Suzanne Slade, illus. by Erin E. Hunter. Sylvan Dell, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-60718-128-6
In rhyming verse Slade describes the physical features and behaviors of insects while introducing a multiplication question: "Four lovely luna moths/ rest upon a pine./ Each one spans three inches./ How long is the luna line? 4x3=?" Readers won't...
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Suzanne Slade, illus. by Erin E. Hunter. Sylvan Dell, $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-60718-5215
Slade uses an appealing formula to simultaneously teach readers about both animal collective nouns and division. Rhyming word problems followed by numerical equations introduce animal groups, including a “charm” of hummingbirds, a “crash” of rhinos,
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Suzanne Slade, illus. by Jennifer Black Reinhardt. Charlesbridge, $16.95 (48p) ISBN 978-1-58089-667-2
“What’s his secret?” That’s the question dogging Henry Ford as he watches Thomas Edison’s phonograph and incandescent bulb take off, while his own attempts to create steam and gas engines sputter. Slade shifts between the developing careers of both...
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Suzanne Slade, illus. by Jessica Lanan. Sleeping Bear, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-58536-986-7
Slade (The Music in George’s Head) and Lanan’s (The Story I’ll Tell) account of the life of artist and naturalist Anna Comstock unfolds against an airy, pastoral landscape, where she observed the local flora and fauna of the countryside. As Comstock
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Suzanne Slade, illus. by Rebecca Bond. Charlesbridge, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-58089-262-9
Slade (Climbing Lincoln's Steps) delivers a historical riff on "The House That Jack Built" with this tale of how George Washington oversaw the construction of what would come to be called the White House: "This is the lot,/ that grand,
scenic spot,/
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Suzanne Slade, illus. by Stacy Innerst. Calkins Creek, $17.95 (48p) ISBN 978-1-62979-099-2
Through evocative storytelling, expressive hand-lettered text, and dynamic paintings, Slade (The Inventor's Secret) and Innerst (Thomas Jefferson Grows a Nation) explore the making of Gershwin's acclaimed "Rhapsody in Blue" in an account that's as "l
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Suzanne Slade, illus. by Nicole Tadgell. Charlesbridge, $16.95 (40p) ISBN 978-1-58089-568-2
At a time when “it wasn’t proper for women to be friends with men” and “You weren’t supposed to be friends with someone whose skin was a different color,” Anthony and Douglass sought out each other based on mutual respect and a shared commitment...
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Suzanne Slade, illus. by Nicole Tadgell. Albert Whitman, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8075-0897-8
Slade highlights Washington’s devotion to education by focusing on his role in the creation of a schoolhouse for black students in Tuskegee, Ala., which would eventually grow to become Tuskegee University. The construction process is arduous:...
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Suzanne Slade, illus. by Alice Ratterree. Peachtree, $17.95 (40p) ISBN 978-1-56145-913-1
In an inspiring testament to the power of activism, Slade shows how Jane Addams’s lifelong concern for those in need led her to found Hull House, serve as president of the Women’s Peace Party, and embark on other charitable endeavors that eventually
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Suzanne Slade. Peachtree, $19.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-68263-188-1
Featuring mesmeric close-up photographs courtesy of NASA’s HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, this nonfiction picture book by NASA rocket engineer Slade offers rhythmic language interlaced...
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Suzanne Slade, illus. by Alan Marks. Charlesbridge, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-58089-773-0
In gentle vignettes, Slade describes each Apollo moon mission in order. “Year after year the moon circles Earth./ All alone,” until one day, the Apollo 11 spacecraft appears and “finally it touches the ground.” For each mission, Marks’s watercolor...
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Suzanne Slade, illus. by Stephanie Fizer Coleman. Sleeping Bear, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-5341-1108-0
Relayed in the second-person perspective, this narrative nonfiction picture book by Slade directly addresses young readers, succinctly describing some of the universe’s workings. Light on supplemental facts, Slade focuses more on crafting a nature-...
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Suzanne Slade, illus. by Elisa Paganelli. Sleeping Bear, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-5341-1132-5
Written with input and resources from her daughter, this comprehensive picture book biography of June Almeida (1930–2007) follows the innovative virologist through her science-loving childhood in Glasgow, her hospital lab work in the U.K. after she “
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Suzanne Slade, illus. by Thomas Gonzalez. Peachtree, $22.95 (144p) ISBN 978-1-68263-013-6
“At first/ it’s only a dream—/ an ambitious, outrageous idea.” This account of NASA’s first Apollo missions marries a captivating free-verse narrative with lifelike illustrations as it takes readers through the 2,979 days from President Kennedy’s...
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Suzanne Slade, illus. by Thomas Gonzalez. Peachtree, $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-68263-312-0
Via stunningly realistic pastel, colored pencil, and airbrush artwork, Gonzalez presents a series of colorful octopus portraits, each shown in tight close-up. The images give the sense of being underwater, near enough to touch each species’...
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Suzanne Slade, illus. by Thomas Gonzalez. Peachtree, $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-68263-652-7
Page-filling hummingbird close-ups populate this appreciation from the team behind Behold the Octopus! “Hummingbirds only live in the Americas,” Slade explains in back matter, and each spread of this picture book depicts one of only a dozen featured,
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Suzanne Slade, illus. by Veronica Miller Jamison. Little, Brown, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-316-43517-8
Slade explores the life of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson. Johnson excelled in mathematics beginning in childhood but was frustrated by the lack of opportunities available to women of her era. Her perseverance and skills led her to work at a...
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Suzanne Slade, illus. by Edwin Fotheringham. Calkins Creek, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-6359-2841-9
Free verse peppered with Southern dialect and colloquialisms reads like a ballad of Dolly Parton’s perseverance on her rise to stardom in this spirited picture book biography. As a child in a “newspaper-pasted-over-drafty-walls poor” family, Dolly...
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Suzanne Slade, illus. by Don Tate. Little, Brown, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-316-48167-0
After Black members of a 1922 championship high school team from Chicago’s South Side are barred from competing at the next level, they band together in this true story. In 1927, the team that will become the Harlem Globetrotters takes to the road...
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Suzanne Slade, illus. by Sally Wern Comport. Calkins Creek, $18.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-68437-241-6
Slade introduces a little-known hero of the space race in this dynamically illustrated portrayal of rocket fuel scientist Mary Sherman Morgan (1921–2004), a key figure in developing the propellant that powered America’s first satellite into space in
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Suzanne Slade, illus. by Cozbi A. Cabrera. Abrams, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-4197-3411-3
In stirring free verse and resplendent acrylic paintings, these collaborators pay affecting tribute to Brooks, who, in 1950, became the first black person to receive a Pulitzer Prize. Laced with Brooks’s spoken and written words, the lyrical...
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