Cynthia K. Ritter

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Review of Your Farm ★ Your Forest ★ Your Island

Your Farm ★ Your Forest ★ Your Island by Jon Klassen; illus. by the authorPreschool    Candlewick    24 pp.2/25    9781536230826    $8.99e-book ed.  9781536242416    $8.99Preschool    Candlewick    24 pp.2/25    9781536230833    $8.99e-book ed.  9781536242430    $8.99Preschool    Candlewick    24 pp.2/25    9781536230819    $8.99e-book ed.  9781536242454    $8.99“This is your sun. It is coming up for you.” Thus begins...
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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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Review of Elmore the Christmas Moose

Elmore the Christmas Moose by Dev Petty; illus. by Mike BoldtPrimary    Doubleday    40 pp.10/24    9780593487167    $18.99Library ed.  9780593487174    $21.99e-book ed.  9780593487181    $10.99Elmore the moose applies for his dream job as one of Santa’s reindeer, but there’s one problem: he can’t fly. Santa eventually figures out a different job for Elmore...
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Review of A Mouse Family Christmas

A Mouse Family Christmas by Deborah Underwood; illus. by Leah HongPrimary    Little, Brown    40 pp.10/24    9780316467186    $18.99In search of the Christmas spirit, young mouse Hugo sneaks downstairs on Christmas Eve to see the tree decorated by their house’s human resident, William. But it hasn’t been, because a snowstorm has left...
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Review of It’s Winter!

It’s Winter! [Celebrate the Seasons]by Renée Kurilla; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary    Little, Brown    40 pp.10/24    9780316570138    $18.99“Winter is a time of peace, / of patience, play, tradition, sleep. / A season full of things to do!” Kurilla’s pleasing follow-up to It’s Fall! (rev. 9/23) revels in the busyness of...
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Review of The Frindle Files

The Frindle Files by Andrew Clements; illus. by Brian SelznickIntermediate    Random    224 pp.8/24    9780399557637    $17.99Library ed.  9780399557644    $20.99e-book ed.  9780399557651    $10.99The student has become the teacher in this sequel to Frindle (rev. 11/96). Nick Allen is now Mr. N, a Hawaiian shirt–wearing sixth-grade ELA teacher who makes his students bring...

Review of Spying on Spies: How Elizebeth Smith Friedman Broke the Nazis’ Secret Codes

Spying on Spies: How Elizebeth Smith Friedman Broke the Nazis’ Secret Codes by Marissa Moss; illus. by the authorMiddle School, High School    Abrams    224 pp.3/24    9781419767319    $19.99e-book ed.  9781647009786    $16.19Elizebeth Smith Friedman (1892–1980) and her husband, William Friedman, “are now recognized together as the two most influential code-breakers in American...
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