Alec Chunn

Jan 23, 2024 | slj.com | Margaret Kingsbury |Alec Chunn

January 27 is designated as a day to remember the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust. Share these stories of resilience and hope about people of various ages, races, nationalities, and more with young readers today and throughout the year. Picture Books Hidden Hope: How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust by Elisa Boxer. illus. by Amy June Bates. Abrams. ISBN 9781419750007. Gr 4-6–It’s World War II, and the Nazis have crossed into France to round up Jewish people.

Jan 17, 2024 | schoollibraryjournal.com | Kara Yorio |Amanda MacGregor |Alec Chunn

These YA novels that draw on folklore and fairy tales feature magic, monsters, adventure, and plots that are sure to keep readers turning pages. These novels that draw on folklore and fairy tales feature magic, monsters, adventure, and plots that are sure to keep readers turning pages. Howard, Hanna. Our Divine Mischief. 384p. HarperCollins/Blink. Oct. 2023. Tr $18.99. ISBN 9780310156222.

Jan 9, 2024 | slj.com | Jessica Schriver |Alec Chunn |Steven Engelfried

Welcome 2024 with this selection of starred reviews, including several audiobooks narrated by their authors, such as those by Jason Reynolds and Jacqueline Woodson, as well as new poetry collections from Renée Watson and Jane Yolen. No Cats in the Library (Emmons) ©2024 by Lauren Emmons Picture BooksAnganuzzi, Clara. The Ocean Gardener.Tiger Tales. Emmons, Lauren. No Cats in the Library. S. & S./Paula Wiseman. Thurman, Brittany J. Forever and Always. illus. by Shamar Knight-Justice. Greenwillow.

Jan 9, 2024 | schoollibraryjournal.com | Margaret Kingsbury |Alec Chunn

Growing up, Katherine Schneider struggled to find accessible books, not to mention ones with decent disability representation. Blind since birth, Schneider was the first child who was blind to attend Kalamazoo, MI, public schools. A librarian at the Michigan Library for the Blind supplied her with books in braille. Schneider was valedictorian of her high school class in 1967.

Dec 19, 2023 | slj.com | Alec Chunn |Amanda Jones |Kara Yorio

With all its ups and downs, 2023 was a great year for books. The reviews editors are taking one last look back at the year by sharing a few "favorites" roundups. We've read a lot of books this year. Yet for each of us, one stood out among the others. Here are our favorite books we read this year—and why. Florence Simmons, Associate Editor, Transitional Books, Holidays & PoetryA First Time for Everything by Dan Santat, illus. by Dan Santat. I inhaled this book in one sitting.