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The Boy and the Elephant by Freya Blackwood; illus. by the author Primary Random House Studio/Random 40 pp. 8/24 9780593707661 $19.99 Library ed. 9780593707678 $22.99 e-book ed. 9780593707685 $10.99 In this wordless picture book, we follow a young boy who seems ignored at home and lonely at school as he...
Puppet by David Almond; illus. by Lizzy Stewart Intermediate Candlewick 240 pp. 9/24 9781536239171 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781536239966 $18.99 In this fable/fantasy, Almond (Brand New Boy, rev. 5/22) revisits his signature theme of what it means to be human. Silvester, an elderly puppet-maker and performer, retires, giving his puppets to...
Boy Here, Boy There by Chuck Groenink; illus. by the authorPrimary Tundra 56 pp.10/24 9781774881064 $18.99e-book ed. 9781774881071 $10.99In luminous paintings and a spare, telegraphic text, Groenink tells the story of a brief encounter between a Neanderthal boy and a child of a different human species, perhaps Homo sapiens. Snub-nosed...
An Adventure for Lia and Lion by Al Rodin; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Knopf 32 pp.10/24 9780593903322 $18.99“Just beyond the back fence, in a corner of the meadow…” Such is the classic territory that Lia, a diminutive, pointy-nosed preschooler equipped with a butterfly net, explores in her search for...
The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C. S. Lewis & J. R. R. Tolkien by John Hendrix; illus. by the authorHigh School Abrams Fanfare 224 pp.9/24 9781419746345 $24.99e-book ed. 9781683359630 $22.49In this ambitious tandem biography of C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien, we are presented with two approaches...
When Wishes Were Horses by Cynthia VoigtIntermediate Greenwillow 224 pp.8/24 9780062996923 $18.99e-book ed. 9780062996947 $9.99Magic-wish stories, in folklore and fiction, are perfect vehicles for exploring unintended consequences. Voigt takes full advantage of this narrative device in a compilation of, essentially, four novellas featuring middle-grade children who are each given a...
The Hotel Balzaar [Norendy Tales]by Kate DiCamillo; illus. by Júlia SardàIntermediate Candlewick 160 pp.10/24 9781536223316 $17.99e-book ed. 9781536240122 $17.99In this second volume in DiCamillo’s projected trio of novellas (beginning with The Puppets of Spelhorst, rev. 9/23), Marta lives in the attic of a grand hotel where her mother works as...
Stella & Marigold by Annie Barrows; illus. by Sophie BlackallPrimary, Intermediate Chronicle 108 pp.10/24 9781797219707 $15.99Stella and Marigold, ages seven and four, are a force to be reckoned with. In eight tightly constructed, linked short stories, we follow the sisters through a domestic plumbing disaster, a visit to the zoo,...
The Swifts: A Gallery of Rogues by Beth Lincoln; illus. by Claire PowellIntermediate Dutton 384 pp.8/24 9780593533260 $17.99e-book ed. 9780593533277 $10.99Young detective Shenanigan Swift is at it again. In this sequel to The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels (rev. 1/23), a robbery of a painting at the family home leads...