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Review of Making Plans for Nigel Binty
Making Plans for Nigel Binty by Shawn K. StoutIntermediate, Middle School Peachtree 272 pp.2/26 9781682635889 $17.99Sixth grade gets off to a shaky start for Nigel Binty. Not only have his parents separated, but his longtime best friend has also deserted him in search of popularity. The anxiety he carries around...
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Review of The Language of Birds
The Language of Birds by Jon-Erik Lappano; illus. by Zach ManbeckPrimary Random House Studio/Random 40 pp.12/25 9780593806654 $18.99Mira has a special affinity for birds. “She paid attention. She watched the birds and learned their language. She drew them in her notebook. Eventually, she and the birds understood each other completely.”...
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Review of Vroom, Baby Driver, Zoom
Vroom, Baby Driver, Zoom by Lori Alexander; illus. by Nancy GouletPreschool Charlesbridge 24 pp.10/25 9781623546625 $8.99In a rush of simple rhyming text, this fast-paced board book uses a racecar metaphor to take viewers through a day driven by a baby’s needs: “Baby Driver, rise and shine! Gear up at the...
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Review of Mayhem at the Museum
Mayhem at the Museum by Hannah Brückner; illus. by the author; trans. from German by Laura WatkinsonPrimary NorthSouth 40 pp.9/25 9780735845855 $19.95Things go awry at the Dinosaur Museum on a busy Thursday at closing time—with the coat check attendant’s parakeet making the rounds. A child named Yuri is balancing precariously...
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Review of Buzz! Boom! Bang!: The Book of Sounds
Buzz! Boom! Bang!: The Book of Sounds by Benjamin Gottwald; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary NorthSouth 168 pp.9/25 9780735846036 $21.95This wordless picture book contains many pages and limitless potential for noise-making. “This book is meant to be read aloud!” quips an introduction that encourages readers to “make the sound that...
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Review of Seven Skies All at Once
Seven Skies All at Once by Ted Kooser; illus. by Matt MyersPrimary Candlewick 32 pp.7/25 9781536229004 $18.99e-book ed. 9781536249637 $18.99While two families hang out their laundry on a rooftop clothesline connecting their apartment buildings, a larger metaphor plays out farther up in the atmosphere. “The skies had hung out their...
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Review of Princess Battle Royale
Princess Battle Royale by Phaea Crede; illus. by Jen HillPrimary Viking 40 pp.8/25 9780593621370 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593621387 $10.99This picture book using comic-style conventions presents a mashup of professional-wrestling bluster and traditional fairy-tale characters and tropes in one dramatic sporting event: World Princess Wrestling, or WPW. Six princesses “from all over...
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Review of The Winding Willow
The Winding Willow by Will Hillenbrand; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Holiday 40 pp.9/25 9780823459452 $18.99Little mouse Hubert (The Voice in the Hollow, rev. 9/23) returns for a second snowy, mysterious tale. This one starts on his return home from shoveling a path to Aunt Nanny Mouse’s house. In the...
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Review of Safe at Last
Safe at Last by Richard Jones; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Candlewick 32 pp.5/25 9781536241310 $18.99e-book ed. 9781536249330 $18.99James lives on an island, which he shares with plenty of other creatures (otters, rabbits, birds, bears) whom he greets from his bike every day. Rounded shapes, soft textures, and warm colors...
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