Sonderbooks Book Reviews

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June 5, 2026

A book that makes my mathematical heart happy, Charts for Babies, by Michelle Rial, is a picture books with cheerful rhymes and a data visualization on each page.

Happy Reading!

—Sondra Eklund

Nonfiction

A Hymn to Life

by Gisèle Pelicot
read by Emma Thompson
translated by Natasha Lehrer and Ruth Diver

The Heart of the Psalms

by James C. Howell

Children's Nonfiction

The Black Mambas

by Kelly Crull

Growing Up Under a Red Flag

written by Ying Chang Compestine
illustrated by Xinmei Liu

Fiction

The Favorites

by Layne Fargo
read by Christine Lakin and a full cast

Hemlock & Silver

by T. Kingfisher
read by Jennifer Pickens

Children's Fiction

Dream On

written by Shannon Hale
illustrated by Marcela Cespedes

Buffalo Dreamer

by Violet Duncan
read by Ashley Callingbull

Old Favorites

The Man Who Counted

by Malba Tahan

Teen Fiction

Love at Second Sight

by F. T. Lukens
read by Kevin R. Free

Everything We Never Had

by Randy Ribay
read by Ramón de Ocampo, Jesse Inocalla, Manny Jacinto, and J. B. Tadena

Teen Nonfiction

How the Word Is Passed

by Clint Smith
adapted for young readers by Sonja Cherry-Paul

Black History Is Your History

by Taylor Cassidy
illustrated by Adriana Bellet

Picture Books

Charts for Babies

by Michelle Rial

Sometimes We Pray

by Mary Wagley Copp
illustrated by Felishia Henditirto