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SLJ’s Starred Reviews | May 2016
From Antoinette Portis's latest hilarious picture book to the sequel to Renée Ahdieh's The Wrath & the Dawn, SLJ's May 2016 stars are must-have titles for children's and YA collections.
Picture Books
Agee, Jon. Lion Lessons. illus. by author. Dial. Jul. 2016. p. 73.
Bansch, Helga. Rosie the Raven. illus. by author. Annick. Mar. 2016. p. 74.
Medina, Juana. 1 Big Salad. illus. by author. Viking. Jun. 2016. p. 81.
Portis, Antoinette. Best Frints in the Whole Universe. illus. by author. Roaring Brook/Neal Porter Bks. Jul. 2016. p. 83.
Ruzzier, Sergio. This Is Not a Picture Book. illus. by author. Chronicle. May 2016. p. 84.
Turk, Evan. The Storyteller. illus. by author. S. & S./Atheneum. Jul. 2016. p. 86.
Middle Grade
Beckhorn, Susan Williams. The Wolf’s Boy. Disney-Hyperion. Jun. 2016. p. 90.
Johnson, Jaleigh. The Secrets of Solace. Delacorte. Mar. 2016. XPRESS*
Preussler, Otfried. The Robber Hotzenplotz. illus. by F.J. Tripp. New York Review. May 2016. p. 99.
Shevah, Emma. Dara Palmer’s Major Drama. illus. by Helen Crawford-White. Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky. Jul. 2016. p. 102. POP
YA
Ahdieh, Renée. The Rose and the Dagger. Putnam. May 2016. p. 108.
Moriarty, Jaclyn. A Tangle of Gold. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Bks. Apr. 2016. XPRESS*
White, Kiersten. And I Darken. Delacorte. Jun. 2016. p. 124. POP
Graphic Novels
North, Ryan. The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 2: Squirrel You Know It’s True. illus. by Erica Henderson. Marvel. Dec. 2015. XPRESS*
Whitley, Jeremy. Princeless: Save Yourself! Deluxe Edition. illus. by M. Goodwin. Action Lab. Feb. 2016. XPRESS*
Nonfiction
Bascomb, Neal. Sabotage: The Mission To Destroy Hitler’s Atomic Bomb. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Bks. May 2016. p. 134.
Cain, Susan with Gregory Mone & Erica Moroz. Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts. illus. by Grant Snider. Dial. May 2016. p. 134. POP
Olien, Jessica. The Blobfish Book. illus. by author. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray. May 2016. p. 133.
Adult Books 4 Teens
Hollandsworth, Skip. The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America’s First Serial Killer. Holt. Apr. 2016. p. 126.
Tempest, Kate. The Bricks That Built the Houses. Bloomsbury. May 2016. p. 126.
Reference
United States Encyclopedia: America’s People, Places, and Events. National Geographic. Sept. 2016. p. 68.
Wildlife of the World. DK. Oct. 2015. p. 68.
DVD
The Mask You Live In. Dist. by Virgil Films. 2016. p. 58.
The Peanuts Movie. Dist. by Twentieth Century Fox. 2016. p. 56.
UnSlut: A Documentary Film. Tugg Edu. 2016. p. 60.
Audiobooks
Appelt, Kathi & Alison McGhee. Maybe a Fox. S. & S. Audio. 2016. p. 61. Danticat, Edwidge. Mama’s Nightingale. Recorded Books. 2015. p. 61. SHEINKIN, Steve. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War. Listening Library. 2015. p. 65. Stork, Francisco, X. The Memory of Light. Scholastic Audiobooks. 2016. p. 65.Music
Laurie Berkner’s Favorite Classic Kids’ Songs. Performed by Laurie Berkner. Two Tomatoes Records. 2015. p. 64.
Nursery Rhyme Parade! Performed by Lisa Loeb. Furious Rose Productions. 2015. p. 64.
* Xpress Reviews are select, web-only reviews of newly published titles. Click here to see the full-text reviews of these works.
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