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Sep 18, 2024 | 
lancasteronline.com | Laura Koenig
This time of year is full of anticipation for my three children as the new school year is underway. It is fun to hear them talk about new teachers and new friends. But it also brings back painful memories for me about my oldest son — and frustration that a simple eye exam would have changed everything for him. Nathan was an early talker and had a big vocabulary as a preschooler. My husband and I assumed kindergarten would be easy for him. Instead, he quickly fell behind.
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May 15, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Laura Koenig |Marva Hinton |Naomi Yamada |Pauletta Brown Bracy
The Bicycle: How an Act of Kindness Changed a Young Refugee’s Life by Patricia McCormick and Mevan Babakar; illus. by Yas ImamuraPrimary Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins 40 pp. 5/24 9780063056992 $19.99When her family must flee their beloved home in Kurdistan, young Mevan’s status as a refugee makes her feel smaller and smaller until she makes herself invisible.
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Danielle Ford |Betty Carter |Laura Koenig
What’s Inside a Bird’s Nest?: And Other Questions About Nature & Life Cycles by Rachel Ignotofsky; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Crown 48 pp. 3/24 9780593176528 $19.99Library ed. 9780593176566 $22.99e-book ed. 9780593176559 $11.99In an assortment of nest homes, baby birds happily await the breakfasts brought by their parents. These basic needs will be familiar to humans, too, providing a welcoming introduction to birds and an invitation to learn more about them.
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Laura Koenig |Danielle Ford |Betty Carter
Comet Chaser: The True Cinderella Story of Caroline Herschel, the First Professional Woman Astronomer by Pamela S. Turner; illus. by Vivien MildenbergerPrimary Chronicle 56 pp. 3/24 9781452145433 $19.99Turner tells the amazing story of Caroline Herschel (1750–1848), a pioneering woman in STEM, from her young life as family housekeeper to the discovery of a comet that earns her a paid retainer from the king of England.
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Danielle Ford |Betty Carter |Laura Koenig
The Iguanodon’s Horn: How Artists and Scientists Put a Dinosaur Back Together Again and Again…and Again by Sean Rubin; illus. by the authorPrimary Clarion/HarperCollins 48 pp. 3/24 9780063239210 $21.99What did dinosaurs really look like? The best attempts to answer this question are constantly changing.
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Betty Carter |Danielle Ford |Laura Koenig
Brave Baby Hummingbird by Sy Montgomery; illus. by Tiffany BozicPrimary Wiseman/Simon 48 pp. 3/24 9781665918497 $18.99e-book ed. 9781665918503 $10.99Acting as narrator, a young hummingbird describes his first year, beginning when “my older sister and I hatch, two days apart, from eggs as small as navy beans.” They feel a breeze “many times a day,” signaling that food is coming. And then one day it doesn’t. The two wait, cold and hungry, until the next morning when the breeze returns.
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Anita L. Burkam |Danielle Ford |Betty Carter |Laura Koenig
Super Swifts: Small Birds with Amazing Powers by Justin Anderson; illus. by Clover RobinPreschool, Primary Candlewick 32 pp. 5/24 9781536231489 $18.99In this accessible science picture book, a common swift flies from Africa to Europe in order to nest and reproduce in the summer.
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Dean Schneider |Danielle Ford |Betty Carter |Laura Koenig
One Day This Tree Will Fall by Leslie Barnard Booth; illus. by Stephanie Fizer ColemanPreschool, Primary McElderry 40 pp. 3/24 9781534496965 $18.99e-book ed. 9781534496972 $10.99“LOOK AT IT. Wounded, worn, twisted, torn. / One day this tree will fall / and this story will end. / Won’t it?” So begins this Pacific Northwest–set saga of one tree surviving when other giants around it don’t. There are so many ways the tree might not have stood.
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Danielle Ford |Betty Carter |Laura Koenig
Something About the Sky by Rachel Carson; illus. by Nikki McClureIntermediate Candlewick Studio 56 pp. 3/24 9781536228700 $19.99This previously unpublished essay from “poet of science” Carson (1907–1964) is paired beautifully with McClure’s cut-paper and swirling ink-wash art.
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Julie Hakim Azzam |Danielle Ford |Betty Carter |Laura Koenig
Nothing: John Cage and 4’33” by Nicholas Day; illus. by Chris RaschkaPrimary Porter/Holiday 40 pp. 4/24 9780823454099 $18.99e-book ed. 9780823457601 $11.99The very definition of music is explored in this thoughtful look at Cage’s (1912–1992) controversial musical composition, 4'33", a work that debuted with a pianist “performing” four minutes and thirty-three seconds of silence in a barn in Woodstock, New York, in 1952.
