School Library Journal : Starred Review. PreS-Gr 2—When a friendly mouse knocks at his door, Bear sternly points to the "No Visitors Allow...More

School Library Journal : Gr 1–4—This is a quirky story in which an old woman who lives alone at the edge of a dark, scary wood is protect...More

School Library Journal : Gr 3–4—The star of this slim volume is not your common land snail, slipping along its slimy path in search of su...More

School Library Journal : K-Gr 2–Stinky the monster is content in the smelly swamp that he shares with his pet toad and other friendly animals u...More

School Library Journal : K-Gr 3—A boy tells about a special day with his father, recounting their adventures from waking up in the morning unti...More

School Library Journal : PreS-Gr 3—This sequel to Buster (Holt, 2003) surpasses that book. When Brown Shoes takes a weekend trip, his dog is se...More

Publishers Weekly : Starred Review. Frazee (Roller Coaster) salutes grandparents and slyly notes children's diversions in this breezy tale of the...More

School Library Journal : Starred Review. K-Gr 2—A top-notch easy reader. A boy finds a goose egg that hatches and the gosling imprints on him. ...More

Publishers Weekly : High above the city, no one heard the soft thud of feathers against glass, begins Graham (Let's Get a Pup! Said Kate). And n...More

School Library Journal : Starred Review. K-Gr 2—When Earl and Pearl start a pumpkin patch, they often need to shoo Chicken out of the way, but ...More

Publishers Weekly: A wide-eyed critter of indeterminate species, surrounded by an elaborate bedtime ensemble of stuffed animals, is cuddled up with h...More

Publishers Weekly : Starred Review. In time for autumn, Henkes (Kitten's First Full Moon) masterfully tells of a hibernating bear who dreamed tha...More

School Library Journal : Gr 1–4—Mixed-media collage illustrations, prominently featuring oversize, digitally altered photographs of human...More

School Library Journal : PreS—This visually arresting, easy picture book is a surprisingly powerful masterpiece of design. Laid out entirely on...More

Publishers Weekly: Starred Review. In this small-format entry, a happy hybrid of traditional tale and quirky cartoon, McDonald (Judy Moody) and Floca...More

School Library Journal : Gr 1–3—Señor Calavera, a dapper skeleton wearing a fedora and striped tie, receives an invitation to Gran...More

Publishers Weekly : Starred Review. Seeger (First the Egg) crafts another nifty peek-a-boo book, counting to 10 and identifying new words by exposing...More

Publishers Weekly : Starred Review. Using only a few graceful words per page to illuminate the dark, this bedtime gem shines its light clearly on thi...More

School Library Journal : Gr 3–6—"Before John was a jazz giant,/he/was/all/ears." He heard "hambones knocking" in a po...More

School Library Journal : PreS-Gr 2—In a refreshing reversal of their usual roles, the often-despondent Gerald proves to be a valuable friend to...More

School Library Journal : Gr 4–8—Appelt brings Southern Gothic to the middle grade set. Three separate but eventually entwined stories are...More

School Library Journal : Starred Review. Gr 3–5— In this companion volume to Nic Bishop Spiders (Scholastic, 2007), the photographer take...More

School Library Journal : Starred Review. Gr 4–8—Broach combines discussion about the art of Albrecht Dürer with a powerful tale of f...More

Publishers Weekly : Starred Review. Brown, noted for his numerous picture-book biographies of lesser-known figures, here offers a slightly older audi...More

School Library Journal : Starred Review. Gr 3–6—This stunning picture-book biography combines a lyrical text with wonderfully creative mi...More

Publishers Weekly: Starred Review. A 12-year-old Londoner with something like Asperger's syndrome narrates this page-turner, which grabs readers ...More

Publishers Weekly : In a promising debut for both Elliott and Strickland, this picture book tells a poignant story about a boy whose loving family, f...More

School Library Journal : Starred Review. Gr 5–8—This sequel to The Birchbark House (Hyperion, 1999) and The Game of Silence (HarperCollin...More

School Library Journal : Starred Review. K-Gr 4—A story based on the actions of Mary Ann Goodnight, a pioneer who made great strides in saving ...More

Publishers Weekly : Starred Review. A lavish middle-grade novel, Gaiman's first since Coraline, this gothic fantasy almost lives up to its extrav...More

Publishers Weekly : Starred Review. Introducing Pura Belpré, the first Puerto Rican librarian hired by the New York Public Library system, thi...More

School Library Journal : Gr 3 Up—This book offers an overview of the careers of the husband-and-wife team that has been creating large outdoor ...More

Publishers Weekly : Starred Review. The popular author of Princess Academy teams with her husband and illustrator Hale (no relation) for a muscular r...More

School Library Journal : Starred Review. K-Gr 3—Hopkinson has created a lively, participatory tale that will surely stand out among the many ti...More

Publishers Weekly : Starred Review. It's hard to imagine a picture book biography that could better suit its subject than this high-energy volume...More

Publishers Weekly : Starred Review. SignatureReviewed by Sarah MlynowskiIn Mississippi Beaumont's family, turning 13 means your savvy kicks in. W...More

School Library Journal : Gr 2–6—This colorful travelogue recounts the Lewins' trip to Mongolia to experience the annual summer celebr...More

School Library Journal : Starred Review. Gr 1–5—Like Virginia Hamilton's The People Could Fly (Knopf, 2004), this folktale tells the ...More

Publishers Weekly : Starred Review. This year's answer to 2007's Before I Die, this first novel written by a 23-year-old Brit likewise featur...More

Publishers Weekly : Starred Review. Text, pictures, subject and pacing all contribute to the success of Nivola's (Elisabeth) picture book biograp...More

Publishers Weekly : Starred Review. Catering to comics junkies, this vibrant and well-researched picture book biography introduces the youthful inven...More

Publishers Weekly: Parker, who illustrated Ballet of the Elephants and Action Jackson, makes his writing debut with a biography of famed jazz pianist...More

School Library Journal : Gr 2–5—Removal of one predator—the wolf—from Yellowstone National Park caused the decline of many an...More

Publishers Weekly : Starred Review. Preller, author of the Jigsaw Jones mysteries, raises his game with this perceptive group portrait of boys who pl...More

Publishers Weekly : Starred Review. Widely known for her picture book classic Millions of Cats, Gág (1893–1946) is the inspiring subject...More

Publishers Weekly : Starred Review. Art sings on the pages of this visual celebration of Arabic calligraphy as Rumford's (Sequoyah) collages of f...More

School Library Journal : Starred Review. Gr 3–6—Just try to keep kids away from this collection. Inspired book design makes the volume lo...More

Publishers Weekly : Starred Review. Although the red-tailed hawk of Fifth Avenue has inspired at least two other picture books, this version stands o...More

Publishers Weekly: Starred Review. In a work more personal than Caldecott Medalist Shulevitz (The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship) has ever bef...More

Publishers Weekly : Beginning with a direct address—What would you do if someone told you.../ your voice doesn't matter/ because you are a ...More

School Library Journal : Gr 1–4—The varieties of African-American ethnic heritage are often rendered invisible by the rigid construction ...More

School Library Journal : Gr 5 Up—This fantasy takes place in a land reminiscent of ancient Japan, populated by the indigenous Yakoo people and ...More

School Library Journal : Gr 6–10—Set in New York City at the beginning of the American Revolution, Chains addresses the price of freedom ...More

Publishers Weekly : Starred Review. SignatureReviewed by Megan Whalen TurnerIf there really are only seven original plots in the world, it's odd ...More

Publishers Weekly : Starred Review. Connor (Dead on Town Line) treats the subject of child neglect with honesty and grace in this poignant story. Add...More

School Library Journal : Gr 9 Up—Often, popular knowledge of Cuba begins and ends with late-20th-century textbook fare: the Cuban Revolution, t...More

School Library Journal : Starred Review. Gr 5–9—This biography covers enough of Samuel Clemens's youth for readers to appreciate how ...More

School Library Journal : Starred Review. Gr 6 Up—What did this backwoods boy and this bluegrass girl have in common? Using her signature scrapb...More

School Library Journal : Starred Review. Gr 4–8—Another stunning work from the nonfiction virtuoso. In a gripping, gritty account of the ...More

School Library Journal : Gr 8 Up—Jiménez, the son of Mexican immigrants, left behind a life of hard work and poverty when he entered San...More

Publishers Weekly : Starred Review. A Caldecott Medalist and MacArthur Fellow, perhaps best known for his pithily written, illuminatingly illustrated...More

Publishers Weekly : In her U.S. debut, Michaelis tells a sweeping story about a thief-turned-hero named Farhad, who mounts a sacred white tiger and j...More

Publishers Weekly: Starred Review. In his first outing as author as well as illustrator, Nelson (Ellington Was Not a Street) delivers a history of th...More

School Library Journal : Gr 4 Up—This handsome photo-essay features contemporary Afghan children ranging in age from 8 to 18 years. They were a...More

Publishers Weekly : Starred Review. In Carnegie Medalist Pratchett's (the Discworld novels; A Hat Full of Sky) superb mix of alternate history an...More

Publishers Weekly : Starred Review. The last word is Hope, yet Reeve (Mortal Engines) injects deep cynicism into every other phrase of this Arthurian...More

School Library Journal : Starred Review. Gr 5–8—This book picks up where The Way a Door Closes (Holt, 2003) left off. Now that C.J.'s...More

Publishers Weekly: Starred Review. As she did in Feathers with the poetry of Emily Dickinson, Woodson here invokes the music of the late rapper Tupac...More

School Library Journal : Starred Review. Gr 2–6—Arnosky's infectious enthusiasm for nature is evident in this short overview. The aut...More

Publishers Weekly : Baby Einstein grads seeking their first coffee-table book might savor this abecedary, which pays homage to abstract expressionism...More

Publishers Weekly : Baby Einstein grads seeking their first coffee-table book might savor this abecedary, which pays homage to abstract expressionism...More

Publishers Weekly : Starred Review.Eight years in the making, this anthology of White House history convenes an all-star roster of 108 children's...More