SLJ's Starred Reviews | May 2015

This month’s must-haves include a picture book biography of e.e. cummings, an innovative concept book from Elisha Cooper, and a collection of Korean folk songs.

Picture Books

Bagley, Jessixa. Boats for Papa. illus. by author. Roaring Brook/Neal Porter Bks. Jun. 2015.

Cooper, Elisha. 8: An Animal Alphabet. illus. by author. Scholastic/Orchard. Jul. 2015.

Lee, JiHyeon. Pool. illus. by author. Chronicle. May 2015.

McGehee, Claudia. My Wilderness: An Alaskan Adventure. illus. by author. Sasquatch. 2015.

Portis, Antoinette. Wait. illus. by author. Roaring Brook/Neal Porter Bks. Jul. 2015.

Shea, Bob. Ballet Cat: The Totally Secret Secret. illus. by author. Disney-Hyperion. May 2015.

Sís, Peter. Ice Cream Summer. illus. by author. Scholastic. Jun. 2015.

Winstanley, Nicola. The Pirate’s Bed. illus. by Matt James. Tundra. 2015.

Chapter Books

Rylant, Cynthia. Gooseberry Park and the Master Plan. illus. by Arthur Howard. S. & S./Beach Lane. 2015.

Middle Grade

Trevayne, Emma. The Accidental Afterlife of Thomas Marsden. S. & S. Jul. 2015.

Vernon, Ursula. Hamster Princess: Harriet the Invincible. illus. by author. Dial. Aug. 2015.

YA

Gilbert, Kelly Loy. Conviction. Disney-Hyperion. May 2015.

Kindl, Patrice. A School for Brides: A Story of Maidens, Mystery, and Matrimony. Viking. Jul. 2015.

Silvera, Adam. More Happy Than Not. Soho Teen. Jun. 2015.

Stead, Rebecca. Goodbye Stranger. Random/Wendy Lamb Bks. Aug. 2015.

Summers, Courtney. All the Rage. St. Martin’s Griffin. 2015.

Graphic Novels

Hale, Nathan. Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: The Underground Abductor (An Abolitionist Tale). illus. by author. Abrams/Amulet. 2015.

Maihack, Mike. Cleopatra in Space: The Thief and the Sword. Scholastic/Graphix. May 2015.

Tamaki, Jillian. SuperMutant Magic Academy. Drawn & Quarterly. May 2015.

Wilson, G. Willow. Ms. Marvel: Generation Why. illus. by Jacob Wyatt & Adrian Alphona. Marvel. 2015.

Whitley, Jeremy. Princeless: The Pirate Princess. illus. by Rosy Higgins & Ted Brandt. Action Lab. Jun. 2015.

Nonfiction

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America. HMH. Aug. 2015.

Burgess, Matthew. Enormous Smallness: A Story of E. E. Cummings. illus. by Kris Di Giacomo. Enchanted Lion. 2015.

Engle, Margarita. Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir. illus. by Edel Rodriguez. S. & S./Atheneum. Aug. 2015.

Hoose, Phillip. The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club. Farrar. May 2015.

Jenkins, Steve & Robin Page. How to Swallow a Pig. illus. by Steve Jenkins. HMH. Sept. 2015.

Minor, Wendell. Daylight Starlight Wildlife. illus. by author. Penguin/Nancy Paulsen Bks. May 2015.

Smith, Matthew Clark. Small Wonders: Jean-Henri Fabre and His World of Insects. illus. by Giuliano Ferri. Amazon/Two Lions. May 2015.

Yoon, JooHee, ed. Beastly Verse. illus. by author. Enchanted Lion. 2015.

Adult Books 4 Teens

MCCALL SMITH, Alexander. Emma: A Modern Retelling. Pantheon. 2015. (posted 4/2)

MORAN, Michelle. Rebel Queen. Touchstone. 2015. (posted 3/24)

DVD

Earth: A New Wild. Dist. by PBS. 2015.

Hate Crimes in the Heartland. Dist. by Alexander Street Press.

The Sixties. Dist. by PBS. 2015.

Word World: Birthday Party! Dist. by PBS. 2015.

Audiobooks

Castillo, Lauren. Nana in the City. Recorded Books. 2015.

HARGREAVES, Roger. The Mr. Men Collection Vol. 1. Listening Library. 2015.

LAI, Thanhhà. Listen, Slowly. Harper Audio. 2015.

Music

Brandy O! Music from the Parlors of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Performed by Anne & Ridley Enslow. Enslow Publishers. 2015.

Full Moon, Full Moon. Performed by Papa Crow. Jeff Krebs. 2014.

How Great Can This Day Be. Performed by Lori Henriques. Human Puppy Records. 2014.

Korean Folk Songs: Stars in the Sky and Dreams in Our Hearts. Performed by Robert Sang-Ung Choi & Yebin Won. Tuttle. 2014.

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