May 2018 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf

Friends Journal’s Young Friends Bookshelf, May 2018

This month’s reviews include Shelter by Celine Claire, illustrated by Qin Leng; All Around Us by Xelena Gonzales, illustrated by Adriana M. Garcia; and Hand over Hand by Alma Fullerton, illustrated by Renne Bernoit.

 

May 2018 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf

Shelter

By Céline Claire, illustrated by Qin Leng. Kids Can Press, 2017. 42 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 2–7. Shelter… Reviewed by Margaret T. Walden
May 2018 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf

All Around Us

By Xelena González, illustrated by Adriana M. Garcia. Cinco Puntos Press, 2017. 32 pages. $17.95/hardcover or eBook. Recommended for ages… Reviewed by Emmy Gay
May 2018 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf

Hand Over Hand

By Alma Fullerton, illustrated by Renné Benoit. Second Story Press, 2017. 24 pages. $16.95/hardcover. Recommended for ages 4–8. A summer… Reviewed by Margaret Crompton
May 2018 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf

Pandora

By Victoria Turnbull. Clarion Books, 2017. 30 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $12.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8. Pandora, a fox, lives at a… Reviewed by Ann Birch
May 2018 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf

I Am Peace: A Book of Mindfulness

By Susan Verde, illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds. Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2017. 32 pages. $14.95/hardcover; $13.46/eBook. Recommended for… Reviewed by Lisa Rand
May 2018 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf

Another Way to Climb a Tree

By Liz Garton Scanlon, illustrated by Hadley Hooper. Roaring Brook Press, 2017. 40 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8.… Reviewed by Katie Green
May 2018 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf

Far Apart, Close in Heart: Being a Family When a Loved One Is Incarcerated

By Becky Birtha, illustrated by Maja Kastelic. Albert Whitman and Company, 2017. 32 pages. $16.99/hardcover. Recommended for ages 4–8. With… Reviewed by Alison James
May 2018 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf

Closeness Is Not Measured by Distance: A Dynamic Journal for Children of Incarcerated Parents

By Bernard Johnson and Bruce Bryan. Empowerment Agenda, 2015. 107 pages. $14.95/paperback. Recommended for ages 8 and up. The authors… Reviewed by Alison James
May 2018 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf

Moto and Me: My Year as a Wildcat’s Foster Mother

By Suzi Eszterhas. Owlkids, 2017. 40 pages. $17.95/hardcover. Recommended for ages 7–10. What a story! Suzi Eszterhas is a wildlife… Reviewed by Lucinda Hathaway
May 2018 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf

Wishtree

By Katherine Applegate, illustrated by Charles Santoso. Feiwel and Friends, 2017. 224 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 8–12. How… Reviewed by Judith Favor
May 2018 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf

Flowers for Sarajevo

By John McCutcheon, illustrated by Kristy Caldwell. Peachtree Publishers, 2017. 32 pages (plus audio CD). $19.95/hardcover and CD; $6.95/CD only.… Reviewed by Dave Austin
May 2018 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf

The Forbidden Temptation of Baseball

By Dori Jones Yang. SparkPress, 2017. 256 pages. $12.95/paperback; $9.95/eBook. Recommended for ages 10–14. It seems almost anticlimactic when the… Reviewed by James Foritano

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Shelter

May 1, 2018

All Around Us

May 1, 2018

Hand Over Hand

May 1, 2018