Jerry Dear

1 month ago | hbook.com | Jerry Dear |Julie Hakim Azzam |Jessica MacDonald |Grace Mckinney Beermann

A Book of Maps for You by Lourdes Heuer; illus. by Maxwell Eaton IIIPrimary    Porter/Holiday    40 pp. 4/25    9780823455706    $18.99e-book ed. 9780823462230    $11.99Narrated in the style of a personalized guidebook, the story unfolds as a series of maps, introducing a child to a new home and its environs within a vibrant community.

1 month ago | hbook.com | Julie Hakim Azzam |Jessica MacDonald |Grace Mckinney Beermann |Jerry Dear

Between You and Me by Rob Sanders; illus. by Raissa FigueroaPrimary    Clarion/HarperCollins    32 pp. 12/24    9780063239593    $19.99A Black child looks out the window as a white child moves in next door. Sanders’s lyrical text celebrates the in-between of opposing ideas: “Between yesterday and tomorrow…Today.” “Between strangers and friends…‘Hello.’” “Between an idea and ta-da…Tinkering and trying.” And so on, until the conclusion: “Between you and me? Not one thing.

1 month ago | hbook.com | Jessica MacDonald |Julie Hakim Azzam |Grace Mckinney Beermann |Jerry Dear

Wind Watchers by Micha Archer; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary    Paulsen/Penguin    32 pp. 3/25    9780593616550    $18.99e-book ed. 9780593616567    $10.99Three children experience the invisible power of the wind over the course of a year. The children—eyes upward, dark hair flowing against an expansive blue sky—begin with a direct question to Wind itself: “How will you blow today?” Each subsequent full-bleed, double-page spread provides an answer.

1 month ago | hbook.com | Julie Hakim Azzam |Jessica MacDonald |Grace Mckinney Beermann |Jerry Dear

Rap It Up! by Carole Boston Weatherford and Primary    Holt    32 pp. 3/25    9781250833570    $18.99“My mom claims I was rapping before I could speak. / Matter of fact, I freestyled eight days a week.” A young MC serves as the narrator of this ode to hip-hop, which introduces readers to rap as an art form that is primarily about wordplay. An early illustration shows three kids drawing on a wall with the word hyperbole incorporated into the art.

1 month ago | hbook.com | Julie Hakim Azzam |Jessica MacDonald |Grace Mckinney Beermann |Jerry Dear

Echo by Adam Rex; illus. by the authorPrimary    Dial    48 pp. 3/25    9780593699324    $19.99e-book ed. 9780593699331    $10.99Junior Junior, a young boy with blond hair and ruddy cheeks, lives on a rugged mountainside. He enjoys shouting self-affirming songs into the valley and hearing “Junior Junior is the greatest in the world!” echoed back by his only friend, an agreeable, unseen boy who lives across the valley.