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Review of The Bad Idea and Other Stories

The Bad Idea and Other Stories [Earl & Worm]by Greg Pizzoli; illus. by the authorPrimary    Knopf    72 pp.4/25    9780593649664    $10.99Library ed.  9780593649671    $13.99e-book ed.  9780593649688    $6.99In the first of three episodic chapters in this series debut, Worm is irritated by her new neighbor, Earl, a bird. “Why is he up...
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Review of The Luna Sisters: Battle for the Moon Blossom [I Like to Read: Comics]

The Luna Sisters: Battle for the Moon Blossom [I Like to Read: Comics] by Dan Yaccarino; illus. by the authorPrimary    Holiday    40 pp.4/25    9780823456376    $14.99This comics-style beginning reader offers a sci-fi take on sibling rivalry. Artist Lucy and inventor Nera live on the moon in separate halves of the same...
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Review of I Want It!

I Want It! [I Like to Read]by Paul Meisel; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary    Holiday    32 pp.4/25    9780823458882    $15.99Geisel honoree Meisel (for I See a Cat and See Me Run) tells an amusing story of sibling rivalry in cartoons and minimalist speech-bubble dialogue. Before the main text begins, the younger...
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Review of Here Is a Book

Here Is a Book by Elisha Cooper; illus. by the authorPrimary    Abrams    40 pp.4/25    9781419766756    $18.99e-book ed.  9781647009366    $17.09“Here is a book” that seeks to connect children and their daily lives to art and the process of creation. Long, list-like sentences meander across multiple spreads, creating a meditative mood while...
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Review of Rock

Rock by Laurel Croza; illus. by Matt JamesPrimary    Groundwood    44 pp.3/25    9781773069487    $19.99e-book ed.  9781773069500    $16.99The team behind I Know Here (rev. 5/10) and From There to Here (rev. 5/14) presents a story about standing resolute in the face of a bully who seeks to diminish one’s self-worth. A loquacious...
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Review of Big Bike, Little Bike

Big Bike, Little Bike by Kellie DuBay Gillis; illus. by Jacob SouvaPreschool, Primary    Harper/HarperCollins    40 pp.2/25    9780063315235    $19.99Duck finds a bike with a sign that says “free” leaning against it. After taking it for a spin, Duck realizes the bike is too big: “wibble, wobble, whoops.” Then a rhino comes...
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Review of Bearsuit Turtle Makes a Friend

Bearsuit Turtle Makes a Friend by Bob Shea; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary    Abrams    40 pp.3/25    9781419771552    $19.99e-book ed.  9798887071862    $17.99A turtle in a yellow bear suit tries to fool everyone by claiming to be a “for-real bear.” A second turtle realizes something’s amiss, but instead of calling Bearsuit Turtle’s...

New for New Readers: Beginning Reader Roundup 2025

Comedy is particularly well suited to the structural limitations of the beginning reader format, where few words can stand in contrast with illustrations that show so much more. In this selection, I’ve highlighted a lot of humorous books, ranging from gentle to as sharp as they come, as these are...
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Review of Hope in a Jar

Hope in a Jar by Deborah Marcero; illus. by the authorPrimary    Putnam    40 pp.2/25    9780593696699    $18.99e-book ed.  9780593696705    $10.99Marcero continues the picture-book adventures of Llewellyn (In a Jar; Out of a Jar, rev. 3/22), a young white rabbit who collects the ineffable—here his hopes and dreams—in an attempt to better...
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