Saturday, January 8, 2022

What's New?

 "Stacking the Shelves" was a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews. It seems the blog is gone though, so I will just continue to post a "What's New? post whenever I receive new books. 

For Review: 

Ear Worm! by Jo Knowles. Illustrated by Galia Bernstein. unpaged. Candlewick Press, January 25, 2022. 9781536207835.

Publisher synopsis: A musical treat for the ear and eye, this antic tale of a worm on a mission doubles as a cozy bedtime book.

One summer day, as Little Worm heads out to play, he discovers he has a song stuck in his head. “What’s that you’re singing?” Owl asks, but Little Worm can’t say. He wriggles past, determined to learn who filled his head with “Shimmy shimmy, no-sashay.” Owl flaps along with a song of his own, and before long Chipmunk, Bunny, and Fox fall in line, each contributing an ear worm to the joyful cacophony. Amid all the singing and dancing, Little Worm forgets his musical mystery until later when—surprise!—Papa Worm tucks him in. Hip, vintage-inspired illustrations and whimsical typesetting meet movement, sound play, and comic, cumulative delights in a picture book that will charm media-savvy children and their parents alike.

Purchased: 

Always by Morris Gleitzman. 320 p. Felix and Zelda #7. Viking/ Penguin Random House Australia, August, 2021. 9780143793243.

Publisher synopsis: The much-anticipated final journey in the story of Felix, hero of Morris Gleitzman's multi-award-winning Once, Then, After, Soon, Maybe and Now.

It’s fifteen years since readers were first introduced to Felix in Once and across six celebrated books, our brave young hero has survived many unforgettable and emotional journeys. Now comes the seventh and final part of Felix’s story, bringing to a powerful climax a series that countless young readers around the world will remember – Always.

I can no longer remember how I came to discover Once, but I was instantly smitten and it has been my go-to book for any student (especially younger ones) wishing to read a Holocaust historical fiction. Right now, I have two eighth grade boys working their way through the first six. One actually finished and is eagerly awaiting this final installment. 

My most memorable success with this book happened about seven years ago when a severely dyslexic, utterly sweet eighth grade boy came into the library stating that he hated reading, but he had to read a book and to give him a short one. I handed him Once  and I think it was the first book that he ever read cover to cover. He asked if there were any more and proceeded to plow through the series.

What's in your mailbox this week?

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