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Five questions for Rebecca Stead and Gracey Zhang
Anything (Chronicle, 4–8 years) is an introspective, sensitively conveyed picture book about a dad helping a child through difficult transitions in a new apartment. The ambiguity in Rebecca Stead’s (2010 Newbery Medalist for When You Reach Me) text, accompanied by Gracey Zhang’s spare illustrations, leaves room for readers to imagine...
Review of Rebellion 1776
Rebellion 1776 by Laurie Halse AndersonMiddle School Dlouhy/Atheneum 416 pp.4/25 9781416968269 $18.99e-book ed. 9781439157541 $10.99Thirteen-year-old Elsbeth Culpepper, maid to a judge, lives through the Siege of Boston only to find herself in a precarious situation when British troops depart the city, her Loyalist employer leaves with them, and her father...
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Review of Mama Hug
Mama Hug by Emma Straub; illus. by Stevie LewisPreschool Rocky Pond/Penguin 40 pp.1/25 9780593618592 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593618608 $10.99Snuggle up with this cheerful day-in-the-life depiction of a mother and her baby. Mama is clad in overalls, ready for an active just-the-two-of-us day with her child. Simple phrases, all containing the word...
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Review of The Baby Who Stayed Awake Forever
The Baby Who Stayed Awake Forever by Sandra Salsbury; illus. by the authorPreschool Doubleday 40 pp.3/25 9780593805879 $18.99Library ed. 9780593805886 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593805893 $8.99Mama, Papa, and Sister lovingly put Baby to bed at eight o’clock, but “sleeping is for koalas and teenagers. This baby intended to stay awake forever.” At...
Review of Your Farm | Your Forest | Your Island
Your Farm by Jon Klassen; illus. by the author Preschool Candlewick 24 pp. 2/25 9781536230826 $8.99 e-book ed. 9781536242416 $8.99 ★ Your Forest by Jon Klassen; illus. by the author Preschool Candlewick 24 pp. 2/25 9781536230833 $8.99 e-book ed. 9781536242430 $8.99 ★ Your Island by Jon Klassen; illus. by the...
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Review of After Life
After Life by Gayle FormanHigh School Quill Tree/HarperCollins 272 pp.1/25 9780063346147 $19.99e-book ed. 9780063346161 $11.99Seven years have passed since seventeen-year-old Amber died in a hit-and-run bicycle accident, so it’s a shock when she walks into her house one afternoon and learns about what happened. She finds that everything has changed...
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Review of Wildflower Emily: A Story About Young Emily Dickinson
Wildflower Emily: A Story About Young Emily Dickinson by Lydia Corry; illus. by the authorIntermediate Godwin/Holt 112 pp.10/24 9781250868213 $22.99Paper ed. 9781250868206 $14.99e-book ed. 9781250405500 $9.99Corry introduces readers to the young Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) in creative graphic-novel form. “One day Emily would become known as one of the greatest poets...
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Review of Winter Solstice Wish
Winter Solstice Wish by Kate Allen Fox; illus. by Elisa PaganelliPreschool, Primary Beaming 32 pp.10/24 9781506492858 $18.99On the shortest day of the year, people gather on a beach to build a bonfire and make “a wish for light. A wish for hope. A wish for renewal.” The poetic text also...
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Review of A Stickler Christmas
A Stickler Christmas by Lane Smith; illus. by the author; design by Molly LeachPrimary Random House Studio/Random 40 pp.10/24 9780593815281 $18.99Library ed. 9780593815298 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593815304 $10.99Optimistic creature Stickler (Stickler Loves the World, rev. 9/23) is naturally now spreading yuletide cheer. “This Christmas, Stickler knew just what to give everyone.”...
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