Martha V. Parravano
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Review of My Wonderful Christmas Tree
My Wonderful Christmas Tree by Dahlov Ipcar; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Tilbury 40 pp.9/24 9781668945087 $18.99In a creative echo of “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” Ipcar describes the snow-covered fir tree outside her window on a clear Christmas night. Atop the tree is “one shining star”; after this, she...
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Review of Winter Magic
Winter Magic by Robert Burleigh; illus. by Wendell MinorPreschool, Primary Ottaviano/Little, Brown 32 pp.9/24 9780316560498 $18.99This picture book employs a first-person voice to enumerate the joys of winter. The rhyming text claims the identity of everything from snowmen to hot cocoa. “I’m a skater flying across the ice—flash! / I’m...
Review of A Greater Goal: The Epic Battle for Equal Pay in Women’s Soccer—and Beyond
A Greater Goal: The Epic Battle for Equal Pay in Women’s Soccer—and Beyond by Elizabeth RuschHigh School Greenwillow 336 pp.7/24 9780063220904 $19.99e-book ed. 9780063220928 $9.99In tracing the battle for equal pay and equal treatment waged by the United States Women’s National Team against the U.S. Soccer Federation, Rusch (The 21:...
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Review of We Are Big Time
We Are Big Time by Hena Khan; illus. by Safiya ZerrouguiMiddle School, High School Knopf 240 pp.8/24 9780593430484 $21.99Library ed. 9780593899052 $24.99Paper ed. 9780593430477 $13.99e-book ed. 9780593430491 $8.99Like Tavares’s Hoops (rev. 3/23), this inspiring graphic novel is based on a real-life girls’ basketball team—here, on the all-Muslim, all-hijab-wearing Salam School’s...
Ahoy!
Ahoy there! I’m here to start a conversation about Sophie Blackall’s latest picture book — one that has many of the hallmarks of her previous books (yes, including spectacular seascapes and even a lighthouse) but also breaks new ground — or explores new seas, in this case. And no, the...
Review of The Wildcat Behind Glass
The Wildcat Behind Glass by Alki Zei; trans. from Greek by Karen Emmerich Intermediate Restless 224 pp. 5/24 9781632063649 $18.00 A chapter book, first published in 1963, by the author of the wonderful Petros’ War (winner of the 1974 Batchelder Award) is back in a new translation for contemporary readers....
Review of Black & White in Color
Black & White in Color by Tana Hoban; illus. by the author Preschool Greenwillow 16 pp. 5/24 9780063384743 $10.99 This hybrid accordion board book gives babies the best of both worlds. To many of the iconic images from Hoban’s classic board books Black on White and White on Black (both...
Review of Julius
Julius by Angela Johnson; illus. by Dav PilkeyPrimary Scholastic 32 pp.11/23 9781338898330 $14.99Only-child Maya, a young Black girl, receives a present from her granddaddy: an unruly and very large pink pig named Julius to be her companion. Julius creates chaos in the household but also brings a riot of fun...
Review of Playful Pigs from A to Z
Playful Pigs from A to Z by Anita Lobel; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Wiseman/Simon 40 pp.6/23 9781534495036 $18.99e-book ed. 9781534495043 $10.99In a welcome reissue of an alphabet book first published in 2015, twenty-six “playful pigs” wake up and explore a field of colorful, freestanding letters. The entire alphabet, in...
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