Other Words for Home is a 2020 Newbery Honor Book. This book is everything that quality children's literature should aspire to; it is lyrical, poignant, and thought-provoking. Written in v…
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky has been on my reading list for a while. The first encounter with this book is a little confusing as at the top of the cover in gold letters it says…
Author Christian McKay Heidicker was not messing around when he used the word "scary" in his title. Scary Stories for Young Foxes is a Newbery Honor Book, and I suppose technically a m…
Born a Crime may be the quintessential memoir: the format, the timeline structure, the mix of personal with cultural observations were all perfectly interlaced. This is not a biography; it …
This award-winning picture book is a poem graced with sumptuous portraits of historical black figures. The verse is stirring; the visuals stunning. It is an ode to the triumph of African Americans t…
New Kid is the 2020 Winner of the Newbery Medal--and a whole other slew of awards. Definitely a book worthy of the accolades it has received. It combines the hot format of graphic nov…
2019? It is 2020. We know. We have just been a bit behind. We do like to have reviews in our database for Newbery Books because they stay continuously in print. So, while you are waiting for the …
The Dragonslayer brings Latin American folktales to life in graphic novel format. The three stories that were chosen for this collection are likely to be unfamiliar to readers in the United States or …
The Cardboard Kingdom is a story about the summer vacation of the kids in a neighborhood. The children spend their days playing in a fantasy world of their own devising, using props made from var…
Elana Arnold has crafted a fantasy masterpiece that is so enthralling it almost has to be read in one sitting. One should expect to be thinking about the ethical and moral issues the story raises for …
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus is one of the most delightful, inspiring, laugh-out-loud funny, realistic fiction novels for middle grade that I have read in a long time. Author Dust…
There is much to be learned from an orphan named Boy. The people who love him have all died. Mean people fear him because he's different, but little do they know what he's capable of. …
