Drew Beckmeyer

May 8, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Drew Beckmeyer |Steven Weinberg |Hena Khan

Drew Beckmeyer. Atheneum, $18.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-6659-4042-9A classroom’s first week launches a dynamic change in this inventive picture book. Monday reveals a clique of sports buffs (“They call themselves the SPORT KINGS, but nobody else does”), an artist worried about showing their work, an inventor frustrated with a malfunctioning satellite, a teacher buzzing on eight cups of pre-lunch coffee, and Pat, the class’s lonely bearded dragon.

Apr 5, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Drew Beckmeyer |Nicole Miles |Lauren Eldridge

An inspired and strikingly original riff on the back-to-school experience. An extraplanetary, extraordinary first week of school. The first day begins with a line of cars in a drop-off queue and a group of racially diverse kids making their way into the building.

Nov 27, 2023 | tulsakids.com | Drew Beckmeyer |Betty Tekle |Jenna Beatrice |Laura Raphael

This is my favorite TulsaKids “Books” column of the year because I get a preview of what children’s books the Youth Librarians and children’s books experts of the Tulsa City-County Library loved the most in the past year. Take a tip from other readers and use this annual list to select holiday gifts for the children in your life! Books are librarian-approved, and – bonus – you can check them out from the library first to see if they will work for your readers.