by Judy Bradbury | May 15, 2024 | Social-Emotional Learning
Sourgrass by Hope Lim, illustrated by Shahrzad Maydari; Beach Lane Books, 2024. Sofia and May forge their friendship as they play in the wildflowers beyond their yards. How their relationship evolves when May moves away makes for a sweet and hopeful story just right...
by Judy Bradbury | Apr 9, 2024 | Informational Picture Book, Poetry
Leafy Landmarks: Travels with Trees by Michelle Schaub, illustrated by Anne Lambelet; Sleeping Bear Press, 2024. Road trip! Enjoy poems written in poetic forms (cleverly explained on the endpapers) and learn facts about fourteen trees with historical significance as...
by Judy Bradbury | Mar 14, 2024 | Picture Book, Social-Emotional Learning
One Sweet Song by Jyoti Rajan Gopal, illustrated by Sonia Sánchez; Candlewick Press, 2024. “One sweet song for heart and soul. One sweet song to make us whole.” Here’s a warmhearted counting tale told in lilting rhyme that mirrors the soothing storyline. A...
by Judy Bradbury | Feb 12, 2024 | Picture Book, Social-Emotional Learning
A Family Like Ours by Frank Murphy and Alice Lee, illustrated by Kayla Harren; Sleeping Bear Press, 2023. The latest in the …Like series of SEL-related picture books, A Family Like Ours explores the beauty of the unique nature of family. In fact, uniqueness is what...
by Judy Bradbury | Jan 16, 2024 | Middle grade Hi/Lo, Novel-in-verse
Tell Me Why the Jack Pine Grows by D. J. Brandon; West 44 Books/Enslow, 2024. In this absorbing hi/lo middle grade novel in verse releasing on February 1, twelve-year-old Meadow is approached by an adult stranger and chooses to keep the disturbing encounter to...
