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Review of Ferris
Ferris by Kate DiCamilloIntermediate Candlewick 240 pp.3/24 9781536231052 $18.99e-book ed. 9781536237375 $18.99Returning to her literary roots in Florida (see: Because of Winn-Dixie, rev. 7/00; Raymie Nightingale, rev. 3/16), DiCamillo again explores bonds of family, friends, and community. Ferris Winkey finds the summer before fifth grade a puzzling one. Much turbulence...
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Review of Brave Baby Hummingbird
Brave Baby Hummingbird by Sy Montgomery; illus. by Tiffany BozicPrimary Wiseman/Simon 48 pp.3/24 9781665918497 $18.99e-book ed. 9781665918503 $10.99Acting as narrator, a young hummingbird describes his first year, beginning when “my older sister and I hatch, two days apart, from eggs as small as navy beans.” They feel a breeze “many...
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Review of What Makes Us Human
What Makes Us Human by Victor D. O. Santos; illus. by Anna ForlatiPrimary Eerdmans 48 pp. 3/24 9780802856258 $18.99e-book ed. 9781467467865 $18.99In this thought-provoking book (published in partnership with UNESCO), Santos presents an engaging version of the guessing game “What Am I?” Readers can infer from the book’s title that...
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Review of Hello, Sun
Hello, Sun by Julie Downing; illus. by the authorPreschool Porter/Holiday 32 pp.4/24 9780823452057 $18.99In this companion to Hello, Moon (rev. 7/21), Downing records the activities of a group of woodland animals, including rabbits, bears, butterflies, and a hawk, as they engage in their daytime routines. The book sets a gentle...
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Review of I Was: The Stories of Animal Skulls
I Was: The Stories of Animal Skulls by Katherine Hocker; illus. by Natasha DonovanPrimary Candlewick 40 pp.4/24 9781536223132 $18.99Hocker reminds readers that there is more to nature than a casual glance affords. When a group of child and adult hikers discovers an animal skull, they are prompted to consider what...
Review of You and the Bowerbird
You and the Bowerbird by Maria Gianferrari; illus. by Maris WicksPrimary Roaring Brook 48 pp.8/23 9781250849878 $19.99e-book ed. 9781250347398 $11.99Perched in a treehouse on the border of an Australian rainforest, a young child (“you”) keeps a journal chronicling the activities of a busy male satin bowerbird. The child first observes...
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Review of I Ship: A Container Ship’s Colossal Journey
I Ship: A Container Ship’s Colossal Journey by Kelly Rice Schmitt; illus. by Jam DongPreschool, Primary Millbrook/Lerner 40 pp.10/23 9781728476827 $19.99Readers follow every step of the (fictional) container ship Carolina, which is carrying freight from a port in Asia to delivery in the Netherlands. Carolina acts as narrator, initially providing...
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Review of The Bone Wars: The True Story of an Epic Battle to Find Dinosaur Fossils
The Bone Wars: The True Story of an Epic Battle to Find Dinosaur Fossils by Jane Kurtz; illus. by Alexander VidalPrimary Beach Lane/Simon 40 pp.11/23 9781534493643 $18.99e-book ed. 9781534493650 $10.99Approximately one hundred fifty years ago, and sixty-five million years after the dinosaurs’ extinction, scientists discovered fossil treasure troves of bone...
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Review of What Music!: The Fifty-Year Friendship Between Beethoven and Nannette Streicher, Who Built His Pianos
What Music!: The Fifty-Year Friendship Between Beethoven and Nannette Streicher, Who Built His Pianos by Laurie Lawlor; illus. by Becca StadtlanderPrimary, Intermediate Holiday 40 pp.10/23 9780823451432 $18.99e-book ed. 9780823457397 $11.99Streicher and Beethoven met as teenagers when he visited her father, Johann Andreas Stein, “the celebrated piano innovator.” Their friendship endured...
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