As a PNW native, Sunny went straight to my damp and rain-soaked heart. With formidable and determined optimism, Sunny faces the stormy weather in this tender yet vulnerable tale about where our strengths lie and also our breaking points where friends can step in. Imbued with feisty imagination and spunk! –Jesica DeHart, Neill Public Library, …
Vroom vroom, what is today’s special on Frankie’s Food Truck? The shape of the day is the secret clue with each flap revealing the coinciding food. Sprinkled with humor and mouth watering fun. –Jesica DeHart, Neill Public Library, Pullman, WA Brush up on days of the week, shapes, and foods and so much more with …
Riley’s clothes are an expression of each day and the adventure that it invites. Personality celebrated and the comfort of a costume realized, Riley is Riley first and foremost. What I loved best of all about this book was that Riley’s gender didn’t even occur to me until nearing the end of this book devoid …
This is a beguiling and concisely researched book on the elusive unicorn spotted, immortalized, and documented throughout history. There is so much in this book to ponder, love, and then be inspired to learn more about. –Jesica DeHart, Neill Public Library, Pullman, WA From Penguin kids’ rep, Colleen Conway: This first title in a new …
One little taco truck learns to share in marvelous new inclusive way that makes room for everyone. A book that acknowledges the challenges of change and the friendships that come with finding your community and where you belong. A bright book bursting with color and flavors with a much bigger message! –Jesica DeHart, Neill Public …
Sometimes you just fall in love with a book and everything it represents. Rosie Revere is back in an all-new chapter book series that might just be the best early chapter book series ever engineered! –Jesica DeHart, Neill Public Library, Pullman, WA This is a fun, well-illustrated early chapter book that encompasses all the zany …
Heart Berries achieves that most elusive and sacred goal of literature, to make us feel less alone in the world. With a beautiful and original voice, Mailhot applies the precision of the poet to her prose. Each sentence feels necessary, each paragraph vital, as she grapples with daughterhood, motherhood, sisterhood, wifehood, and finally, selfhood. Mailhot has …
I should know better than to start a book with this much standing ovation worthy advanced praise at 9pm . . . Thus it is with the bleary eyes of a late night reader that I write this review. The intro by the author himself sets the scene of a narrative voice that is deeply …
This week, 600 booksellers gathered in Denver for the 11th annual Winter Institute, a 3-day educational conference for people who own or work in independent bookstores, hosted by the American Booksellers Association (ABA). The ABA started a new tradition on the opening night: a backlist book swap. “Backlist” titlesare books that have been around (the opposite of …
Carson Ellis’s detailed, engaging, and enchanting illustrations alone make this book exquisite, but then her writing just becomes the cherry on top. I am instantly smitten with this book that takes us not only around the world but back and forth through time, all the while drawing the reader in closer and closer. This is …
