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Review of Just like Millie
Just like Millie by Lauren Castillo; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Candlewick 40 pp.4/24 9781536224818 $17.99e-book ed. 9781536237122 $17.99In this comforting story, a young girl and her mother move to a cozy apartment in a new city where she happily plays by herself whenever her mom has to work in...
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Review of To the Ice
To the Ice by Thomas Tidholm; illus. by Anna-Clara Tidholm; trans. from Swedish by Julia MarshallPrimary, Intermediate Gecko 80 pp.11/23 9781776575077 $18.99At the start of this chapter book, three children (“Jack, Max and me, Ida”) playing by a creek accidentally float away on an ice floe. The creek becomes a...
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Review of Milo Walking
Milo Walking by James Howe; illus. by Sakika KikuchiPreschool Abrams 40 pp.11/23 9781419755200 $18.99e-book ed. 9781647003425 $15.54Every morning, Milo and his mom go for the same walk, “but what they see is never the same.” It’s not just seeing, either—they use all their senses. When they come across a rain...
Review of Cinderella and a Mouse Called Fred
Cinderella and a Mouse Called Fred by Deborah Hopkinson; illus. by Paul O. ZelinskyPrimary Schwartz/Random 48 pp.8/23 9780593480038 $18.99Library ed. 9780593480045 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593480052 $10.99A fairly standard retelling changes course quickly when Cinderella storms out of the ball (“What a disaster!”) declaring that the prince is a snob and her...
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Review of I Want 100 Dogs
I Want 100 Dogs by Stacy McAnulty; illus. by Claire KeanePreschool, Primary Chronicle 40 pp.10/23 9781797214405 $17.99When a young girl says she’d like one hundred dogs, her dad logically asks where they would all sleep. The following spread shows her vision (dogs tucked comfortably into bed next to her) alongside...
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Review of Mai and the Missing Melon
Mai and the Missing Melon by Sonoko Sakai; illus. by Keiko BrodeurPrimary Bala Kids 32 pp.10/23 9781645471240 $18.95e-book ed. 9780834845329 $10.99When eight-year-old Mai gets off the train to visit her grandmother, her obāchama, she accidentally leaves behind the delicious-smelling muskmelon she was so excited to share. Sakai’s story, set in...
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Review of Kozo the Sparrow
Kozo the Sparrow by Allen Say; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Clarion/HarperCollins 40 pp.10/23 9780063248465 $19.99As he often does, Say retells a moving story from his childhood in post–WWII Japan. An eight-year-old boy rescues an injured baby sparrow from some bullies intent on tormenting it, trading them everything he can...
Review of The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale by Jon Klassen; illus. by the authorPrimary Candlewick 112 pp.7/23 9781536223361 $19.99e-book ed. 9781536232158 $19.99“One night…Otilla finally ran away.” After trekking through the snowy forest, she knocks at the door of a large old house. A skull in the window says he’ll let the girl...
Review of Ode to a Bad Day
Ode to a Bad Day by Chelsea Lin Wallace; illus. by Hyewon Yum Preschool, Primary Chronicle 48 pp. 4/23 9781797210803 $16.99 With loads of age-appropriate melodrama, a young girl laments all the bad things that happen on a bad day, starting with “Too Much Milk in My Cereal.” Late to...
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