Grace Mckinney Beermann

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Review of Springtime Storks: A Migration Love Story

Springtime Storks: A Migration Love Story by Carol Joy Munro; illus. by Chelsea O’ByrnePrimary    Minerva/Astra    40 pp.12/24    9781662651212    $18.99e-book ed.  9781662651229    $11.99This moving tale of two storks begins when one of them, Katerina, who narrates the story, is shot from the sky and falls to the fields below. A farmer...
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Review of How to Love the Whole World: A Story About Artist Agnes Martin

How to Love the Whole World: A Story About Artist Agnes Martin by Henry Martin; illus. by Shelley HampePrimary    Cameron/Abrams    40 pp.2/25    9781949480535    $19.99e-book ed.  9798887073415    $17.99Canadian American artist Agnes Martin (1912–2004) loved the natural world, feeling complete when a part of it: “Today I feel happiness. Today I feel...

Review of Love Is Hard Work: The Art and Heart of Corita Kent

Love Is Hard Work: The Art and Heart of Corita Kent by Dan Paley; illus. by Victoria Tentler-Krylov Primary, Intermediate    Candlewick    40 pp. 11/24    9781536220322    $18.99 It only takes a “little heart” to make a big impact, and so tells the story of artist and religious sister Corita Kent (1918–1986)....
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Review of All the Best Dogs

All the Best Dogs by Emily Jenkins; illus. by Manuel PreitanoIntermediate    Delacorte    208 pp.11/24    9780593650431    $17.99Library ed.  9780593650448    $20.99e-book ed.  9780593650455    $10.99Jenkins presents a cadre of overlapping dog-lovers’ stories set in a Brooklyn neighborhood in this heartwarming tale of mischief and misunderstandings. Finely attuned to the stresses and changes of...
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Review of Lonely Bird’s Dream

Lonely Bird’s Dream by Ruth Whiting; illus. by the authorPrimary    Candlewick    40 pp.10/24    9781536226195    $18.99e-book ed.  9781536240580    $18.99The titular protagonist (Lonely Bird, rev. 11/23) has begun to notice something unusual about herself. To readers, she already stands out as a small, stark, and white line drawing against a three-dimensional painted...
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Review of The Everybody Experiment

The Everybody Experiment by Lisa Moore RaméeIntermediate, Middle School    Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins    272 pp.8/24    9780063039476    $19.99e-book ed.  9780063039490    $10.99Kylie fears she’s too babyish to make the leap from elementary school to middle school with her friends Mara, Nikila, and Naomi. She can’t seem to wear the right clothes or say...

Review of Thank You

Thank You by Jarvis; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary    Candlewick    32 pp. 8/24    9781536235869    $17.99 One of the earliest niceties we often aim to instill in young children is the importance of saying “thank you.” In this joyful and earnest picture book, however, the phrase simply bubbles up from...
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Review of Basil & Dahlia: A Tragical Tale of Sinister Sweetness

Basil & Dahlia: A Tragical Tale of Sinister Sweetness by Joy McCullough; illus. by Shane Cluskey Intermediate    Atheneum    288 pp.5/24    9781665944236    $17.99e-book ed.  9781665944250    $10.99After their parents’ tragic (and explosive) demise, Basil and Dahlia Bloom sit on a train barreling toward Philadelphia with their social worker, Mrs. Hassenblasset, who warns...
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Review of Wicked Marigold

Wicked Marigold by Caroline Carlson Intermediate    Candlewick    256 pp.7/24    9781536230499    $17.99e-book ed.  9781536237573    $17.99Eleven-year-old Princess Marigold has grown up in the shadow of her perfect older sister, Rosalind, who was abducted by a wizard long before Marigold was born. When Rosalind miraculously finds her way home, Marigold is ambivalent and...
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