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Jan 6, 2025 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Maria van Lieshout |Remy Lai |Don Brown |Matthew Cordell
by Quartez Harris ; illustrated by Gordon C. JamesA superb introduction to a master of the craft and a work of art in and of itself. Full review >
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
audiofilemagazine.com | Matthew Cordell
The musicality of Helen Day's voice combined with her British accent provides an enticing entry into Buckthorn Forest, where a squirrel named Evergreen is afraid of pretty much everything, and her mama makes soup magical enough to be a cure for the sick. Mama tells Evergreen she must take soup to sick Granny Oak. Her firm and comforting voice is a marked contrast to the quavery Evergreen's, an aural cue that transmits her state of mind as she sets off on her journey.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Vanessa Torres |Kaitlyn Cavalancia |Matthew Cordell |Kristin Mahoney
Matthew Cordell. Random House Studio, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-593-64989-3Young narrator Janie has long been fascinated by owls: “Perfectly stout. Large, round eyes. Silent, knowing faces. Birds of the night.” In drawings filled with carefully hatched detail, Caldecott Medalist Cordell draws Janie busy on the floor, making drawing after drawing of owls; other vignettes show the child dressed in an owl costume and reading about the topic. But Janie has never seen a real owl. Not once.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Vanessa Torres |Matthew Cordell |Kristin Mahoney |Kaitlyn Cavalancia
Kaitlyn Cavalancia. Disney Hyperion, $18.99 (400p) ISBN 978-1-368-09908-0Cavalancia spins a web of magic and deep-seated familial trauma in this dazzling fantasy murder-mystery debut.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Vanessa Torres |Kaitlyn Cavalancia |Matthew Cordell |Kristin Mahoney
Vanessa L. Torres. Knopf, $19.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-59342-617-3Seventeen-year-old Estrella “Noche” Villanueva has been doing her solemn duty as a Lechuza for four years: at night, she shape-shifts into an owl and shepherds the souls of the dead into the beyond. Her already emotionally difficult job becomes impossible when her beloved girlfriend, Dante Fuentes, dies at 17. Rather than ushering her off this temporal plane, Noche leaves Dante’s spirit to dwell on Earth, visiting her every night.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Travis Jonker |Matthew Cordell |Mo Willems
Arrr, ’tis a seaworthy tale, so set your compass toward fulfilling your dreams, and she’ll not steer you wrong. A simple ship yields a (relatively) big adventure in this classically told tale. In a little cabin on a little lake, there lives a mouse named Mabel, a boy, and a man. The man constructs a very special model ship. “He wouldn’t even let the boy help.” Every night when she looks at it, Mabel wonders if the ship is seaworthy.
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Nov 12, 2023 | 
staradvertiser.com | Doug Salati |Stacy McAnulty |Matthew Cordell |Gordon Korman
Books recommended for young readers by the Hawaii State Library:“Hot Dog”By Doug SalatiThis playful picture book, which won the 2023 Caldecott Award, features a pup who has had it with the heat and noise of the city. Join him and his owner as they escape to find some calm with sand, sea and fresh air at the beach. Ages 3-8“Pluto!: Not a Planet? Not a Problem!”By Stacy McAnultyMeet Pluto, the dwarf planet.
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Sep 12, 2023 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Matthew Cordell |Grace Lin |Shadra Strickland |Brendan Wenzel
This website uses cookies to enhance user experience and to analyze performance and traffic on our website. Learn moreFeaturing 266 industry-first reviews of fiction, nonfiction, children’s, and YA books; also in this issue: our best fiction and nonfiction books of 2023, author interviews, and much more subscribe• One of the most coveted designations in the book industry, the Kirkus Star marks books of exceptional merit.
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Sep 1, 2023 | 
nytimes.com | Matthew Cordell
Picture BooksIn four new picture books, lions, tigers and house cats stand in for young children as they rein in wild emotions or finally let out a roar. From “As Brave as a Lion.”Credit...Erika MezaSept. 1, 2023, 5:00 a.m. ETWhen my daughter was 2, we were enjoying a nice afternoon at our local public library, but when it was time to go she wanted to stay.
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Apr 4, 2023 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Sandra Boynton |Vashti Harrison |Matthew Cordell |Matt Bloom
Featuring 266 industry-first reviews of fiction, nonfiction, children’s, and YA books; also in this issue: our best fiction and nonfiction books of 2023, author interviews, and much more
