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May 2015 Books
May 2015 Books
Last Stop on Market Street
By Matt De La Peña, illustrated by Christian Robinson. G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, 2015. 32 pages. $16.99/hardcover;…
Reviewed by Eileen Redden
May 2015 Books
The Geese March in Step
By Jean-François Dumont. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2014. 32 pages. $16/hardcover. Recommended for ages 4–8. I thoroughly enjoyed this…
Reviewed by Margaret Crompton
May 2015 Books
Never Say a Mean Word Again: A Tale from Medieval Spain
By Jacqueline Jules, illustrated by Durga Yael Bernhard. Wisdom Tales, 2014. 32 pages. $16.95/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8. A…
Reviewed by Dee Cameron
May 2015 Books
Magic Trash: A Story of Tyree Guyton and His Art
By J.H. Shapiro, illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton. Charlesbridge, 2015. 32 pages. $15.95/hardcover; $7.95/paperback; $6.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 5–8. Magic Trash,…
Reviewed by Margaret Walden
May 2015 Books
Meet Polkadot
By Talcott Broadhead. DangerDot Publishing, 2013. 32 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $6.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 6 and up. As a transgender and…
Reviewed by Kody Hersh
May 2015 Books
The Lion First Book of Parables
By Lois Rock, illustrated by Barbara Vagnozzi. Lion Children’s Books, 2014. 64 pages. $14.99/hardcover. Recommended for ages 9 and up.…
Reviewed by Katie Green
May 2015 Books
Ashley Bryan’s Puppets: Making Something from Everything
By Ashley Bryan, photographs edited by Rich Entel. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2014. 80 pages. $19.99/hardcover; $12.99/eBook. Recommended for…
Reviewed by Anne Nydam
May 2015 Books
My Name Is Truth: The Life of Sojourner Truth
By Ann Turner, illustrated by James Ransome. HarperCollins, 2015. 40 pages. $17.99/hardcover. Recommended for ages 8 and up. It is…
Reviewed by Alison James
May 2015 Books
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation
By Duncan Tonatiuh. Harry N. Abrams, 2014. 40 pages. $18.95/hardcover or eBook. Recommended for ages 6 and up. In the…
Reviewed by James Foritano
May 2015 Books
Chasing Cheetahs: The Race to Save Africa’s Fastest Cats
By Sy Montgomery, photographs by Nic Bishop. HMH Books for Young Readers, 2014. 80 pages. $18.99/hardcover. Recommended for ages 10–14.…
Reviewed by Vickie LeCroy
May 2015 Books
Strike!: The Farm Workers’ Fight for Their Rights
By Larry Dane Brimner. Calkins Creek, 2014. 172 pages. $16.95/hardcover. Recommended for ages 10 and up. Amidst growing unrest in…
Reviewed by Hina Fathima
May 2015 Books
Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines
By Paul Fleischman. Candlewick Press, 2014. 203 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $9.99/paperback or eBook. Recommended for ages 14 and up. While this…
Reviewed by Sandy and Tom Farley
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Last Stop on Market Street
May 1, 2015
The Geese March in Step
May 1, 2015
Never Say a Mean Word Again: A Tale from Medieval Spain
May 1, 2015