 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Small in the City

By Sydney Smith. Neal Porter Books, 2019. 40 pages. $18.99/hardcover; $11.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8. This book opens in silence…

Reviewed by Alison James

December 2020 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Little Mole Finds Hope

By Glenys Nellist, illustrated by Sally Garland. Beaming Books, 2020. 32 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $10.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 5–8. This simple…

Reviewed by Ann Birch

December 2020 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

A Songbird Dreams of Singing: Poems about Sleeping Animals

By Kate Hosford, illustrated by Jennifer M. Potter. Running Press Kids, 2019. 40 pages. $19.99/hardcover; $12.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8.…

Reviewed by Margaret Crompton

December 2020 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

The American Nutcracker

By Diane Reynolds, illustrated by Karyn Riccelli. Ourtime Publishing, 2019. 76 pages. $6.99/paperback or eBook. Recommended for ages 5–10. As…

Reviewed by James Foritano

December 2020 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

The Society of Distinguished Lemmings

By Julie Colombet. Peachtree Publishing Company, 2020. 40 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $10.65/paperback; $7.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 6–10. Overcoming prejudice figures centrally…

Reviewed by Sharlee DiMenichi

December 2020 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

The Slave Who Went to Congress

By Marti Rosner and Frye Gaillard, illustrated by Jordana Haggard. NewSouth Books, 2020. 32 pages. $18.95/hardcover. Recommended for ages 8–12.…

Reviewed by Jerry Mizell Williams

December 2020 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Small Miracle: A Holocaust Story from France

By David Austin and Charles Middleberg. Fernwood Press, 2020. 184 pages. $16/paperback. Recommended for ages 10–15. Small Miracle: A Holocaust…

Reviewed by Anna Carolyn McCormally

December 2020 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

We Are Power: How Nonviolent Activism Changes the World

By Todd Hasak-Lowy. Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2020. 320 pages. $18.99/hardcover; $15.54/eBook. Recommended for ages 10–14. This book was…

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Drawing God

December 1, 2020

The Old Truck

December 1, 2020

Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood

December 1, 2020