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SLJ’s Starred Reviews | November 2015
Curious about what to check out this month? November's stars includes some can't-miss titles: the audio version of Ali Benjamin's heartbreaking The Truth About Jellyfish, Shaun David Hutchinson's haunting We Are the Ants, and Ashley Bryan's collection of Langston Hughes's poetry, accompanied by his gorgeous collage-style illustrations.
Picture Books
Arnold, Marsha Diane. Lost. Found. illus. by Matthew Cordell. Roaring Brook/Neal Porter Bks. 2015. p. 77.
Ashman, Linda. Henry Wants More. illus. by Brooke Boynton Hughes. Random. Jan. 2016. p. 76.
Boyd, Lizi. Big Bear Little Chair. illus. by Lizi Boyd. Chronicle. 2015. p. 79.
Kuhlmann, Torben. Moletown. illus. by Torben Kuhlmann. NorthSouth. 2015. p. 84.
Sehgal, Kabir & Surishtha Sehgal. The Wheels on the Tuk Tuk. illus. by Jess Golden. S. & S./ Beach Lane. Nov. 2015. p. 88.
Teague, David. The Red Hat. illus. by Antoinette Portis. Disney-Hyperion. 2015. p. 89.
Middle Grade
Chilton, Andrew S. The Goblin’s Puzzle: Being the Adventures of a Boy with No Name and Two Girls Called Alice. illus. by Jensine Eckwall. Knopf. Jan. 2016. p. 94.
Parry, Rosanne. The Turn of the Tide. Random. Jan. 2016. p. 100.
Sepahban, Lois. Paper Wishes. Farrar/Margaret Ferguson Bks. Jan. 2016. p. 102.
YA
Hutchinson, Shaun David. We Are the Ants. Simon Pulse. Jan. 2016. p. 116.
Perez, Rene S., II. Seeing Off the Johns. Cinco Puntos. 2015. p. 120.
Rowell, Rainbow. Carry On. St. Martin’s Griffin. 2015. p. 120.
Shrum, Brianna R. Never Never. Spencer Hill. 2015. p. 122.
Talley, Robin. What We Left Behind. Harlequin Teen. Nov. 2015. p. 123.
Walter, Jon. My Name Is Not Friday. Scholastic/ David Fickling Bks. Jan. 2016. p. 110.
Nonfiction
Hughes, Langston. Sail Away. illus. by Ashley Bryan. S. & S./Atheneum. 2015. p. 132.
Lynch, P.J. The Boy Who Fell Off the Mayflower, or John Howland’s Good Fortune. illus. by P.J. Lynch. Candlewick. 2015. p. 132.
Miller, Sarah. The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden & the Trial of the Century. Schwartz & Wade Bks. Jan. 2016. p.134.
Murphy, Jim. Breakthrough!: How Three People Saved “Blue Babies” and Changed Medicine Forever. Clarion. Dec. 2015. p. 136.
Rhodes-Pitts, Sharifa. Jake Makes a World: Jacob Lawrence, a Young Artist in Harlem. illus. by Christopher Myers. Museum of Modern Art. 2015. p. 133.
Winchester, Simon. When the Earth Shakes: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis. Viking. 2015. p. 138.
Graphic Novels & Nonfiction
de Heer, Margreet. Religion: A Discovery in Comics. illus. by Margaret de Heer. NBM. 2015. p. 140.
Nicholson, Hope, ed. Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection. illus. by various. Alternate History. 2015. p. 125.
Lee, Tony. Messenger: The Legend of Joan of Arc. illus. by Sam Hart. Candlewick. 2015. p. 140.
DVDs
Harper Lee: From Mockingbird to Watchman. DVD. Dist. by First Run Features. 2015. p. 66.
Sriracha. Dist. by Dreamscape. 2013, released in 2015. p. 68.
Weather Gone Wild. Dist. by Bullfrog Films. 2015. p. 69.
Audiobooks
Benjamin, Ali. The Thing About Jellyfish. Hachette Audio. 2015. p. 70.
Gaiman, Neil. The Sleeper and the Spindle. Harper Audio, 2015. p. 72.
Gino, Alex. George. Scholastic Audiobooks. 2015. p. 70.
MURPHY, Julie. Dumplin’. Blackstone. 2015. p. 73.
Sachar, Louis. Fuzzy Mud. Listening Library. 2015. p. 70.
SANDS, Kevin. The Blackthorn Key. 6 CDs. 6 hrs. S. & S. Audio. 2015. p. 71.
YOON, Nicola. Everything, Everything. Listening Library. 2015. p. 74.
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