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An evening with Tui T. Sutherland (An artifact from the Beforetimes)
Last March, I started a post about an author event at the Cambridge Public Library. But I was distracted by ::gestures at 2020:: and eventually decided it wasn’t worth finishing. The idea of attending a non-Zoom author’s talk (i.e., in person) was already weird and dated after a few weeks....
Review of My Bed: Enchanting Ways to Fall Asleep Around the World
My Bed: Enchanting Ways to Fall Asleep Around the World by Rebecca Bond; illus. by Salley Mavor Preschool Houghton 40 pp. g 9/20 978-0-544-94906-5 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-0-358-35905-0 $13.99 “My bed rocks on the water. / My bed sways in the breeze. / My bed’s beneath a curtain. / My...
Review of You Poop Here
You Poop Here by Paul Meisel; illus. by the author Preschool Holiday 32 pp. g 11/20 978-0-8234-4601-8 $17.99 A parade of animals pooping in their natural habitats leads to human toddlers proudly sitting on the potty. No, this isn’t a rehash of Taro Gomi’s classic Everyone Poops (1993), though the...
Review of The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep: Voices from the Donner Party
The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep: Voices from the Donner Party by Allan Wolf Middle School, High School Candlewick 416 pp. g 9/20 978-0-7636-6324-7 $21.99 As in his previous works of historical fiction, including The Watch That Ends the Night (rev. 9/11), Wolf here deploys a cast of characters (a...
World Adoption Day
Ed. note: Below is Kitty's lovely and moving FB post for World Adoption Day. Before we adopted our kids, we learned about the adoption triad: birth family, baby, and adoptive family. Each part of the triad is forever bonded to the other two, no matter how open or closed the relationship...
Music for this moment
“If you see something that’s wrong, raise your hand and say that’s wrong Point it out and name that thing by its name Don’t stand by and stare — if it’s wrong, it’s your affair Don’t be quiet, make a riot, be a pain” --lyrics from Alastair Moock’s “Be a...
Bundles of joy
We’re pleased to introduce Book Bundles on the Guide/Reviews Database. Each week we post a short list of recommended new books, mainly nonfiction for all ages. The books may share a theme or subject matter or age level or author -- every week brings a new bundle of book joy to...
Review of How Women Won the Vote: Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, and Their Big Idea
How Women Won the Vote: Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, and Their Big Idea by Susan Campbell Bartoletti; illus. by Ziyue Chen Primary, Intermediate Harper/HarperCollins 80 pp. g 5/20 978-0-06-284130-8 $18.99 This well-sourced account of the fight for American women’s suffrage begins in 1909 at a protest march in London. It...
Review of Democracy for Dinosaurs: A Guide for Young Citizens
Democracy for Dinosaurs: A Guide for Young Citizens by Laurie Krasny Brown; illus. by Marc Brown Primary Little, Brown 32 pp. g 9/20 978-0-316-53452-9 $17.99 Sharing, fairness, choice, respect, truthfulness — most young people are well acquainted with these concepts; the Browns (Dinosaurs Divorce; Dinosaurs Go Green!; and many others)...