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Review of Harry Versus the First 100 Days of School
Harry Versus the First 100 Days of School by Emily Jenkins; illus. by Pete Oswald Primary Schwartz & Wade/Random 240 pp. g 6/21 978-0-525-64471-2 $17.99 Library ed. 978-0-525-64472-9 $20.99 e-book ed. 978-0-525-64473-6 $10.99 Harry Bergen-Murphy is worried about a lot of things on the night before starting first grade —...
Review of Early One Morning
Early One Morning by Mem Fox; illus. by Christine Davenier Preschool Beach Lane/Simon 32 pp. g 2/21 978-1-4814-0139-5 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-4814-0140-1 $10.99 Fox (Where Is the Green Sheep?, rev. 5/04; Ducks Away!, rev. 1/18) delivers another impeccably paced book, hitting every beat and every page-turn perfectly. A little boy...
Review of Just Being Dalí: The Story of Artist Salvador Dalí
Just Being Dalí: The Story of Artist Salvador Dalí by Amy Guglielmo; illus. by Brett Helquist Primary, Intermediate Putnam 40 pp. g 2/21 978-1-9848-1658-0 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-9848-1659-7 $10.99 This picture-book biography paints the Spanish surrealist artist as an imaginative, quirky person right from the start. As a child, he...
Review of Happy Springtime!
Happy Springtime! by Kate McMullan; illus. by Sujean Rim Preschool, Primary Porter/Holiday 32 pp. g 3/21 978-0-8234-4551-6 $18.99 Shades of icy blue suffuse the first double-page spread, with four kids all bundled up against a chilly, snowy day: “Here’s a message for school bus riders heading out on a cold,...
Review of Night Wishes
Night Wishes selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins; illus. by Jen Corace Preschool, Primary Eerdmans 40 pp. g 9/20 978-0-8028-5496-4 $18.99 The late Lee Bennett Hopkins gathered these fourteen poems, written by such prominent children’s poets as Joyce Sidman, Nikki Grimes, and Eileen Spinelli, for this picture book of dreamy, comforting...
Review of Every Color of Light
Every Color of Light by Hiroshi Osada; illus. by Ryōji Arai; trans. from Japanese by David Boyd Preschool, Primary Enchanted Lion 40 pp. g 8/20 978-1-59270-291-6 $16.95 Poetic phrases and vibrant mixed-media illustrations capture the intensity of a thunderstorm across a natural landscape. The book begins with a small image...
Review of War at the Snow White Motel and Other Stories
War at the Snow White Motel and Other Stories by Tim Wynne-Jones Intermediate, Middle School Groundwood 245 pp. g 5/20 978-1-77306-047-7 $16.95 e-book ed. 978-1-77306-048-4 $11.99 Most of the protagonists in these nine short stories are twelve years old and bumping into the realities of human nature — their own...
Review of B Is for Baby
B Is for Babyby Atinuke; illus. by Angela BrooksbankPreschool Candlewick 40 pp.3/19 978-1-5362-0166-6 $16.99Atinuke and Brooksbank (Baby Goes to Market) reunite for another tenderly funny slice-of-life story set in an unspecified African village and starring a winsome baby girl, who is dearly loved. This alphabet book sticks with the letter...
Review of The Proper Way to Meet a Hedgehog: And Other How-To Poems
The Proper Way to Meet a Hedgehog: And Other How-To Poemsselected by Paul B. Janeczko; illus. by Richard JonesPrimary Candlewick 48 pp. g3/19 978-0-7636-8168-5 $17.99The thirty-three poems in this “how-to” collection range from the whimsical, such as Monica Shannon’s “How to Tell Goblins from Elves,” to the very practical, such...
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