Jenn Bailey

Aug 29, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Phillip Hoose |Jenn Bailey |Renée Watson |Sarah Albee

Claudette Colvin and Phillip Hoose, illus. by Bea Jackson. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $19.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-374-38973-4Previous collaborators and National Book Award winners Colvin and Hoose reteam to relate the actions of a young Claudette Colvin (b. 1939) in reaction to segregation in Montgomery, Ala.

Dec 16, 2023 | kirkusreviews.com | Jenn Bailey |Laura Hughes |Chloe Dominique

While this is a fairly bland treatment compared to Deborah Lee Rose and Carey Armstrong-Ellis’ The Twelve Days of... Rabe follows a young girl through her first 12 days of kindergarten in this book based on the familiar Christmas carol. The typical firsts of school are here: riding the bus, making friends, sliding on the playground slide, counting, sorting shapes, laughing at lunch, painting, singing, reading, running, jumping rope, and going on a field trip.