13 Outstanding Works, Including Middle Grade Novels by Barbara Dee and Veera Hiranandani | Starred Web Reviews, February 2024

by SLJ Reviews
Feb 29, 2024 | Filed in News & Features

Our web-exclusive starred reviews of February include two books based in the Philippines, a fun YA graphic novel series opener, and a picture book biography of David Attenborough.

A Bear, a Bee, and a Honey Tree (Bernstrom) ©2024 by Brandon James Scott
A Bear, a Bee, and a Honey Tree (Bernstrom) ©2024 by Brandon James Scott

 

Board Books

Bernstrom, Daniel. A Bear, a Bee, and a Honey Tree. illus. by Brandon James Scott. Astra/Hippo Park. 

 

Picture Books 

Abalos, Rachell. Our Nipa Hut: A Story in the Philippines. illus. by Gabriela Larios. Barefoot.

Eliot, Hannah. My Little Lamb. illus. by Jennifer A. Bell. S & S/Little Simon. 

Freedman, Deborah. Partly Cloudy. Viking.

Lowe, Hayley. The Pie Reports. Orca.

Syed, Anoosha. Lost Stick. Viking.

Whiting, Ruth. Lonely Bird. Candlewick.

 

Middle Grade

Dee, Barbara. Unstuck. S. & S./Aladdin.

Hiranandani, Veera. Amil and the After. illus. by Prashant Miranda. Penguin/Kokila.

Villanueva, Gail D. Lulu Sinagtala and the City of Noble Warriors. HarperCollins.

 

Nonfiction - Elementary

Rocco, Hayley. Wild Places: The Life of Naturalist David Attenborough. illus. by John Rocco. Putnam.

Winston, Sherri. Shark Teeth. Bloomsbury.

 

YA - Graphic Novels

Cook, Katie. Nothing Special. (Nothing Special: Vol. 1). Ten Speed Graphic.

 

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