New Books at PEOSTA

Reviewed: PW 22 June 2020 p. 148.
Description: Kai, a merboy, loves to share hugs with his mother, but learns that some friends prefer fin bumps, tail claps, tentacle shakes, or claw pinches. (publ.)

Reviewed: PW 16 Sept. 2019 p. 74.
Description: In a magical animal kingdom where oppression and censorship reign, the wolf king decrees that rabbits no longer exist, but the unmentionable furry creatures refuse to be ignored. (publ.)
Note: First published in the UK: London: Doubleday, 2001.

Reviewed: NYT/BR 12 July 2020 p. 18.
Description: Building a grand sandcastle which attracts visiting royals from fairy-tale worlds, an imaginative young girl is dismayed by the constant sand that gets into everything, from the royal almond strudel and fig milk bath to the crocodile moat and badminton court. (publ.)

Reviewed: NYT/BR 27 Dec. 2020 p. 22.
Description: A picture book biography celebrating the life and contributions of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman in Congress, who sought the Democratic nomination to be the president of the United States. (publ.)

Reviewed: NYT 7 Sept. 2020 p. C3.
Description: A collection of nearly seventy short and surreal stories told by Signor Bianchi, a traveling salesman, to his daughter over the telephone nightly.
Note: Originally published as: Favole al Telefono (Turin: Einaudi, 1962).
Awards: Hans Christian Anderson Award, 1970.

Reviewed: NYT/BR 27 Dec. 2020 p. 22.
Description: Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges–who, at the age of six, was the first African American to integrate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans–shares her story through text and historical photographs, offering a powerful call to action. (publ.)

Reviewed: PW 6 July 2020 p. 76.
Description: A timely picture book that acts as an introduction to civics for young readers. (publ.)

Reviewed: NYT/BR 12 July 2020 p. 18.
Description: Can a seal and a turtle ever become human? Mimbi and Kipo thought that was only a legend. (publ.)