2024 LIBRES Book Reviews

A list of the Clarion Books we have read this year

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Nobody Is Perfick written by Bernard Waber, reviewed by Terry Wahrman

Summary : Sometimes life can be annoying! What do you do when a person says they want you to stop scaring them, but really loves to be sca...

2024 LIBRES Book Reviews

A list of the Clarion Books we have read this year

Nobody Is Perfick written by Bernard Waber, reviewed by Terry Wahrman

Little Red and the Cat Who Loved Cake written by Barbara Lehman, reviewed by Terry Wahrman

Carmen Sandiego: Clue by Clue written by Catherine Hapka, reviewed by Terry Wahrman

Mr. Complain Takes the Train written by Wade Bradford and illustrated by Stephan Britt, reviewed by Terry Wahrman

Carmen Sandiego: Secrets of the Silver Lion written by Emma Otheguy, reviewed by Terry Wahrman

Louis written by Tom Lichtenheld and illustrated by Julie Rowan-Zoch, reviewed by Terry Wahrman

Gossie and Friends: Ruby & Rufus Love the Water written by Olivier Dunrea, reviewed by Debra Gantz

From an Idea to Lego: The Building Bricks Behind the World's Largest Toy Company written by Lowey Bundy Sichol and illustrated by C.S. Jennings, reviewed by Debra Gantz

Unstoppable: True Stories of Amazing Bionic Animals written by Nancy Furstinger, reviewed by Debra Gantz

Next Best Junior Chef #1: Lights, Camera, Cook! written by Charise Mericle Harper and illustrated by Aurélie Blard-Quintard, reviewed by Debra Gantz

Next Best Junior Chef #3: The Winner Is . . . written by Charise Mericle Harper and illustrated by Aurélie Blard-Quintard, reviewed by Debra Gantz

From an Idea to Nike: How Marketing Made Nike a Global Success written by Lowey Bundy Sichol, reviewed by Debra Gantz

Tiny Monsters: The Strange Creatures That Live On Us, In Us, and Around Us written by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page, reviewed by Debra Gantz

ParaNorthern and the Chaos Bunny A-hop-calypse written by Stephanie Cooke and illustrated by Mari Costa, reviewed by Todd Erickson

El Dador/The Giver (Spanish Edition) written by Lois Lowery, reviewed by Terry Wahrman

Oh my Gods! written by Stephanie Cooke, reviewed by Terry Wahrman

The Seventh Raven written by David Elliott, reviewed by Bethany Bratney

The Shark Book written by Steve Jenkins, reviewed by Terry Wahrman

From an Idea to Google written by Lowey Bundy Sichol, rewiewed by Debra Gantz

The Case of the Feathered Mask written by Holly Webb, reviewed by Debra Gantz

Welcome, Wombat written by Kama Einhorn, reviewed by Debra Gantz

Sweet Senior Pups written by Kama Einhorn, reviewed by Debra Gantz

Go, Goats! written by Kama Einhorn, rewiewed by Debra Gantz

Anteater Adventure written by Kama Einhorn, reviewed by Debra Gantz

Whole Hole Story written by Vivian McInerny, reviewed by Debra Gantz

Insects by the Numbers written by Steve Jenkins, reviewed by Debra Gantz

Solar System by the Numbers written by Steve Jenkins, reviewed by Debra Gantz

Once Upon a Dragon's Fire written by Beatrice Blue, reviewed by Suzanne Schug

Up On Bob written by Mary Sullivan, reviewed by Debra Gantz

Apex Predators written by Steve Jenkins, reviewed by Debra Gantz

Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry & the Big Hungry Bear written by Don Wood, reviewed by Debra Gantz

Sixteen Scandals, written by Sophie Jordan, reviewed by Klaudia Janek

Mystwick School of Musicraft, written by Jessica Khoury, reviewed by Klaudia Janek

The Me I Meant To Be, written by Sophie Jordan, reviewed by Klaudia Janek

Suffer Love, written by Ashley Herring Blake, reviewed by Klaudia Janek

Curious George: Trash into Treasure | Jorge el curioso: De basura a tesoro, written by H. A. Rey, reviewed by Klaudia Janek

Hip, Hip...Beret! written by Melanie Ellsworth and Morena Forza, reviewed by Klaudia Janek

By the Book: A Novel of Prose and Cons, written by Amanda Sellet, reviewed by Klaudia Janek

Gloom Town, written by Ronald L. Smith, reviewed by Klaudia Janek

A Day So Gray, written by Marie Lamba and Alea Marley, reviewed by Klaudia Janek

The Crown Heist (The Lost Art Mysteries), written by Deron R. Hicks, reviewed by Klaudia Janek

Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter, written by Veronica Chambers, reviewed by Terry Wahrman

What Do You Do If You Work at the Zoo? written by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page, reviewed by Terry Wahrman

Power Up (A Power Up Graphic Novel), written by by Sam Nisson and Darnell Johnson, reviewed by Todd Erickson

Timo the Adventurer, by Jonathan Garnier and Yohan Sacré, reviewed by Todd Erickson

The Fabled Life of Aesop: The extraordinary journey and collected tales of the world's greatest storyteller, written by Ian Lendler and Pamela Zagarenski, reviewed by Terry Wahrman

Stick and Stone: Best Friends Forever! written by Beth Ferry and Tom Lichtenheld, reviewed by Terry Wahrman

Una Larga Travesía Hasta El Agua: Basada en una historia real (A Long Walk to Water Spanish edition), written by Linda Sue Park, reviewed by Amanda Davies

El Dador/The Giver, written by Lois Lowry, reviewed by Amanda Davies

Leprechaun's Rainbow, written by Christy Tortland, illustrated by Carlo Beranek, reviewed by Terry Wahrman

Little Bat in Night School, written by Brian Lies, reviewed by Terry Wahrman

The Chasing Paper Caper (Carmen Sandiego Graphic Novels), written by Clarion Books, reviewed by Terry Wahrman

El Ratoncito, La Fresa Roja Y Madura Y El Gran Oso Hambriento: Spanish/English The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear, written by Audrey Wood and Don Wood, reviewed by Amanda Davies

¿Quien Es Carmen Sandiego? [Who Is Carmen Sandiego?], written by Rebecca Tinker, reviewed by Terry Wahrman

The One Thing You'd Save, written by Linda Sue Park, reviewed by Terry Wahrman

Freight Train, written by Donald Crews, reviewed by Terry Wahrman

Besties Work it Out by Kayla Miller, reviewed by Todd Erickson

Brightly Burning, written by Alexa Donne, reviewed by Carrie Conner