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Review of Wind Watchers

Wind Watchers by Micha Archer; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary    Paulsen/Penguin    32 pp.3/25    9780593616550    $18.99e-book ed.  9780593616567    $10.99Three children experience the invisible power of the wind over the course of a year. The children—eyes upward, dark hair flowing against an expansive blue sky—begin with a direct question to Wind itself:...

Review of Downpour: Splish! Splash! Ker-splash!

Downpour: Splish! Splash! Ker-splash! by Yuko Ohnari and Koshiro Hata; illus. by the authors; trans. from Japanese by Emily Balistrieri Preschool    Red Comet    40 pp. 3/25    9781636551142    $18.99 Vivid illustrations and enthusiastic prose evoke the surprise and awe of a summer rainstorm in this Japanese import. A child narrator peers...
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Review of Bear and Bird: The Adventure and Other Stories

Bear and Bird: The Adventure and Other Stories by Jarvis; illus. by the authorPrimary    Candlewick    64 pp.9/24    9781536235449    $15.99Paper ed.  9781536235456    $5.99e-book ed.  9781536240566    $5.99In the latest installment of this enjoyable early chapter book series (Bear and Bird: The Picnic and Other Stories, rev. 5/23), an average Tuesday takes a...

Review of Little Shrew

Little Shrew by Akiko Miyakoshi; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary    Kids Can    72 pp.6/24    9781525313035    $19.99e-book ed.  9781525313462    $13.99In three illustrated stories translated from Japanese, Miyakoshi introduces readers to the delightfully mundane life of the titular Little Shrew, a rodent with a daily schedule, a steady paycheck, and a...

Review of Orris and Timble: The Beginning

Orris and Timble: The Beginning by Kate DiCamillo; illus. by Carmen Mok Primary    Candlewick    80 pp. 4/24    9781536222791    $16.99 e-book ed.  9781536237191    $16.99 Orris the rat lives a quiet, reclusive life nestled in the wall of an abandoned barn. He papers his hideaway with stories from discarded books, tends to...
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Review of Cinnamon Bun, I Love You 1

Cinnamon Bun, I Love You 1 by Amy Schwartz; illus. by the authorPreschool    Beach Lane/Simon    32 pp.4/24    9781665913119    $18.99e-book ed.  9781665913126    $10.99Sharing a cinnamon bun, watering a flower, gazing at the starry sky: these small happy moments and more make up the fabric of everyday love between children and caregivers...

Review of Are You Big?

Are You Big? by Mo Willems; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary    Union Square    32 pp.2/24    9781454948186    $17.99Big, bigger, or downright astronomical—it’s all relative in Willems’s latest concept book. On the first page, a round-headed, stick-limbed child smiles at the reader; text opposite asks, “Are you big?” Sitting in the middle...
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Review of Dogtown

Dogtown by Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko; illus. by Wallace WestIntermediate    Feiwel    352 pp.9/23    9781250811608    $17.99e-book ed.  9781250811615    $10.99Three-legged Chance is at the top of the pack at Dogtown—an animal shelter where she has a glowing reputation among dogs and humans alike. She’s known for quickly settling the new “boo-hoo”...
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Review of The Power of Yeti

The Power of Yeti by Rebecca Van Slyke; illus. by G. Brian KarasPrimary    Paulsen/Penguin    32 pp.9/23    9780399169588    $18.99e-book ed.  9780593407691    $10.99When a rosy-cheeked “small-footed human” visits the park, he spies a gaggle of friends showing off their playground skills—they are sports stars, reading machines, and even adept backwards-counters. Small-footed human,...
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