Reviews written by Olivia Farr, Staff Reviewer

VALENTINES ARE THE WORST! is a delightful new adventure for Gilbert the Goblin, as he learns about love and friendship. Gilbert hates Valentine's Day - and also the cupids with perfect hair who support the holiday. When they chase him with their love arrows, he nearly escapes. Accidentally pricked by...

EXCA-GATOR! is a cute picture book about teamwork. Exca-Gator is excited to get to work with his excavator and tries to do everything himself. When he finds himself in a bit of a mess, he learns that the best way to do it is with the help of others, working...

CLACK-CLACK, LITTLE CRAB! is a cute, interactive board book that toddlers will love. A little crab is wide awake and decides to find its friends, waking them up. When the tide rolls in, his friends surprise him by popping out from behind a coral. What...

HIDE AND SEEK HISTORY: THE VIKINGS is an engaging lift-the-flap book that teaches about the Vikings, all the way from archeology and how we know about them to their gods, religion, and daily life. What I loved: This is an engaging and colorful look at...

A IS FOR APPLE is a delightful writing workbook, perfect for preschoolers. Each page includes a letter from the alphabet to trace along with a small activity, such as tracing a maze-type line or circling other things that begin with that letter. What I loved:...

WE DRIVE CONCRETE MIXER TRUCKS is an engaging nonfiction book, perfect for vehicle lovers. This book gives basic information about mixer trucks, using simple sentences and lots of fun photographs. What I loved: This is a great and approachable way for young readers to learn...

ARE METEORS THE FASTEST THINGS IN OUTER SPACE? is an engaging nonfiction picture book. It answers the question posed by title (light is the fastest), but also gives a good amount of information about meteors and the ways that we study them. What I loved:...

A STAGE SET FOR VILLAINS is a riveting YA fantasy. Riven has grown up north of The Cut, cursed by a Player. Players are powerful and magical creature linked to the Playhouse, where they perform for adoration, and the Playhouse is prevented from being north of The Cut, due to...

SIBYLLINE is an enchanting dark academia fantasy. Raven, Dorian, and Atticus have long been friends for their unique magical abilities. They all desperately want to go to Sibylline, the ivy league of magical colleges, but the story begins with their rejections. For all of them, Sibylline is it - so...

HEART's GAMBIT is an overall engaging fantasy read about love, time, and prejudice. The prologue begins with two Black teenaged slaves who have fallen in love and are trying to escape. They are stopped by the woman of the house who causes a horrible betrayal with both a blessing and...

WEATHER is a simple picture book that introduces the concept of weather. There are three scenes around rain, hot, and snow. Each scene features a few characters playing in the weather with smaller pages that change the scenes slightly. The characters have small stories through these page turns. ...

HOW DO SPACECRAFT GET TO OUTER SPACE? is an interesting picture book overview of space travel. The book discusses a couple of the spacecraft that have gone to space and introduces the concepts of the propellant and use of other modules to help break gravity and get out into space....

MY TRIP WITH DRIP is a graphic novel about unlikely friends, working together, and illness. A bunny and wolf are both in a hospital when hunters attack. The bunny has a long mediplan, while the wolf stitched himself up after a gunshot wound. The bunny deflects a bullet from the...

ZENGUIN is a cute picture book about finding ways to stay calm. Penguin is a bit overwhelmed with all the hustle and bustle of penguin life. After a troubling time, he travels to ask other animals how they find their calm, learning about breathing and yoga. After practicing, Penguin is...

A SOUND IN THE NIGHT is a charming wordless picture book. Through illustrations alone, the book tells the story of a girl and her beloved dog who go camping for a night. In the middle of the night, they are awoken by a sound. When they go to investigate, they...