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Review of A Universe Big & Small: A Story About Carl Sagan
A Universe Big & Small: A Story About Carl Sagan by James Yang; illus. by the authorPrimary Viking 40 pp.7/25 9780593693070 $19.99A young Carl Sagan peers out his window looking at the night sky. He “loved to ask questions” and has many to ponder. What if he were as small...
Review of It’s Corn Picking Time!
It’s Corn Picking Time! by Jill Esbaum; illus. by Melissa Crowton Primary Porter/Holiday 40 pp. 7/25 9780823455614 $18.99 “This is the farmer, her cap, and her gloves. This is the farm, land that she loves.” Before the sun rises, a farmer gets the combine from the shed, gathers tools for...
Review of Can You Imagine?: The Art and Life of Yoko Ono
Can You Imagine?: The Art and Life of Yoko Ono by Lisa Tolin; illus. by Yas Imamura Primary, Intermediate Atheneum 48 pp. 2/25 9781534487789 $19.99 e-book ed. 9781534487796 $10.99 Throughout her life, Yoko Ono (b. 1933) has found herself caught between two places: her vivid, hopeful imagination and the harsh,...
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Review of All About Patterns
All About Patterns [All About Noticing]by Elizabeth Rusch; illus. by Elizabeth GossPreschool, Primary Charlesbridge 32 pp.4/25 9781623543549 $17.99e-book ed. 9781632893253 $9.99Rusch and Goss (All About Nothing, rev. 3/23) explore the playfulness of patterns. What is a pattern, they ask? Anything that repeats “over and over again.” Familiar objects such as...
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Review of When a Tree Falls: Nurse Logs and Their Incredible Forest Power
When a Tree Falls: Nurse Logs and Their Incredible Forest Power by Kirsten Pendreigh; illus. by Elke BoschingerPrimary Chronicle 40 pp.3/25 9781797218670 $18.99Pendreigh outlines the critical role that a tree plays in its ecosystem, both when it’s alive and upright and after it dies and has fallen. Spare, poetic text...
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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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