Puget Sound Council
For Reviewing Children's & Young Adult Literature
Connecting readers with quality children's and young adult books through trusted peer reviews.
Welcome
Welcome to the (new & improved!) review management system for the Puget Sound Council. Please access the features of this site via the menu bar above.
If you have questions or comments, cannot locate a book, or need to report an error, please contact pugetsoundcouncil@gmail.com.
For questions about membership, how-tos, and issues that are not site-related, please contact Eve Datisman at datseve@gmail.com.
Schedule of Events
General Meeting Dates: 2026–2027
Time: 9:00 – 11:00 AM
Location: Shoreline Conference Center, Professional Library, Building H
Sat, Jun 6, 2026
9:00 - 11:00 AM
Sat., Sept. 12, 2026
9:00 - 11:00 AM
Sat., Nov. 7, 2026
9:00 - 11:00 AM
Sat., Jan. 9, 2027
9:00 - 11:00 AM
Sat., Mar. 6, 2027
9:00 - 11:00 AM
Sat., May 1, 2027
9:00 - 11:00 AM
Sat., June 5, 2027
9:00 - 11:00 AM
Reminder:
PSC 2026/27 dues are due January 1, 2027. Oral reviews must be posted by Wednesday 11:59 PM before the meeting.
The Shoreline Conference Center Professional Library is open 7:00 – 4:30 weekdays during the school year. Members are encouraged to drop by and pick up books at your convenience. Please call Tina Marier at 206.393.4225 or email tina.marier@ssd412.org to make sure the room is available.
How to Review Books
Important:
When finished writing a review, make sure you change the "Published" setting to "Yes." Otherwise, it will not be visible to others.
Oral Reviews
Books reviewed at the following meeting. Usually first-time authors, particularly noteworthy books, or discussion-worthy books. Oral books are returned and donated to charities.
Written Reviews
Books not reviewed orally. After reviews are submitted, these books may be added to your library collection.
Steps to Review
- Select the books you wish to review. We have a responsibility to review all books sent to us by publishers — please review them in a timely manner.
- At the meeting, separate your books into Oral and Written piles.
- Use the scanner to enter your choices. Select your name from the dropdown, choose oral or written, and scan the ISBN for each book.
- To enter a finished review: Log in, go to Reviews → My Reviews To Do, select a book, fill out the fields, and set "Published" to save.
Rating Scale
Recent Reviews
Smallest Bird : A Friendship Story
by Belin, Joy (2025)
What should you do if you want to make friends with the smallest bird? This book coaches a young boy as he befriends a small bird in his backyard. Theirs is a gradual building of trust that eventua...
All the Ways to Be Pretty
by Khan, Shamaila (2025)
Author wrote this story "to provide Muslim parents with a starting point for conversations about beauty from an Islamic perspective." Helpful story for all parents to read and discuss with their c...
FAIRY TRAILS : JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
by TRUKHAN, EKATERINA (2026)
In this toy and moveable board book with sliders there is a very abbreviated Jack and the beanstalk storyline. Jack sells the cow, mom throws the beans out the window, the stalk grows and Jack cli...
Aya has never seen a bear
by Blackcrane, Gerelcimeg (2026)
Aya and her grandparents are Oroquen, hunters who live more traditionally in the mountains of Northern China. One fall day, grandpa wants to take Aya into the woods in search of bears. They make th...
A KID LIKE ME : A GRAPHIC NOVEL
by FEUTI, NORM (2026)
We sometimes forget that boys struggle with friendships too. When Ethan starts a new school year, he feels like he stands out with his flip phone, discount clothing, and ripped backpack. His best f...
How to read a very serious book
by Messier, Mireille (2026)
How to Read a Very Serious Book is a humorous picture book that presents a series of exaggerated tips for appearing to read a “serious” book. The book suggests actions such as wearing fake mustache...
THE HOME WE DREAMED
by BUDISAN, ANCA SANDU (2026)
In The Home We Dreamed, Anca Sandu Budisan paints a beautiful tale of her family's home in Romania across generations. The book tells the story of her grandparents and the home (and life) they work...
You Had Me At Hello World
by Wang, Rona (2025)
Char Tang is a coder and desperately needs to escape her small town and her angry/abusive step-father. She gets the opportunity when she wins a spot at an elite camp at MIT. There she has a meet cu...
The lonely lighthouse : the story of the Sable Point Lighthouse
by Owens, Stephaine (2026)
Little Sable Point Lighthouse is the oldest remaining brick lighthouse on the Great Lakes. The narrative follows its construction, the keepers who tended it, the long stretch when it stood abandone...
IT STARTED WITH A BOOK BAN
by LODDING, LINDA RAVIN (2026)
Edwin, dressed up like a green Martian for Monday's dress-up day at school, is sad to find half empty shelves in the library. Ms. Paige, the librarian, explains that space books may mean people's ...