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Call for second-round nominations
December already? It’s beginning to look a lot like...time for Calling Caldecott’s second round of nominations! (Also, January and the YMA announcements are edging ever closer.) Last month we asked readers for four titles that they’d nominate if they were members of The Committee. Twenty-three books were nominated; Cat Nap...
Review of The Last Resort
The Last Resort by Erin Entrada Kelly; illus. by Naomi Franquiz Intermediate, Middle School Scholastic 240 pp. 9/25 9781546132431 $17.99 e-book ed. 9781546132455 $17.99 In this supernatural murder mystery, the versatile Kelly (2025 Newbery medalist for The First State of Being, rev. 5/24) skillfully balances otherworldly horrors with more realistic...
Review of To Activate Space Portal, Lift Here
To Activate Space Portal, Lift Here by Antoinette Portis; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Porter/Holiday 56 pp. 10/25 9780823459858 $18.99 The opening spread of this meta intergalactic romp should entice viewers: a small orange square with a smaller black circle at its center sits in the middle of a...
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Review of Pool Party!
Pool Party! [Tiny Habitats]by Amy Hevron; illus. by the authorPrimary Beach Lane/Simon 48 pp.9/25 9781665935043 $19.99e-book ed. 9781665935050 $10.99Hevron’s (Sunken Ship, rev. 9/24) latest foray takes readers to a South American rainforest, where her focus is the “freshwater pools [that form] among the leaves of a bromeliad” (a flowering plant)—specifically,...
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Review of Floor It!
Floor It! by Bex Tobin Fine; illus. by Federico FabianiPreschool Random 40 pp.9/25 9780593904992 $18.99Library ed. 9780593905005 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593905012 $14.49“They honk their horn and start to zoom. / Baby’s on the move: Vroom vroom!” A zippy rhyming text and dynamic illustrations track this little speedster as they race through...
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Review of The Faraway Forest: Wally’s Route
The Faraway Forest: Wally’s Route by Debbie Fong; illus. by the author; color by Kayla CatanzaroPrimary Chronicle 88 pp.9/25 9781797230412 $12.99In this enchanting graphic-novel series starter, Fong (Next Stop, rev. 1/24) introduces the Faraway Forest and its animal inhabitants. Four interconnected chapters follow raccoon Wally, the forest’s devoted mail carrier,...
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Review of Two-List Thanksgiving
Two-List Thanksgiving by Christine Whan; illus. by Sienna Youngsun Kim Primary Beaming 40 pp. 9/25 9781506497594 $19.99 “I smell soy and garlic-braised galbi and sage roasted turkey with stuffing.” A biracial girl and her mother prepare to host Thanksgiving for both sides of the family. In a sensory-rich text, the...
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Review of The Giving Flower: The Story of the Poinsettia
The Giving Flower: The Story of the Poinsettia by Alda P. Dobbs; illus. by Emily Mendoza Primary Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 40 pp. 9/25 9781728297811 $18.99 This engaging botanical history of the ubiquitous holiday plant begins in southwest Mexico where what we now call poinsettias grew wild. In the fourteenth century, the...
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Review of Hap-Pea Holidays
Hap-Pea Holidays by Keith Baker; illus. by the author Preschool Beach Lane/Simon 24 pp. 9/25 9781665940283 $9.99 Baker’s cheery pea characters (and pea puns) are in fine form in this Christmas celebration. “Twinkly lights, lots and lots / (after untangling all the knots).” Decking the halls, front doors, and town,...
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