Cynthia K. Ritter
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Review of The Little Ghost Quilt’s Winter Surprise
The Little Ghost Quilt’s Winter Surprise by Riel Nason; illus. by Byron EggenschwilerPrimary Tundra 48 pp.8/25 9781774885376 $18.99e-book ed. 9781774885383 $10.99The main character from The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt loves “flying outside in the wintertime.” Unfortunately, it is too cold for his ghost-sheet friends to join him. When...
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Review of Winter Is the Worst!
Winter Is the Worst! by Dan Tavis; illus. by the authorPreschool Amicus Ink 32 pp.10/25 9798889880165 $18.99Penguin frankly lists the many reasons why “winter is the worst” (the cold, heavy snow, slippery ice) before a few wordless spreads show the one thing the bird likes about the season: sledding with...
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Review of Dasher and the Polar Bear
Dasher and the Polar Bear by Matt Tavares; illus. by the authorPrimary Candlewick 40 pp.9/25 9781536236316 $18.99Reindeer Dasher is back for a third time (most recently Dasher Can’t Wait for Christmas, rev. 11/23), here befriending a polar bear named George while enjoying the northern lights. Dasher tries unsuccessfully to teach...
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Review of Hogbert
Hogbert by Briony May Smith; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Candlewick 32 pp.9/25 9781536245035 $18.99Smith (A Practical Present for Philippa Pheasant, rev. 7/23) introduces another unlikely animal hero in piglet Hogbert, who gets lost while following a tasty trail of cherries, berries, and acorns on his first exploration of the...
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Review of The Snowball Fight
The Snowball Fight by Beth Ferry; illus. by Tom LichtenheldPreschool, Primary Clarion/HarperCollins 48 pp.11/25 9780063327078 $19.99“Flurries hurry, floating down, / dusting, coating frozen ground. // Drifting flakes fall faster, faster, / turning things to alabaster.” These impressionistic opening lines accompany stark illustrations of two facing houses and the ground between...
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Review of Steam Train, Dream Train: Next Stop, Christmas!
Steam Train, Dream Train: Next Stop, Christmas! by Sherri Duskey Rinker; illus. by AG FordPreschool, Primary Chronicle 40 pp.10/25 9781797227030 $18.99The train and animal crew from Steam Train, Dream Train return to spread Christmas magic. Dressed in holiday attire, the workers ride atop the flying train one special night “when...
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Review of Interrupting Chicken Saves the Nutcracker
Interrupting Chicken Saves the Nutcracker by David Ezra Stein; illus. by the authorPrimary Candlewick 48 pp.9/25 9781536207798 $18.99In her fourth series entry, the “little red chicken” goes to see The Nutcracker with Papa. Despite his attempts to dissuade her, she can’t keep herself from interrupting the performance by repeatedly bursting...
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Review of Seven Babies
Seven Babies by Forest Xiao; illus. by the authorPreschool Candlewick 32 pp.9/25 9781536245097 $18.99e-book ed. 9781536248838 $18.99One morning, a box of “SEVEN babies” delivers themselves to door #14: “DING-DONG!” A surprised woman and man greet them and invite them inside. For the rest of the day, the babies make themselves...
Review of Everyday Bean
Everyday Bean [Tiny Bean’s Big Adventures] by Stephanie Graegin; illus. by the author Primary Tundra 56 pp. 7/25 9781774886205 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781774886212 $10.99 Meet hedgehogs Bean and Grandma in this pitch-perfect collection of eleven brief stories for early readers, ranging from two to eight pages long. An omniscient narrator...
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