Book/Multimedia Review Stars | November 2013

Nonny Hogrogian's picture book Come Back, Moon; Fanny Britt's graphic novel Jane, the Fox & Me; and Mike and the Mighty Magic Pants's CD Gotta Be the Pants! made SLJ's November stars list. Take a look inside for more stellar titles.

Come Back, Moon (Kherdian)
©2013 by Nonny Hogrogian

Fiction

AVASTHI , Swati. Chasing Shadows. illus. by Craig Phillips. Knopf. p. 108.

BEAUDOIN , Sean. Wise Young Fool. Little, Brown. p. 109.

BURG , Ann E. Serafina’s Promise. Scholastic. p. 94.

CUNNANE , Kelly. Deep in the Sahara. illus. by Hoda Hadadi. Random/Schwartz & Wade. p. 74.

KHAN , Rukhsana. King for a Day. illus. by Christiane Krömer. Lee & Low. p. 80.

KHERDIAN, David. Come Back, Moon. illus. by Nonny Hogrogian. S & S/Beach Lane. p. 80.

SCIESZKA , Jon & Mac Barnett. Battle Bunny. illus. by Matthew Myers. S & S. p. 90.

STEPHENS , Helen. How to Hide a Lion. illus. by author. Holt. p. 90.

URSU , Anne. The Real Boy. illus. by Erin McGuire. HarperCollins/Walden Pond. p. 106.

Graphic Novels

BRITT , Fanny. Jane, the Fox & Me. tr. from French by Christelle Morelli and Susan Ouriou. illus. by Isabelle Arsenault. Groundwood/House of Anansi. p. 121.

KEENAN , Sheila. Dogs of War. illus. by Nathan Fox. Graphix/Scholastic. Nov. 2013. p. 122.

KIBUISHI, Kazu, ed. The Lost Islands. (Explorer Series). Abrams/Amulet. p. 122.

Nonfiction

AGUILAR , David A. Space Encyclopedia. illus. by author. National Geographic. p. 130.

ROGERS , Stan. Northwest Passage. illus. by Matt James. Groundwood. p. 134.

TURNER , Pamela S. The Dolphins of Shark Bay. (Scientists in the Field Series). Houghton Mifflin. Nov. 2013. p. 135.

From Adult Books 4 Teens Blog

SEARLES, John. Help for the Haunted. Morrow. (Sept. 16 post)

WARD, Jesmyn. Men We Reaped: A Memoir. Bloomsbury. (Sept. 20 post)

BAKER, Jo. Longbourn. Knopf. (Oct. 7 post)

FOWLER, Karen Joy. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves. A Marian Wood Book/Putnam. (Oct. 9 post)

DVD

From Up on Poppy Hill. GKids. p. 57.

The Life of Muhammad. PBS Dist. p. 59.

Audio

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. By Benjamin Alire Sáenz. Recorded Books. p. 60.

Gotta Be the Pants! Performed by Mike and the Mighty Magic Pants. AV Café. p. 67.

Love in the Time of Global Warming. By Francesca Lia Block. Brilliance Audio. p. 63.

Matilda. By Roald Dahl. Penguin Audio. p. 63.

The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp. By Kathi Appelt. Simon & Schuster Audio. p. 66.

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