Reviews written by Olivia Farr, Staff Reviewer

LET'S COUNT! is a fun board book to introduce numbers up to 10 to young readers. The book features a basic abacus of 10 beads in the middle that can be used on every page. Readers are invited to count a certain number of objects on each page, which are...

BAD KITTY GETS A JOB is a humorous graphic novel. Bad Kitty loves to play the latest video game, but to get the in-game item Bad Kitty wants, they will need to earn some money by getting a job. They try a few jobs, like babysitting and lawn mowing, but...

A LOST REVENGE is an adventure-filled graphic novel about family expectations, the gray area between hero and villain, and finding your own path. Uma, the daughter of Ursula, is a Villain Kid (VK) and seeking to find her place in the world. This is complicated by the way that she...

WHEN DEALING WITH DRAGONS is a thrilling and consuming YA romantic fantasy. The story follows Farren and James in alternating points-of-view. They have long been rivals, competing for a scholarship to college that they both desire for their own reasons. Farren is a copper, two levels down from James's family...

MIND VS MACHINES is an interesting look into the world of artificial intelligence and technology. The book guides the middle grade reader to understand what AI is, how it works, and some of its applications and limitations. The book uses lots of graphics and conversational language to put these concepts...

ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO is a thrilling continuation to a high-stakes middle grade sci-fi series! This book follows Eden who enters The Escape, an immerse escape room. She found and decoded clues from Ami, who was the main character in the first book. Once in the game, it has video...

NATURE ANATOMY POSTERS is a cool, educational collection of posters about nature. The book includes 28 posters about different things that can be found in nature, such as mushrooms and types of butterflies. What I loved: These are really lovely and fun posters with many...

HER SHARP EMBRACE is an intriguing YA fantasy with messy characters and an interesting world. Noa joined the Nightshades, a female gang of people with magic, after leaving her family and the Saints, the magical people in political control, behind. She fell in love with Lennon, the leader of the...

WHAT DO WE DO IN PRESCHOOL? is a cute, rhyming picture book that conceptualizes the preschool experience. The book features young children asking what they do in preschool, which is answered with general ideas of the experience, such as run and rest or make and show (shown with paintings) before...

WELCOME, LITTLE SQUIRREL is a cute picture book about finding home. Hazelnut had prepared her tree for winter, but disaster strikes when beavers take it down for their dam. Hazelnut sets out on a journey to find a new home and tries to fit in with other animals, including beavers...

OUR ISLANDS is a sweet story of friendship and home. Bear lives on an island, and it is the only home he knows. One day, when he is out swimming, a storm comes and he is swept out to sea. He finds himself on a distant shore away from home...

FASTER THAN A JET, BIGGER THAN A WHALE is a fascinating look at size comparisons. The book takes all sorts of different things around the world and compares the sizes, such as the longest river or deepest lake. Visual representations are shown along with text that breaks down how these...

DO YOU REALLY KNOW FLAMINGOS? is a cute, colorful picture book about these pink birds! Frank E. Armadillo is an expert explorer, so of course, he knows everything about flamingos, right? As Frank learns, he doesn't really know anything about flamingos, but luckily, there is a little flamingo who is...

WONDER WORLD: EARTH is a fascinating look into what makes up the earth/soil. The book takes readers on a learning journey into the ground beneath our feet. It touches upon the layers of our planet before going into what we can find in soil, including worms, microbes, and more. ...

FINDING LIFE is an engaging search-and-find picture that takes a walk through history. Each page features a different time period along with a detailed and busy image. The page spreads include a couple paragraphs about that time period along with a few things to find among the larger picture. ...