For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s book and media review publication, we have Emily Graham’s review of “The Book of Disappearing Plants” by Štěpánka Sekaninová, illustrated by Eliška Podešvová, and translated by Mark Worthington.
Welcome home … where horror awaits. Get ready to shake, shiver, maybe even scream! Audio makes these evil houses all the more visceral, and with horror fiction on the rise, you’ll find plenty of options in this list from ALA’s Booklist to keep you up at night.
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s (ALA) book and media review publication, we’re kicking off the Halloween season with Becky Spratford’s review of “Partially Devoured: How Night of the Living Dead Saved My Life and Changed the World” by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former ALA staffer Daniel Kraus.
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s book and media review publication, we have Emily Graham’s review of “What Do People Do at the Science Museum?” by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and illustrated by Qin Leng.
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s book and media review publication, we have Beth McGuire’s review of “Dolly Parton” by Betsy Rathburn and illustrated by Claudia Marianno.
Back-to-school books are a must on every family’s seasonal reading list. In this batch recommended by Booklist, kids will find comfort in the relatable—and sometimes hysterical—stories about making friends, embracing individuality, and overcoming the various challenges that come along with a new environment.
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s nationally distributed book and media review publication, we have Connie Fletcher’s review of “Claude” by Phyllis Harris.
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s nationally distributed book and media review publication, we have Diana Platt’s review of “Receipts from the Bookshop: A Bookseller’s Year in an English Seaside Town” by Katie Clapham.
The sun is still high in the sky, the days are still long, the pools are still open! Even though school supplies are lining the shopping aisles, there is still time to soak up the last lazy days of summer vacation like the characters in these recent audiobooks for youth recommended by Booklist, ALA’s book review magazine.
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s nationally distributed book and media review publication, we have Carrie Rasak’s review of “Wither” by Dan Warner.
