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Book of the Week

Growing an Artist: The Story of a Landscaper and His Son

Posted on October 31, 2022

“Today is a BIG day. Today is the first time I get to help my papi at his work. He is a landscape contractor.”

Posted in Book of the WeekTagged 2022 Books, Picture Book

We Are Wolves

Posted on October 24, 2022

Wolfskinder, German children left to survive in East Prussia after World War II, are the lesser-known subject of this moving historical novel.

Posted in Book of the WeekTagged 2022 Books, Middle Grade Fiction

Expedition Backyard: Exploring Nature from Country to City

Posted on October 17, 2022

Friends Mole and Vole live in the country. Mole is content with a quiet life observing and drawing nature and Vole is an adventure seeker, always rallying Mole to head out on their next expedition.

Posted in Book of the WeekTagged 2022 Books, Graphic Novel

A Spoonful of Frogs

Posted on October 10, 2022

The green-skinned witch hosting a cooking show breezes confidently through the first few steps of making Frog Soup. She’s filled her cauldron with water, added potatoes, carrots, 22 cloves of garlic, and fly extract.

Posted in Book of the WeekTagged 2022 Books, Picture Book

Bitter

Posted on October 3, 2022

Bitter, who is Black, spent much of her childhood in foster care. Now she’s at Eucalyptus, a residential school for young artists run by the regal and mysterious Miss Virtue.

Posted in Book of the WeekTagged 2022 Books, YA Fiction

The Last Mapmaker

Posted on September 26, 2022

In a society where status comes from how far back one can trace the generations of their family, Sai has only a father who’s a thief.

Posted in Book of the WeekTagged 2022 Books, Middle Grade Fiction

Breathe and Count Back from Ten

Posted on September 19, 2022

Veró’s immigrant family came to the United States from Peru years ago seeking opportunities for Veró and her younger sister, and better treatment options for Veró’s hip dysplasia.

Posted in Book of the WeekTagged 2022 Books, YA Fiction

Firsts & Lasts: The Changing Seasons

Posted on September 12, 2022

This imaginative approach to describing the four seasons (in some regions) captures the overlapping traits that are inevitable between one season and the next.

Posted in Book of the WeekTagged 2022 Books, Picture Book

Ain’t Burned All the Bright

Posted on September 6, 2022

A singular verse novel set across a series of moments and minutes on a day in the summer of 2020 is comprised of three sentences, three “Breaths,” sharply observed and deeply felt, set against sophisticated collage illustrations.

Posted in Book of the WeekTagged 2022 Books, Poetry, YA Fiction

How to Build a Human In Seven Evolutionary Steps

Posted on August 29, 2022

This entertaining, informative, accessible account about human evolution starts with an explanation of natural selection and returns to it throughout as it touches on major milestones in the evolution of hominins, including which traits, behaviors, and skills allowed them—us—to continue to survive and evolve.

Posted in Book of the WeekTagged 2022 Books, Informational
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