Marva Anne Hinton
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Review of Make a Pretty Sound: A Story of Ella Jenkins—the First Lady of Children’s Music
Make a Pretty Sound: A Story of Ella Jenkins—the First Lady of Children’s Music by Tracy N. Todd; illus. by Eleanor DavisPrimary Chronicle 48 pp.1/25 9781452170640 $19.99Ella Jenkins (1924–2024) longed to make music from the time she was a little girl growing up in the segregated Bronzeville community of Chicago....
Review of My Daddy Is a Cowboy
My Daddy Is a Cowboy by Stephanie Seales; illus. by C. G. Esperanza Primary Abrams 48 pp. 6/24 9781419760815 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781647006280 $17.09 A Panamanian American girl and her daddy get up before dawn to ride horses through their town in this atmospheric picture book that celebrates a close...
My Daddy Is a Cowboy
The first time I read My Daddy Is a Cowboy, I was drawn to C. G. Esperanza’s stunning illustrations and the sweetness of the narrative by Stephanie Seales. I love a good father-daughter story, and this one comes wrapped in an incredibly beautiful package. On subsequent readings, I only found...
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Review of Counting Winter
Counting Winter by Nancy White Carlstrom; illus. by Claudia McGeheePreschool Eerdmans 40 pp.9/24 9780802855701 $18.99e-book ed. 9781467468664 $18.99Various animals adapt to live through winter in this atmospheric counting book that honors the snow and cold. Metaphorically, a red fox stalks winter, three snowshoe hares track it, and eight sled dogs...
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Review of Grandma Is Overly Generous: A Retelling of the Twelve Days of Christmas
Grandma Is Overly Generous: A Retelling of the Twelve Days of Christmas by Alex T. Smith; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary MCB/Pan Macmillan 56 pp.10/24 9781035051984 $12.99An over-the-top grandma is the one sending presents in this takeoff on the popular Christmas carol. Her gifts on the first six days hew...
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Review of At Our Table
At Our Table by Patrick Hulse; illus. by Madelyn GoodnightPreschool, Primary Little, Brown 40 pp.10/24 9780316537056 $18.99This warm and thought-provoking picture book celebrates the many different ways that families come together to give thanks in the fall season. Hulse’s spare, meaningful text honors a table with room for “old traditions,...
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Review of Mr. Santa
Mr. Santa by Jarvis; illus. by authorPreschool Candlewick 32 pp.10/24 9781536238839 $17.99e-book ed. 9781536240504 $17.99“Mr. Santa? Is it really you?” A child wakes up to find Santa Claus delivering gifts to their house and proceeds to show him around, pointing out pet fish and sharing gingerbread, all the while asking...
Review of A Voice of Hope: The Myrlie Evers-Williams Story
A Voice of Hope: The Myrlie Evers-Williams Story by Nadia Salomon; illus. by London LaddPrimary Philomel 40 pp.9/24 9780593525913 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593525920 $11.99This picture-book biography begins with Evers-Williams (b. 1933), the first woman to chair the NAACP full time, speaking at President Barack Obama’s second inauguration in 2013. “Her voice—strong...
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Review of The Creepening of Dogwood House
The Creepening of Dogwood House by Eden RoyceIntermediate Walden Pond/HarperCollins 272 pp.7/24 9780063251403 $19.99e-book ed. 9780063251427 $8.99In this Southern Gothic horror story, a twelve-year-old boy mourning the loss of his mother goes to live with an aunt he barely knows and her new husband. Orphaned Roddie finds that his family’s...
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