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Review of Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series

Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series by Traci Sorell; illus. by Arigon Starr Primary    Kokila/Penguin    48 pp. 4/23    9780593406472    $18.99 e-book ed.  9780593406489    $11.99 Baseball’s 1911 World Series was the first to feature a match-up between two Native players. Future Hall-of-Fame pitcher Charles Bender (Ojibwe) would pitch in three...
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Review of Contenders:
 Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series


Contenders: Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series by Traci Sorell; illus. by Arigon Starr Primary    Kokila/Penguin    48 pp. 4/23    9780593496472    $18.99 e-book ed.  9780593406489    $11.99 Baseball’s 1911 World Series was the first to feature a match-up between two Native players. Future Hall-of-Fame pitcher Charles Bender (Ojibwe) would pitch in three...
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Review of The Story of the Saxophone

The Story of the Saxophone by Lesa Cline-Ransome; illus. by James E. RansomePrimary    Holiday    40 pp.2/23    9780823437023    $19.99e-book ed.  9780823442225    $10.99Perhaps no instrument is more associated with jazz than the saxophone. And no city more tied to both than New Orleans. But the history of the saxophone (originally saxophon), engagingly...
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Review of Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar: The Musical Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Woman Who Invented Rock and Roll

Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar: The Musical Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Woman Who Invented Rock and Roll by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow; illus. by the authorPrimary    Doubleday    40 pp.2/23    9780593571064    $18.99e-book ed.  9780593571088    $11.99In her time, some said Sister Rosetta Tharpe could make her guitar talk. Today, many...

Review of Hanged!: Mary Surratt & the Plot to Assassinate Abraham Lincoln

Hanged!: Mary Surratt & the Plot to Assassinate Abraham Lincoln by Sarah Miller Middle School, High School    Random House Studio/Random    352 pp.    g 11/22    978-0-593-18156-0    $18.99 Library ed.  978-0-593-18157-7    $21.99 e-book ed.  978-0-593-18158-4    $11.99 On April 14, 1865, just days after the conclusion of the Civil War, John...

Review of Paradise Sands

Paradise Sands by Levi Pinfold; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate    Candlewick    40 pp.    g 11/22    978-1-5362-1282-2    $18.99 Pinfold (The Black Dog, rev. 10/12) pre­sents another surreal picture book, this one with shades of such folktales as the Grimms’ “The Six Swans” and Andersen’s “The Wild Swans.”...

Review of Copycat: Nature-Inspired Design Around the World

Copycat: Nature-Inspired Design Around the World by Christy Hale; illus. by the author Primary    Lee & Low    40 pp.    g 9/22    978-1-64379-230-9    $20.95 e-book ed.  978-1-64379-474-7    $20.95 Hale (Water Land, rev. 7/18) introduces readers to biomimicry through fifteen examples found in everyday life as well as...
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Review of Building an Orchestra of Hope: How Favio Chávez Taught Children to Make Music from Trash

Building an Orchestra of Hope: How Favio Chávez Taught Children to Make Music from Trash by Carmen Oliver ; illus. by Luisa Uribe Primary     Eerdmans    48 pp.         g10/22     978-0-8028-5467-4     $18.99e-book ed.  978-1-4674-6590-8    $18.99 Cateura, Paraguay: a town built on a landfill. Families survive by working...

Review of Concrete: From the Ground Up

Concrete: From the Ground Up by Larissa Theule; illus. by Steve Light Primary    Candlewick    48 pp.    g 9/22    978-1-5362-1250-1    $18.99 Roads, bridges, basketball courts, skyscrapers—so much of our world is made out of concrete, the combination of stone, sand, water, and cement that is our most ubiquitous modern building material....
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