Kailei Pew

May 20, 2024 | slj.com | Nancy Churnin |Kailei Pew |Amanda MacGregor

. Jul. 2024. 40p. Tr $18.99. ISBN 9781506488448. COPY ISBN K-Gr 4–Right out of the headlines, this story of a neighborhood where everyone is welcome may sound too good to be true, but sometimes people are just that incredible. Everyone takes care of one another in Natick, MA, and “When Cari, one of the neighbors, married, everyone was happy to meet her wife, Lauri.

May 20, 2024 | slj.com | Nicholas Day |Kirsten Caldwell |Kailei Pew |Amanda MacGregor

. Apr. 2024. 40p. Tr $18.99. ISBN 9780823454099. COPY ISBN Gr 1-5–Readers watch an amazing pianist named David Tudor walk into a barn—a very charming, Picasso-like barn in Raschka’s elegantly raucous illustrations—and explore what it means to do nothing for four minutes and 33 seconds with an inaugural performance of 4’33” by John Cage.

May 17, 2024 | slj.com | Sujei Lugo |Kailei Pew

Toddler-PreS–A lovely ode to the Día de los Muertos holiday and tradition, with el Catrín and la Catrina at the center stage. The beloved couple come to “life” to start the celebration of welcoming new souls to the wonderful afterlife. Throughout the narrative, marigolds, monarch butterflies, pan de muerto, papel picado, sugar skulls, altars, and other iconographies are captured via color illustrations and bilingual text.

May 17, 2024 | slj.com | Selenia Paz |Kailei Pew

Baby-Toddler–There is much to talk about and share in this colorful board book title focused on 100 words relating to El Día de los Muertos. Each spread is dedicated to presenting terms for colors, clothing, food, the skeletal system, and even cemeteries and the afterlife. Every scene is full of vibrant color and life, with the majority of individuals depicted taking the famous form of the skeletons associated with this special time. Words are given in English and Spanish.

Apr 23, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Kailei Pew |Mayim Bialik |Jonah Winter |Jeanette Winter

Celebrates young people’s ingenuity; will inspire and delight reluctant and avid readers alike. A captivating exploration of the ingenuity of young people who defied norms and persevered to see their inventions through. The book profiles kids ranging in ages from 6 to 16, detailing the challenges they faced and their paths to delivering breakthrough inventions or developing and improving on existing ones.