December 2023 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

December 2023 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

The Coat

By SĂ©verine Vidal, illustrated by Louis Thomas. Flyaway Books, 2022. 32 pages. $18/hardcover; $16/eBook. Recommended for ages 3–7. This book…

Reviewed by Sharon Ottenbreit

December 2023 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Peng’s Vase: A Chinese Folktale AND Tell the Truth, Pangolin

Retold by Angus and Michael Yuen-Killick, illustrated by Paolo Proietti. Red Comet Press, 2023. 28 pages. $18.99/hardcover; $10.99/eBook. Recommended for…

Reviewed by Paul Buckley

December 2023 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Maple and Rosemary

By Alison James, illustrated by Jennifer K. Mann. Neal Porter Books, 2023. 48 pages. $18.99/hardcover; $11.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8.…

Reviewed by Margaret Crompton with Bethan

December 2023 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

The Girl Who Heard the Music: How One Pianist and 85,000 Bottles and Cans Brought New Hope to an Island

By Marni Fogelson with Mahani Teave, illustrated by Marta Álvarez MiguĂ©ns. Sourcebooks Kids, 2023. 40 pages. $18.99/hardcover; $11.99/paperback; $7.99/eBook. Recommended…

Reviewed by Victoria Le Croy

December 2023 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

My Brother Is Away

By Sara Greenwood, illustrated by Luisa Uribe. Random House Studio, 2022. 40 pages. $18.99/hardcover; $8.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 5–8. There…

Reviewed by Katie Green

December 2023 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Of Walden Pond: Henry David Thoreau, Frederic Tudor, and the Pond Between

By Lesa Cline-Ransome, illustrated by Ashley Benham-Yazdani. Holiday House, 2022. 40 pages. $18.99/hardcover; $11.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 6–9. This book…

Reviewed by Anne E.G. Nydam

December 2023 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

A Take-Charge Girl Blazes a Trail to Congress: The Story of Jeannette Rankin

By Gretchen Woelfle, illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon. Calkins Creek, 2023. 40 pages. $18.99/hardcover; $11.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 7–10. This is…

Reviewed by Karen Clark

December 2023 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport

By Caren Stelson, illustrated by Selina Alko. Carolrhoda Books, 2023. 40 pages. $19.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 7–11. “Whoever saves…

Reviewed by David Austin

December 2023 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

We Are Your Children Too: Black Students, White Supremacists, and the Battle for America’s Schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia

By P. O’Connell Pearson. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2023. 288 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $8.99/paperback (available in January); $10.99/eBook.…

Reviewed by Tom and Sandy Farley

December 2023 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

No Quiet Water

By Shirley Miller Kamada. Black Rose Writing, 2023. 356 pages. $23.95/paperback; $5.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 10 and up. In No…

Reviewed by Judith Wright Favor

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The Coat

December 1, 2023

Peng’s Vase: A Chinese Folktale AND Tell the Truth, Pangolin

December 1, 2023

Maple and Rosemary

December 1, 2023