Reviews written by Olivia Farr, Assistant Blog Manager & Staff Reviewer

EASTER BUNNY, WHERE ARE YOU? is a charming lift-the-flap board book that sends children on a hide-and-seek mission to find the Easter Bunny. The story includes rhythmic, rhyming text as little animals search for the Easter Bunny. They find hints of them along the way, only to reveal other animals...

MAISY LOVES BEES is a charming board book that teaches little ones about bees. This book poses and answers a series of questions about bees, giving basic facts and information along the way. On one side of each spread, there is key information about what bees are, what they eat,...

THE GREAT PUPTECTIVE is a delightful graphic novel that will work well for early readers. Truffles the Cat is surprised by a new box in his home, and even more surprised to find that the box contains Poppy the Puptective. Poppy is ready for a case - after speaking with...

IN THE ORBIT OF YOU is a lush and consuming YA contemporary romance. The story follows Nova and Sam in alternating perspectives with a premise of their fairytale story. Sam and Nova lived next door to each other when they were little, escaping to a hole in the fence where...

THE OTHER LOLA is a consuming YA mystery/thriller. This is a continuation of the characters from MISSING CLARISSA, though it can be read as a stand-alone with key facts summarized in this sequel and a new case to follow. Cam and Blair are still reeling from everything that happened in...

THE ENCANTO'S DAUGHTER is an engaging and fast-paced YA fantasy read. MJ has been on the run for as long as she can remember, but her time is running out as her father's world of magic encantos, Biringan, has caught up to her. Her father is dead, which means it...

THE DUCK WHO CAME FOR DINNER is a cute picture book about loving and letting go. Wolf, Little Lamb, and Omelet the alligator are chasing clothes that blew off their clothes line when Wolf finds a little duck that they decide to call Apple. Apple has a hurt wing and...

THE POISONS WE DRINK was in intriguing YA fantasy about prejudice and oppression. Venus is a Witcher who has been trained to brew potions related to love and all its complexities. The trouble with potion brewing is that this magic has a hefty recoil, which is quite painful and could...

LITTLE BROWN NUT is an engaging look at the growth of trees from the viewpoint of a Brazil nut. The story begins with the nut falling off the tree in the fruit, getting eaten by an agouti, and then buried for keeping later. The nut is forgotten and begins to...

SMALL SPECKLED EGG is an engaging nonfiction picture book that teaches children about the arctic tern. The book is told from the perspective of an arctic tern beginning when she is an egg, following her as she grows, all the way until she has eggs of her own. At each...

THE ONLY LONELY FAIRY is a cute picture book about friendship and finding your people. Leah wants to play fairies, but it seems like no one else is interested. However, she doesn't notice that Allie shyly wants to play too. With some dramatic flair, Leah bemoans the fact that she...

STRONG is a sweet picture book about being different and inner strength. Maurice is a dragon, but he is not like the other dragons, as he loves being quiet and enjoying the flowers. There is a big competition to figure out who is the strongest - and the winner is...

THIS IS NOT A DINOSAUR! is an adorable and silly rhyming picture book. The book shows a dinosaur (who is NOT a dinosaur) and describes it by the things it is doing, such as "a clever-magic-trick-osaur" and "a supersonic-kick-osaur." What I loved: This is such...

ALL ABOARD THE ALASKA TRAIN is a cute and delightful picture book journey into Alaska. The story follows a train that travels from the South of Alaska to the North, seeing different animals along the way. The animals hop on board the train, and luckily, they are there to help...

CALL US WHAT WE CARRY is a stunning collection of poetry that encompasses a variety of topics from the pandemic to war to ongoing social concerns. The breadth and variety of styles is striking with clever use of form to convey emotion and different topics. The poetry is quite potent...