Laura Koenig
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Review of Glitter Everywhere!: Where It Came From, Where It’s Found & Where It’s Going
Glitter Everywhere!: Where It Came From, Where It’s Found & Where It’s Going by Chris Barton; illus. by Chaaya PrabhatPrimary Charlesbridge 48 pp.6/23 9781623542528 $19.99Barton explores glitter, a source of fascination (and frustration), diving into the science, history, and entrepreneurship that created the material we know today. He doesn’t shy...
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Review of How Tiny Broadwick Created the Parachute Rip Cord
How Tiny Broadwick Created the Parachute Rip Cord by Candy Dahl; illus. by Maithili JoshiPrimary Little Bee 40 pp.10/23 9781499813944 $18.99Dahl’s introduction to a little-known pioneer in aviation history tells the story of a determined, diminutive young woman in the male-dominated world of early-twentieth-century trick flying. After seeing an aeronaut...
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by Helen Taylor; illus. by Stevie LewisPrimary Little, Brown 40 pp.10/23 9780316367745 $18.99Tapping into a source of fascination for many kids, Taylor explores the complicated, potentially messy, and sometimes gross process of eating and drinking as an astronaut on a space station—from what food choices are available and how they’re...
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Review of Tee Time on the Moon: How Astronaut Alan Shepard Played Lunar Golf
Tee Time on the Moon: How Astronaut Alan Shepard Played Lunar Golf by David A. Kelly; illus. by Edwin FotheringhamPrimary Calkins/Astra 40 pp.7/23 9781662680175 $18.99e-book ed. 9781662680182 $11.99Although the book offers a factual recounting of the Apollo 14 moon landing, its true focus is astronaut Alan Shepard Jr.’s personal experiment...
Review of The Last Plastic Straw: A Plastic Problem and Finding Ways to Fix It
The Last Plastic Straw: A Plastic Problem and Finding Ways to Fix It [Books for a Better Earth] by Dee Romito; illus. by Ziyue Chen Primary Holiday 40 pp. 2/23 9780823449491 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780823455133 $11.99 A fascinating history of straws morphs into a call to action. The first two-thirds...
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Review of A Girl Can Build Anything
A Girl Can Build Anything by e.E. Charlton-Trujillo and Pat Zietlow Miller; illus. by Keisha MorrisPreschool, Primary Viking 32 pp.4/23 9780593463741 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593463758 $10.99This joyful depiction takes readers throughout the creative design and construction processes, from imagining and planning all the way up to large-scale buildings. Simple, rhythmic text...
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Review of How Dinosaurs Went Extinct: A Safety Guide
How Dinosaurs Went Extinct: A Safety Guide by Ame Dyckman; illus. by Jennifer HarneyPrimary Little, Brown 40 pp.4/23 9780316593298 $17.99On a family visit to the natural history museum, a high-energy kid wearing a dinosaur suit asks how the dinosaurs went extinct. Mom’s scientific explanation quickly gives way to Dad’s imaginative...
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Review of The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music
The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music by Roberta Flack with Tonya Bolden; illus. by Hayden Goodman Primary Schwartz/Random 40 pp. 1/23 9780593479872 $18.99 Library ed. 9780593479889 $21.99 e-book ed. 9780593479896 $11.99 This engaging picture-book memoir by multiple-Grammy-winner Flack, known for such 1970s megahits as “The First Time Ever...
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Review of Beaky Barnes: Egg on the Loose
Beaky Barnes: Egg on the Loose by David Ezra Stein; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Penguin Workshop 128 pp. 1/23 9780593094761 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780593225110 $10.99 How can a single egg lead to a whole town in chaos? Stein’s offbeat early graphic novel full of slapstick comedy explores just...
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