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Review of The Monarchs of Winghaven
The Monarchs of Winghaven by Naila MoreiraIntermediate Walker US/Candlewick 320 pp.5/24 9781536218305 $18.99e-book ed. 9781536224689 $18.99Poised between novel and information book, this story features Samantha, an eleven-year-old wildlife enthusiast who finds joy and excitement in a neglected natural area she christens Winghaven. An anxious new kid in town, she has...
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Review of Under the Table
Under the Table by Allan Ahlberg; illus. by Bruce IngmanPreschool, Primary Candlewick 40 pp.6/24 9781536231519 $18.99In this tale of humorously escalating adventure and silliness, Elsie discovers a series of animals under the family dining table, an extravagant catalog that includes an elephant, kangaroo, and penguin. What to do with such...
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Review of K Is in Trouble
K Is in Trouble by Gary Clement; illus. by the authorIntermediate LB Ink/Little, Brown 224 pp.1/24 9780316468527 $24.99Paper ed. 9780316468602 $13.99e-book ed. 9780316468633 $9.99K is a bourgeois school boy in what appears to be late-nineteenth-century Bohemia. He is frail, anxious, and lonely, isolated at home, withdrawn at school. In each...
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Review of The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn
The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn by Shawn Harris; illus. by the authorPrimary Knopf 48 pp.2/24 9780593571880 $18.99Library ed. 9780593571897 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593571903 $10.99The title page of this adventure features both a unicorn and a rainbow, but things quickly shift from cutesy to a more absurd and sidelong tone. The unnamed teeny-weeny unicorn...
Review of The Little Match Girl Strikes Back
The Little Match Girl Strikes Back by Emma Carroll; illus. by Lauren ChildIntermediate Candlewick 208 pp.9/23 9781536233353 $19.99In July 1888, women and girls working at a match factory in East London went on strike to protest dangerous working conditions and poor pay. Carroll takes the story of this significant event...
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Review of The Concrete Garden
The Concrete Garden by Bob Graham; illus. by the authorPrimary Candlewick 32 pp.11/23 9781536233803 $18.99“After a cold, hard winter” (and “written in the time of Covid,” per the dedication page), Graham tells and shows a story of children making a world with art. The setting initially appears unpromising: a brutalist,...
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Review of Where the Water Takes Us
Where the Water Takes Us by Alan BarillaroIntermediate Candlewick 208 pp.7/23 9781536224542 $18.99Because her mother is in the late stages of a high-risk pregnancy, Ava has been sent to stay with her grandparents at their cabin on a lake. In her state of worry, Ava persuades herself that the fates...
Review of The Puppets of Spelhorst
The Puppets of Spelhorst by Kate DiCamillo; illus. by Julie MorstadIntermediate Candlewick 160 pp.10/23 9781536216752 $17.99An aged sea captain dies, leaving a chest containing five puppets. After some trials and adventures, the puppets—boy, girl, king, owl, and wolf—end up in the grand home of a pair of sisters and fulfill...
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Review of Gustav Is Missing!: A Tale of Friendship and Bravery
Gustav Is Missing!: A Tale of Friendship and Bravery by Andrea Zuill; illus. by the authorPrimary Random House Studio/Random 40 pp.4/23 9780593487471 $18.99Library ed. 9780593487488 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593487495 $10.99Little Cap is a small, bespectacled, mushroom-like creature who lives with his best friend, Gustav, a rather perky-looking slug. Their house is...
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