Naomi Caldwell

Feb 19, 2024 | hbook.com | Kristine Techavanich |Jessica Agudelo |Monique Harris |Naomi Caldwell

My Grandfather’s Song by Phùng Nguyên Quang and Huỳnh Kim Liên; illus. by the authorsPrimary    Make Me a World/Random    40 pp. 10/23    9780593488614    $18.99Library ed. 9780593488621    $21.99e-book ed. 9780593488638    $10.99At the beginning of the story, a grandson and grandfather stand with their palms pressed together, bowing in reverence to the jungle.

Feb 12, 2024 | hbook.com | Jessica Agudelo |Monique Harris |Naomi Caldwell |Julie Roach

Letters in Charcoal by Irene Vasco; illus. by Juan Palomino; trans. from Spanish by Lawrence SchimelPrimary    Lantana    32 pp. 9/23    9781915244512    $18.99An unnamed narrator relates how she learned to read as a child in her coastal Afro-Colombian pueblo. In Palenque: “Letters were in kitchens, on tables, and right in front of everyone’s noses, but nobody read them,” except for Señor Velandia, owner of the only shop in town, depicted stoically reading a newspaper.

Feb 5, 2024 | hbook.com | Monique Harris |Naomi Caldwell |Julie Roach |Joan Yolleck

Together We Swim by Valerie Bolling; illus. by Kaylani JuanitaPreschool    Chronicle    40 pp. 8/23    9781797212494    $16.99Swimming is an important life skill, yet the legacy of systemic racism and continued inequities in the U.S. result in fewer Black children learning how. That makes this book, featuring a Black family of four, all the more meaningful. Enjoying a day at the pool, Ma teaches her young son how to swim as Dad and older sister (from Together We Ride, rev.

Jan 29, 2024 | hbook.com | Naomi Caldwell |Julie Roach |Joan Yolleck |Julie Hakim Azzam

Mnoomin maan’gowing / The Gift of Mnoomin by Brittany Luby; illus. by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley; trans. into Anishinaabemowin by Mary Ann CorbierePrimary    Groundwood    36 pp. 10/23    9781773068466    $21.99e-book ed. 9781773068480    $16.99A lyrical text written in Anishinaabemowin and English tells about the journey of a seed and of an ecosystem.

Jan 22, 2024 | hbook.com | Kitty Flynn |Julie Roach |Naomi Caldwell |Joan Yolleck

Don’t Blow Your Top! by Ame Dyckman; illus. by Abhi AlwarPreschool, Primary    Orchard/Scholastic    40 pp. 10/23    9781338837841    $17.99Paper ed. 9781339036625    $7.99Two bright green volcanoes, one big and one little, live happily in a tropical paradise until: “Something unexpected happened.” A bird accidentally drops a coconut on Little Volcano.