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Review of How to Make a Bedtime

How to Make a Bedtime by Meg McKinlay; illus. by Karen BlairPreschool, Primary    Candlewick    32 pp.1/25    9781536236057    $18.99e-book ed.  9781536249811    $18.99Clad in blue pajamas, an adult bear (who serves as narrator) guides a young human child through their nightly bedtime routine in this comforting, lightly surreal tale. Walking on all...
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Review of I Have Three Cats…

I Have Three Cats… by Michelle Sumovich; illus. by Laura ParkPrimary    Dial    40 pp.1/25    9780593112717    $18.99e-book ed.  9780593112724    $10.99Three endearing felines, named Big, Little, and Middle, enjoy a happy life until a scraggly stray cat enters their backyard yowling and hissing. The mother of the cats’ young owner warns the...
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Review of Scamp

Scamp by Anden Wilder; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary    Little, Brown    40 pp.2/25    9780316558266    $18.99Clad in a striped-pink romper, tiny tot Scamp takes being a “cat person” to the next level as she spends her day with pet kitty Hector—crawling, prowling, and even grooming herself with her tongue. The two...
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Review of A Pocket Full of Rocks

A Pocket Full of Rocks by Kristin Mahoney; illus. by E. B. GoodalePrimary    Knopf    40 pp.1/25    9780593428542    $18.99Library ed.  9780593428559    $21.99e-book ed.  9780593428566    $10.99Throughout the year, a child collects various objects from nature, finding comfort and creative inspiration in them. This endearing account begins in winter when the protagonist collects...

Call Me Roberto!

The Caldecott Award has only gone to a handful of picture-book biographies. Some have received well-deserved Caldecott honors, but only a few have taken home the Gold. Most recently, Javaka Steptoe won the Medal in 2017 for his inventive jigsaw puzzle–style book, Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel...

Home in a Lunchbox

The Caldecott criteria states that the award should honor a work that provides “a visual experience” for the young reader and “respects a child’s ‘understandings, abilities, and appreciations.’” Cherry Mo’s visually enthralling and nearly wordless debut, Home in a Lunchbox, does just that, using colorful digital illustrations and cinematic flourishes to...

Review of Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos

Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos by Nathalie Alonso; illus. by Rudy Gutierrez Primary, Intermediate    Calkins/Astra    40 pp. 8/24    9781635928112    $18.99 e-book ed.  9781635928129    $11.99 In engaging, economical, and colloquial prose, Alonso chronicles the ascent and career highs of legendary right fielder Clemente (1934–1972), who endured...
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Review of Hiro: Winter and Marshmallows

Hiro: Winter and Marshmallows by Marine Schneider; illus. by the author; trans. from French by Vineet LalPrimary, Intermediate    Eerdmans    40 pp.9/24    9780802856326    $18.99e-book ed.  9781467468435    $18.99A curious bear and a human boy strike up an unexpected friendship in this philosophical Belgian import. In wintertime, Hiro is restless in her family’s...
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Review of The Boy Who Said Wow

The Boy Who Said Wow by Todd Boss; illus. by Rashin KheiriyehPreschool, Primary    Beach Lane/Simon    40 pp.4/24    9781534499713    $18.99e-book ed.  9781534499720    $10.99This fictional account relates the joyful moment when, in 2019, a nonverbal (“which means he usually doesn’t speak much” per an appended note) nine-year-old named Ronan Mattin declared “wow!”...
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