December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Sparrow’s Prayer AND When I Talk to God, I Talk About You

By Roger Hutchison, illustrated by Ag Jatkowska. Beaming Books, 2023. 32 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $16.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8. By Chrissy…

Reviewed by James Foritano

December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Can Sophie Change the World?

By Nancy Elizabeth Wallace, illustrated by Aura Lewis. Chronicle Books, 2022. 32 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $11.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 3–5. This…

Reviewed by Karen Clark

December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

The Good for Nothing Tree

By Amy-Jill Levine and Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, illustrated by Annie Bowler. Flyaway Books, 2022. 40 pages. $18/hardcover; $16/eBook. Recommended for…

Reviewed by Ken Jacobsen

December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Words to Make a Friend: A Story in Japanese and English

By Donna Jo Napoli, illustrated by Naoko Stoop. Random House Studio, 2021. 40 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $10.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8.…

Reviewed by Alison James

December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Once Upon a Forest

By Pam Fong. Random House Studio, 2022. 40 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $10.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8. I’ve always loved reviewing children’s…

Reviewed by Jim Foritano

December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion

By Shannon Stocker, illustrated by Devon Holzwarth. Dial Books, 2022. 40 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $10.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8. This picture…

Reviewed by Vickie LeCroy

For Every Little Thing December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

For Every Little Thing: Poems and Prayers to Celebrate the Day

Edited by June Cotner and Nancy Tupper Ling, illustrated by Helen Cann. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2021. 96 pages.…

Reviewed by Anne Nydam

December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Planting Friendship: Peace, Salaam, Shalom

By Callie Metler, Shirin Rahman, and Melissa Stoller, illustrated by Kate Talbot. Clear Fork Publishing, 2021. 36 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $7.99/eBook.…

Reviewed by Ann Birch

December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

The Gardener of Alcatraz: A True Story

By Emma Bland Smith, illustrated by Jenn Ely. Charlesbridge, 2022. 32 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 7–10. Being a…

Reviewed by David Austin

December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Evicted!: The Struggle for the Right to Vote

By Alice Faye Duncan, illustrated by Charly Palmer. Calkins Creek, 2022. 64 pages. $18.99/hardcover; $11.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 9–12. Etched…

Reviewed by Jerry Mizell Williams

December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

The Way I Say It

By Nancy Tandon. Charlesbridge, 2022. 240 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 10–12. The Way I Say It is a…

Reviewed by Katie Green

December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America (The Young Adult Adaptation)

By Candacy Taylor. Amulet Books, 2022. 272 pages. $22.99/hardcover; $18.65/eBook. Recommended for ages 12 and up. Jim Crow was a…

Reviewed by Paul Buckley

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Sparrow’s Prayer AND When I Talk to God, I Talk About You

December 1, 2023

Can Sophie Change the World?

December 1, 2022

The Good for Nothing Tree

December 1, 2022