cover image
LATEST ISSUE OF
Kirkus Reviews
Check out our interview with Rick Yancey, author of the wildly entertaining YA thriller The 5th Wave.
Kirkus Star
THE KIRKUS STAR
Awarded to Books of Exceptional Merit

BROWSE BOOK REVIEWS



Children's Book-a-Day Almanac - Anita Silvey's Recommended Reads (page 2)

Cover art for YOU NEVER HEARD OF SANDY KOUFAX?!
CHILDREN'S
Released: Feb. 24, 2009
YOU NEVER HEARD OF SANDY KOUFAX?!
by Jonah Winter, illustrated by André Carrilho
"Great baseball stuff, and a visual treat for young fans and their parents and grandparents. (Picture book/biography. 5-9)"
This book promises to be spectacular with its cover—a 3-D lenticular rendering of the great left-hander, from windup to follow-through—and largely delivers. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE LONDON EYE MYSTERY
CHILDREN'S
Released: Feb. 12, 2008
Kirkus Star THE LONDON EYE MYSTERY
by Siobhan Dowd
"The message, grippingly delivered, is that kids, even differently abled ones, are worth paying attention to. (Fiction. 9-14)"
When Ted's cousin Salim visits London, he insists on riding "The London Eye," an immense observation wheel. Read full book review >
Cover art for LETTERS FROM A DESPERATE DOG
CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 16, 2006
LETTERS FROM A DESPERATE DOG
by Eileen Christelow, illustrated by Eileen Christelow
"Christelow's bright watercolors follow Emma's adventures in comic panels and perfectly depict the satisfying ending. (Picture book. 5-8)"
Emma is a dog who lives with George the painter and his cat, and though she tries her best to please him, things sometimes go wrong. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE RACE TO SAVE THE LORD GOD BIRD
CHILDREN'S
Released: Aug. 11, 2004
Kirkus Star THE RACE TO SAVE THE LORD GOD BIRD
by Phillip Hoose
"Outstanding in every way. (Timeline, glossary, chapter notes, index.) (Nonfiction. 10+)"
Before 1800, the Ivory-billed Woodpecker's distinctive call and rap could be heard throughout the river and swamp forests of the southeastern US; the last documented sighting of the great black-and-white bird was in 1944, when an Audubon Society artist sadly painted the last remaining female in a Louisiana swamp. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE DARING NELLIE BLY
CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 14, 2003
Kirkus Star THE DARING NELLIE BLY: AMERICA’S STAR REPORTER
by Bonnie Christensen, illustrated by Bonnie Christensen
"Nary a dull moment in this rousing profile. (chronology, bibliography, videography) (Picture book/biography. 8-10)"
Christensen unabashedly positions Nellie Bly in the pantheon of feminist heroes. Read full book review >
Cover art for ACTION JACKSON
CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 1, 2002
Kirkus Star ACTION JACKSON
by Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan, illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker
"This stunning collaboration is both a tour de force and an uncommon pleasure. (Picture book/biography. 6+)"
Art history specialists Greenberg and Jordan (Boston Globe/Horn Book–winning Chuck Close, Up Close, 1998; Sibert Honor–winning Vincent Van Gogh: Portrait of An Artist, 2001) have again pushed the nonfiction envelope with this astonishing biography cum evocation of action painter and abstract expressionist icon Jackson Pollock. Read full book review >