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Review of Still Life
Still Life by Alex London; illus. by Paul O. Zelinsky Preschool, Primary Greenwillow 40 pp. 9/24 9780063229556 $19.99 This inventive picture book skillfully merges two art styles to tell a story within a story, visually pushing boundaries. “This is a still life. It is a painting of objects sitting still....
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Review of Seven Little Ducklings
Seven Little Ducklings by Annette LeBlanc Cate; illus. by the authorPreschool Candlewick 40 pp.1/25 9781536235746 $18.99e-book ed. 9781536242331 $18.99Mother duck sits on her nest full of eggs one night, when things take a turn. The rhyming text says, “One egg hatches… /and then another… / Seven little ducklings are up...
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Review of Whirligigs: The Wondrous Windmills of Vollis Simpson’s Imagination
Whirligigs: The Wondrous Windmills of Vollis Simpson’s Imagination by Carole Boston Weatherford; illus. by Edwin FotheringhamPrimary Calkins/Astra 32 pp.11/24 9781662680410 $18.99e-book ed. 9781662680427 $11.99“On a North Carolina farm, massive towers with moving parts spin and sound in the breeze. Did space aliens create these contraptions?” At the opening of this...
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Review of The House with a Dragon in It
The House with a Dragon in It by Nick Lake; illus. by Emily GravettIntermediate Simon 256 pp.10/24 9781665955683 $18.99e-book ed. 9781665955706 $10.99When Summer, a detached and frustrated fourth grader, shouts at her foster father, “You’re not my dad,” a sinkhole opens in the living-room floor, and everything starts to get...
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Review of Mr. Fox’s Game of “No!”
Mr. Fox’s Game of “No!” by David LaRochelle; illus. by Mike WohnoutkaPreschool, Primary Candlewick 40 pp.9/24 9781536229677 $17.99e-book ed. 9781536240481 $17.99Beware cartoon foxes luring unsuspecting readers into a challenge: “Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Step right up for a battle of wits.” The tricky fox in this interactive picture book looks harmless...
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Review of The Man Who Didn’t Like Animals
The Man Who Didn’t Like Animals by Deborah Underwood; illus. by LeUyen PhamPreschool, Primary Clarion/HarperCollins 40 pp.9/24 9780358567134 $19.99Did Old MacDonald always have a farm? This inventive prequel depicts a man living in town who “loved his tidy home and who didn’t like animals.” The illustrations bring readers cinematically down...
Review of Quagmire Tiarello Couldn’t Be Better
Quagmire Tiarello Couldn’t Be Better by Mylisa LarsenMiddle School, High School Clarion/HarperCollins 240 pp.9/24 9780063324664 $18.99e-book ed. 9780063324688 $10.99Quagmire Tiarello, so often misunderstood by his peers and the adults in his life, has a strong sense of loyalty and fairness but little tolerance for rules or authority. This companion to...
The Last Zookeeper
Under cheerfully intrepid cover art, Aaron Becker’s wordless picture book opens onto quite a mood with a wash of watercolors in gloomy grays and blues. Intricate scratchy lines depict a scene of old, crumbly stone buildings from who-knows-what era rising out of standing water. Isolated on various high points of...
Review of Telephone of the Tree
Telephone of the Tree by Alison McGhee Intermediate Rocky Pond/Penguin 208 pp.5/24 9780593698457 $17.99e-book ed. 9780593698464 $10.99In a first-person narrative, ten-year-old Ayla relates her special connection to her best friend, Kiri, beginning when they first reached out to each other as infants. Together they develop a keen interest in trees:...
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