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Aug 1, 2024 | 
slj.com | Nathalie Alonso |Sue Morgan |Beatrice Boggs |Belle Boggs
. Aug. 2024. 40p. Tr $18.99. ISBN 9781635928112. COPY ISBN Gr 1-4–From his time as a young boy in Puerto Rico, playing ball with a tin can and a tree branch to a World Series–winning MVP, Roberto Clemente was an extraordinary baseball player. Recruited onto a Major League team at age 19, Clemente was drafted onto the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1954.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
slj.com | Sue Morgan |Beatrice Boggs |Belle Boggs
. Aug. 2024. 28p. Board $14.99. ISBN 9781499814941. COPY ISBN PreS-K–A 26-letter poem of positivity fills this inspirational board book. Each alphabet letter is expressed in one or more words of affirmation, such as amazing, dynamic, imaginative, radiant, and questioning. The only slightly less upbeat M-N combination—“Mighty, magnificent, messy./ But it’s not necessary to be neat all the time”—provides a bit of a break from the dizzying array of wonderfulness.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
slj.com | Sarah Albee |Sue Morgan |Beatrice Boggs |Belle Boggs
by (text) & illus. by Stacy Innerst . Aug. 2024. 40p. Tr $18.99. ISBN 9781662680007. COPY ISBN K-Gr 4–George Washington did not like to sit still. Fortunately, portrait painter Gilbert Stuart didn’t need him to. In fact, Stuart would joke and tell stories and let his subjects walk around the room, and even invite family and friends to join them.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
slj.com | John Scott |Beatrice Boggs |Belle Boggs
. Oct. 2024. 48p. Tr $19.99. ISBN 9781773067711. COPY ISBN Gr 1-2–Dogs and humans have been in a relationship for 15,000 years according to this text. The author/illustrator captures the nuances of how the relationship formed when dogs were “gray, robust and wild” and humans “were hairy and had large teeth.” From those beginnings the wide variety of ways dogs and humans have interacted and continue to do so are captured in pages that feature a multitude of dog breeds.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
slj.com | Debbie Tanner |Beatrice Boggs |Belle Boggs
. Sept. 2024. 40p. Gr 1-4–This book is all about the need to clear land mines and why people feel compelled to do this highly dangerous work. It also explains how rats can help, working more quickly and more safely than humans can: readers learn that rats have a highly developed sense of smell; they are smart, easy to train, and not very heavy, which makes them a great choice for sniffing out land mines.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
slj.com | Michael Tougias |Bob Hassett |Beatrice Boggs |Belle Boggs
. (True Survival Series: Bk. 2). Oct. 2024. 272p. Tr $18.99. ISBN 9780316556217. COPY ISBN Gr 5 Up–On a Friday in November 1980, two commercial fishing boats were working around Georges Bank, a rich shoal about 100 miles off Cape Cod. In part due to two damaged weather buoys, none of the fishermen expected the wild storm that whipped up overnight, with 70-foot waves and winds gusting over 80 miles per hour.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
slj.com | Myra Zarnowski |Beatrice Boggs |Belle Boggs
. (National Geographic Readers). Jul. 2024. 32p. Tr $15.99. ISBN 9781426376900; pap. $5.99. ISBN 9781426376856. COPY ISBN PreS-Gr 1–This book taps into children’s interest in superheroes by contrasting the strength of popular superheroes with the strength of various bugs. Spider-Man, the Hulk, and Iron Man are mentioned in contrast to the Hercules beetle, the strongest insect in the world; the dragonfly, one of the fastest flying insects in the world; and more.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
slj.com | Andrea Curtis |John Scott |Beatrice Boggs |Belle Boggs
. Sept. 2024. 40p. Tr $19.99. ISBN 9781773069418. COPY ISBN PreS-Gr 3–Circles are ever-present in nature. Readers are called on to join in “building a loop de loop world where the cycle of nature is our guide.” Going beyond recycling, the text asks readers to rethink the notion of what the world needs and how to “design waste out of the system.” In an upbeat tone, Curtis makes the case that using, and overusing, the world’s resources is not sustainable.
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
slj.com | Alicia Abdul |Beatrice Boggs |Belle Boggs
. Mar. 2024. 160p. Tr $21.99. ISBN 9781250621955. COPY ISBN Gr 10 Up–Frank Serpico stood up for what he knew was right, and if that meant taking down the New York City police department, so be it. He became a marked man because of it. Florio and Shapiro bring readers into the world of policing in the late 1960s and early 1970s and the massive corruption that was deeply entrenched in everyday interactions with businesses and the public.
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
slj.com | Beatrice Boggs |Belle Boggs
The Americans With Disabilities Act, which was signed into law in July of 1990, protects individuals with disabilities from discrimination. Every July, Disability Pride Month commemorates this legislation. As the world prepares for the 2024 Summer Paralympic Games, starting August 28th in Paris, here are a few nonfiction titles for young readers of all ages about the Games and some of the inspiring athletes who have competed. These titles are available as a downloadable spreadsheet.
