February Starred Reviews

What do six-foot tall (and rather rowdy) praying mantises, an aspiring nature photographer, and an artist with synesthesia have in common? They can all be found within our fabulous February Stars list.
What’s Your Favorite Animal? (Carle, Eric and Friends) ©2014 illus. by authors

What’s Your Favorite Animal? (Carle, Eric and Friends) ©2014 illus. by authors

 Fiction

Arnett, Mindee. Avalon. HarperCollins/Balzer & Bray. Feb. 2014. p. 100.

Brown, Marc. In New York. illus. by Marc Brown. Knopf. Mar. 2014. p. 66.

Carle, Eric and Friends. What’s Your Favorite Animal? illus. by authors. Holt. p. 68.

Cosimano, Elle. Nearly Gone. Penguin/Kathy Dawson Bks. Mar. 2014. p. 101.

Dolan, Elys. Weasels. illus. by Elys Dolan. Candlewick. Feb. 2014. p. 70.

Lord, Cynthia. Half a Chance. Scholastic. Feb. 2014. p. 92.

Philbrick, Rodman. Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina. Scholastic/Blue Sky. Feb. 2014. p. 94.

Reynolds, Jason. When I Was the Greatest. S & S/Atheneum. p. 112.

Smith, Andrew. Grasshopper Jungle. Dutton. Feb. 2014. p. 114.

Waller, Sharon Biggs. A Mad, Wicked Folly. Viking. p. 116.

Walton, Leslye. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender. Candlewick. Mar. 2014. p. 116.

Nonfiction

Burns, Loree Griffin. Handle with Care: An Unusual Butterfly Journey. photos by Ellen Harasimowicz. Millbrook. Mar. 2014. p. 117.

Gevinson, Tavi, ed. Rookie Yearbook Two. Drawn & Quarterly. p. 124.

Janeczko, Paul B., sel. Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems. illus. by Melissa Stewart. Candlewick. Mar. 2014. p. 120.

Powell, Patricia Hruby. Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker. illus. by Christian Robinson. Chronicle. Feb. 2014. p. 127.

Rosenstock, Barb. The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art. illus. by Mary GrandPré. Knopf. Feb. 2014. p. 122.

Sheinkin, Steve. The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights. Roaring Brook. p. 128.

Reference

Critical Survey of Mythology and Folklore: Heroes & Heroines. Salem Press. p. 62.

Tucker, Spencer C., ed. American Civil War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. ABC-CLIO. p. 63.

From the Adult Books 4 Teens blog

HALTER , Paul . Crimson Fog. Locked Room International. (Dec. 11 post)

ASANTE , Mk. Buck: A Memoir . Spiegel & Grau. (Dec. 18 post)

GIRARD , Geoffrey . Cain’s Blood . Touchstone: S & S

(Jan. 8 post)

DVD

My So-Called Enemy. New Day Films. p. 50.

Audio

Berry, Julie. All the Truth That’s in Me. Dreamscape Media. p. 56.

Griffin, Adele. All You Never Wanted. Listening Library/Books on Tape. p. 57.

Lyeson, Leon. The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible … on Schindler’s List. Recorded Books. p. 57.

Sloan, Holly Goldberg. Counting by 7s. Dreamscape Media. p. 55.

Spencer, Octavia. Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective: The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit. S & S Audio. p. 55

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