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Review of A Knot Is Not a Tangle
A Knot Is Not a Tangle by Daniel Nayeri; illus. by Vesper StamperPrimary Knopf 48 pp.11/25 9780593809693 $18.99Library ed. 9780593809709 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593809716 $6.99A boy in Isfahan, Iran, learns how to design and make a rug with his grandmother. The new rug will replace the old frayed one in the...
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Review of Rock Star: How Ursula Marvin Mapped Moon Rocks and Meteorites
Rock Star: How Ursula Marvin Mapped Moon Rocks and Meteorites by Sandra Neil Wallace; illus. by Nancy CarpenterPrimary, Intermediate Wiseman/Simon 48 pp.10/25 9781534493339 $19.99e-book ed. 9781534493346 $10.99Much of what scientists know about the solar system originated in the work of geologist Ursula Marvin (1921–2018), “rock star of the universe” and...
Review of The Sleeper Train
The Sleeper Train by Mick Jackson; illus. by Baljinder Kaur Primary Candlewick 32 pp. 7/25 9781536238983 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781536249378 $18.99 A child and parents board a train. At night, they pull down bunks to sleep, but the child, wide awake, reflects on “all the different places I have slept”:...
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Review of The Fig Tree: A Story About Building Friendship and Peace in Cyprus
The Fig Tree: A Story About Building Friendship and Peace in Cyprus by Costantia Manoli; illus. by Leah GilesPrimary Roaring Brook 40 pp.6/25 9781250763136 $18.99e-book ed. 9781250435095 $10.99In 1974, a Greek military coup in Cyprus prompted a Turkish invasion and occupation, and the small eastern Mediterranean island was divided into...
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Review of A Summer Without Anna
A Summer Without Anna by Kate Jenks Landry; illus. by Risa HugoPrimary Kids Can 32 pp.6/25 9781525310256 $21.99e-book ed. 9781525313653 $13.99Junie is sent to Nan and Pop’s house for the summer and can come home as soon as older sister Anna recovers from a serious illness. While Anna’s illness is...
Review of Drawing Is…: Your Guide to Scribbled Adventures
Drawing Is…: Your Guide to Scribbled Adventures by Elizabeth Haidle; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Tundra 72 pp. 5/25 9781774885031 $19.99 e-book ed. 9781774885048 $11.99 Starting from the out-of-order table of contents inviting readers to “choose your own order of scribbled adventures,” this art history/hands-on exercise book not only...
Review of The Music Inside Us: Yo-Yo Ma & His Gifts to the World
The Music Inside Us: Yo-Yo Ma & His Gifts to the World by James Howe; illus. by Jack Wong Primary Abrams 48 pp. 6/25 9781419755217 $19.99 e-book ed. 9781647003432 $17.09 Readers may not know that Yo-Yo Ma (b. 1955), one of the most recognized cellists of our time and a...
Review of Sakina and the Uninvited Guests
Sakina and the Uninvited Guests by Zahra Marwan; illus. by the authorPrimary Bloomsbury 40 pp.4/25 9781547613427 $18.99e-book ed. 9781547613434 $13.29When a sandstorm makes “the city orange—the sun like a tangerine, the waves like clementine peels,” Sakina and her mother spend the day at a museum. While her mother is moved...
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Review of Please Pay Attention
Please Pay Attention by Jamie SumnerIntermediate, Middle School Atheneum 240 pp.4/25 9781665956079 $17.99e-book ed. 9781665956093 $10.99In a series of entries in verse, sixth grader Bea Coughlin narrates the story of something important she wants us to “please pay attention” to. Bea tells her story slowly, revealing characters and their relationships...
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