Sonderbooks Book Reviews

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June 1, 2026

The Black Mambas: The World's First All-Woman Anti-Poaching Unit, by Kelly Crull, is a photo-illustrated nonfiction picture book about a team of young women who stop poachers and protect animals and their communities in South Africa.

Happy Reading!

—Sondra Eklund

by James C. Howell

by Jaydi Samuels Kuba

by Kelly Crull

written by Ying Chang Compestine
illustrated by Xinmei Liu

Fiction

by Layne Fargo
read by Christine Lakin and a full cast

by T. Kingfisher
read by Jennifer Pickens

written by Shannon Hale
illustrated by Marcela Cespedes

by Violet Duncan
read by Ashley Callingbull

by Malba Tahan

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

by SJ Sindu and Dion MBD

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

by Taylor Cassidy
illustrated by Adriana Bellet

by Mary Wagley Copp
illustrated by Felishia Henditirto

written by Caspar Salmon
illustrated by Matt Hunt