Lara K. Aase

1 week ago | hbook.com | Ariana Sani Hussain |Lara K. Aase |Danielle Ford |Monique Harris

The One & Only Googoosh: Iran’s Beloved Superstar by Azadeh Westergaard; illus. by the authorPrimary, Intermediate    Viking    40 pp. 11/24    9780593114636    $18.99e-book ed. 9780593114643    $11.99Theatrical scenes in pomegranate reds and peacock greens introduce readers to a young, precocious Googoosh, born Faegheh Atashin, performing in the 1950s with her acrobat father and captivating audiences with her singing.

2 weeks ago | hbook.com | Lara K. Aase |Danielle Ford |Monique Harris |Betty Carter

Coming Home / Tutuqaykingaqw Nima: A Hopi Resistance Story / Hopisino Pahan Tutqayiwuy Ep Yorhomti by Mavasta Honyouti; illus. by the author; trans. into Hopi by Marilyn ParraPrimary, Intermediate    Levine/Levine Querido    48 pp. 11/24    9781646144570    $18.99Honyouti (Hopi, Iswungwa/Coyote clan) is an award-winning carver.

Oct 28, 2024 | hbook.com | Elissa Gershowitz |Lara K. Aase |Emma A. Shacochis |Grace Mckinney Beermann

¡Vamos!: Let’s Celebrate Halloween and Día de los Muertos [World of ¡Vamos!]by Raúl the Third; illus. by the author; color by Elaine BayPreschool, Primary    Versify/HarperCollins    48 pp.

Oct 22, 2024 | hbook.com | Lara K. Aase |Emma A. Shacochis |Grace Mckinney Beermann |Martha V. Parravano

Being Homeby Traci Sorell; illus. by Michaela GoadePrimary    Kokila/Penguin    32 pp. 5/24    9781984816030    $18.99e-book ed. 9781984816047    $10.99Caldecott-winning Goade (Tlingit Nation) evokes a unique mood in each book she illustrates. Here she uses gray and dull browns and blues in her mixed-media art to show city scenes, but leafy green to depict the rural ancestral lands of a family’s home, to which they are returning.

Nov 7, 2023 | hbook.com | S. R. Toliver |Anita L. Burkam |Dean Schneider |Lara K. Aase

Abeni’s Song by P. Djèlí ClarkIntermediate, Middle School    Starscape/Tor    336 pp. 7/23    9781250825827    $19.99Paper ed. 9781250825841    $8.99e-book ed. 9781250825834    $11.99On Abeni’s twelfth birthday, a witch enters her village to give a grave warning: an evil is coming, and it’s too late to run. The adults prepare for an impossible battle as malevolent women and a shadowy goat man, aided by magical black ropes and an enchanted flute, begin their attack.