Kirsten Caldwell

1 week ago | hbook.com | Betty Carter |Eric Carpenter |Monique Harris |Kirsten Caldwell

Plight of the Pelican: How Science Saved a Species [Books for a Better Earth]by Jessica Stremer; illus. by Gordy WrightPrimary    Holiday    40 pp. 4/25    9780823457038    $19.99e-book ed. 9780823462094    $11.99The partnership between Stremer’s expressive and suspenseful text and Wright’s evocative hand-painted gouache, ink, and acrylic illustrations (see Great Carrier Reef, rev.

3 weeks ago | hbook.com | Monique Harris |Kirsten Caldwell |Danielle Ford |Pauletta Brown Bracy

And She Was Loved: Toni Morrison’s Life in Stories by Andrea Davis Pinkney; illus. by Daniel MinterPrimary, Intermediate    Little, Brown    48 pp. 1/25    9780316182362    $18.99Toni Morrison (1931–2019), a gifted student, was the only Black girl in her Lorain, Ohio, first-grade class. She grew up to be a trailblazing book editor and a Pulitzer– and Nobel Prize–winning author who stands as a giant in the pantheon of literary greats, all while navigating the world as a Black woman.

Aug 27, 2024 | slj.com | Carole Weatherford |Kirsten Caldwell |Nessa Diab |Mary Lyn

PreS-Gr 4–On a North Carolina farm, a young boy named (1919–2013) loved tinkering and fixing things; he grew up to become an inventor. He created a wind-powered washing machine, turned a bike into a motorcycle, and ran a machine repair shop. After getting injured in his 60s, Simpson needed a hobby and chose to turn spare parts and scrap metal into giant windmills. Eventually, his windmill-filled farm became a tourist attraction.

Jul 19, 2024 | slj.com | Carole Weatherford |Kirsten Caldwell |Ouisie Shapiro |Chelsea Clinton

. Nov. 2024. 32p. Tr $18.99. ISBN 9781728477930. COPY ISBN K-Gr 4–Readers learn about the historical Doll Test from the point of view of the dolls; Weatherford first introduces 1939, when “separate but equal” was the law, leading to whites-only bathrooms, restaurants, and even schools. The dolls narrate how two psychologists, Dr. Kenneth Clark and Dr. Mamie Clark, designed a study called the Doll Test to find out how school segregation affected children.

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.