Karen Yingling, Staff Reviewer

Big Gorilla: A Book of Opposites
 
4.0
"This oversized picture book has very little text, arranged with..."
Brown Bears
 
4.0
"After going into her den for the winter to hibernate,..."
The Diamond Explorer
 
3.0
"In this lyrical, heart print book, we meet Malcolm, the..."
One Wrong Step
 
4.0
"By 1939, Atlas Wade and his father have scaled a..."
All My Bests
 
4.0
"Immie and Jack have been friends and neighbors for years,..."
Pavlo Gets the Grumps
 
4.0
"Pavlo's mother has some great ideas for their day together,..."
Mr. Santa
 
4.3
"A little girl catches Santa putting a candy cane on..."
Picture Face Lizzy
 
3.5
"Eve has a comfortable home with her parents and two..."
A Cozy Winter's Day
 
4.0
"A cold, snowy snap in Acorn Village's weather causes the..."
10 Things I Love About You
 
4.0
"A little girl tells her mother the ten things that..."
Race to the Magic Mountain: A Branches Book (Kwame's Magic Quest #2)
 
4.0
"After Kwame enters the Nkonyaa School in Rise of the..."
Hurricane Rescue: A Branches Book (Disaster Squad #2)
 
4.0
"After their adventures in Wildfire Rescue, Jaden and Leela Jackson..."
Wildfire Rescue: A Branches Book (Disaster Squad #1)
 
3.8
"Jaden Jackson and his older sister Leela love traveling with..."
Elki is Not My Dog
 
3.8
"Four children live in a large apartment block in the..."
Black Star (The Door of No Return series, 2)
 
4.0
"In the early 1920s, Charlene Cuffey is living in Virginia..."
Bear's Big Idea
 
4.0
"Big Bear and Little Fish are back in a new..."
Hiking 101: Tips and Advice for Little Campers
 
4.3
"Do you love hiking? Do you want to share the..."
Pig in Jeans
 
4.0
"Brian the Pig loves to wear his jeans, even though..."
Ruffles and the Cold, Cold Snow
 
5.0
"Ruffles is back, and this time, his five tiny kitten..."
Judy Moody: Sunny-Side Up (#17)
 
4.0
"In Mr. Todd's third grade class, Judy Moody and her..."
Deer Run Home
 
4.0
"In this novel in verse, we meet Effie, who is..."
Will's Race for Home
 
4.0
"In 1888, Will lives with his mother, father, and grandfather..."
Last Laugh
 
4.0
"Victor lives with his parents and his older sister Sarah..."
The Bad Guys in One Last Thing (The Bad Guys #20)
 
3.5
"After defeating the centipede in The Serpent and the Beast,..."
39 Clues: One False Note: A Graphic Novel (39 Clues Graphic Novel #2)
 
4.0
"In this second book in the graphic novel adaptation of..."
Stepping Off
 
5.0
"Sonnenblick always does such a fantastic job of writing young..."
Faker
 
5.0
"Trey and his sister Arianna have had a nomadic life,..."
The Headless Doll
 
4.0
"Jen's parents send her to her Aunt Liv for the..."
Any Way You Look
 
4.0
"At the end of 6th grade, Ain't hopes that she..."
Wild Wave (The Wild series #3)
 
4.0
"Nick Chase, who struggles in school, is spending his..."
Answers to Dog
 
4.0
"Evan Dunn has a decent life; his friend Calder and..."
Awake
 
4.0
"Simon and his family have moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico..."
MY BOOKS
 
3.8
"A tiny white rabbit (with shiny silver ear linings!) has..."
Welcome to Fear City
 
4.0
"Sylvie Stroud lives in an old industrial building in Soho..."
Buffalo Dreamer
 
4.0
"Summer lives in Arizona to be near her father's family,..."
How to Make a Picture Book
 
4.0
"There is a lot of great information in this..."
Thank You
 
3.8
"A child sets out to thank various things in his..."
The Dictionary Story
 
4.0
"Don't pick this book up expecting to learn much about..."
Tis the Season: A Lift-the-Flap Advent Calendar Full of Christmas Poems
 
4.3
"This is a unique collection of poems , since it..."
How to Be a Detective and Other Crime-Fighting Jobs
 
5.0
"This How To Be series from Nosy Crow (which also..."
I Want to Read All the Books
 
5.0
"Hana has a question about the rain one day, and..."
Color Makes the World Go Round
 
4.0
"A little girl LOVES color, and is dismayed when she..."
Ripley: Fire Station Five: Dogs with a Purpose
 
4.0
"Ripley is a blue marle Border Collie who is meant..."
The Secret Dead Club
 
4.0
"It goes without saying that if a middle grade character..."
Pasta Pasta Lotsa Pasta
 
4.0
"A little girl and her mother are cooking a meal..."
Have You Seen My Acorn?
 
4.0
"Squirrel is trying to find an acorn that he buried,..."
The Littlest Christmas Tree
 
4.0
"Cubby and his Daddy go out into the woods with..."
When the Mapou Sings
 
4.0
"In 1935, Lucille is living in a small village in..."
The Beautiful Game
 
4.0
"Valeria Salomón lives in Utah with her grandmother (Lita) and..."
Fearless Firsts: Athletes Who Changed the Game: 50+ Athletes Who Overcame the Odds
 
5.0
"While there are a lot of collective sports biographies, like..."