Today’s featured review looks at Elementary Nonfiction nominee Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera by Candace Fleming, illustrated by Eric Rohmann: HONEYBEE: The Busy Life of Apis Millifera by Candace Fleming and illustrated by Eric Rohman ( 2020) is robust in text, illustrations and backmatter. It pushes all of us to help out our honeybees. The full review was …
REVIEW: Mummies Exposed!
Today’s featured review is of Junior High Non-fiction finalist Mummies Exposed!: Creepy and True #1 (Amazon, IndieBound). Our reviewer is round one panelist Beth, who blogs at Library Chicken. About Mummies, she wrote: It’s cheerfully factual and ends with a discussion of the controversies in studying human remains. Read the whole review here.
REVIEW: Sea Bear
Today’s review of Elementary Non-Fiction finalist Sea Bear (Amazon, IndieBound) comes from round one panelist Carol, who blogs at Carol’s Corner. About Sea Bear, she writes: That’s why I am so glad that there are books like SEA BEAR. Debut picture book author Lindsay Moore, who has a degree in medical and scientific illustration, traces the journey of a polar bear, …
REVIEW: Dreamland
Today’s review comes from Junior/Senior High Non-Fiction Round 1 panelist Heidi, who blogs at GeoLibrarian. She reviewed Senior High finalist Dreamland (Amazon, IndieBound), writing: Dreamland does what all good narrative nonfiction does. It pulls the reader in, making them want to know more. I found the book compelling and powerful, as well as informative. Read the whole review here.
REVIEW: Free Lunch
Today’s finalist is Free Lunch (Amazon, IndieBound), which is a finalist in Middle Grade Non-Fiction. Round one panelist Carrie, who blogs at Other Women’s Stories, reviewed it. She wrote: The book is heartrending, and yet, you get the feeling that young Rex is going to make it to a better way of living. Check out the full review here.
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Today’s review of Junior High Non-Fiction nominee Eiffel’s Tower for Young People (Amazon, IndieBound) comes from our illustrious Fiction Picture Book chair Deb Nance, who blogs at Readerbuzz. She writes: It’s a wonderful ride of a story, taking us through the process of trying to get backing for the Eiffel Tower as centerpiece of the 1889 World’s Fair in Paris, through …
REVIEW: A Song for Gwendolyn Brooks
Today’s review comes from Elementary/Middle Grade Nonfiction panelist Sandy who blogs at Unpacking the Power of Picture Books and on Goodreads. She’s reviewed nominee A Song for Gwendolyn Brooks (Amazon, IndieBound), writing: This is a spectacular biographic portrayal of the incomparable poet, Gwendolyn Brooks. Read the full review here.
REVIEW: The Stonewall Riots
Junior/Senior High panelist Beth blogs over at Library Chicken and does these huge (impressive!) reading round-ups. She caught Senior High Non-Fiction nominee The Stonewall Riots (Amazon, IndieBound) in one of her round-ups, writing this: At first I was bothered by the loose chronology, where from one short chapter to another I wouldn’t be sure where on the timeline I was. …
REVIEW: From an Idea to Lego
Today’s review is of Early Chapter Book nominee From an Idea to Lego: (Amazon, IndieBound). The review comes from round one panelist Carrie, who blogs at Other Women’s Stories. She wrote: I learned so much from this book, and I loved every minute of it. Although Lego* wasn’t something I grew up with (I had no idea how long they’ve …
REVIEW: Born Just Right
Today’s review is of Junior High Non-Fiction nominee Born Just Right (Amazon, IndieBound). Our reviewer is Beth, a Junior/Senior High Nonfiction round 1 panelist, who blogs at Library Chicken and recently did a round-up of a whole bunch of Cybils nominees. About Born Just Right, she wrote: This memoir from a tween girl with a truncated left arm reads as very …