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Review of The Boy and the Elephant

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...

Review of Puppet

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...
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Review of Boy Here, Boy There

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...
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Review of An Adventure for Lia and Lion

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...
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Review of The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C. S. Lewis & J. R. R. Tolkien

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...
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Review of When Wishes Were Horses

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...
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Review of The Hotel Balzaar

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...
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Review of Stella & Marigold

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,...
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Review of The Swifts: A Gallery of Rogues

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...
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