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Review of Things That Shimmer
Things That Shimmer by Deborah LakritzIntermediate, Middle School Kar-Ben 272 pp.4/24 9781728476261 $19.99In this novel set in 1973, all seventh grader Melanie wants is to be one of the popular Shimmers. As her best friend, Vicky, seems to be having more success achieving that goal than Melanie is, the sudden...
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Review of Listen to This
Listen to This by Jennifer BlecherIntermediate, Middle School Greenwillow 224 pp.3/24 9780063140738 $18.99e-book ed. 9780063140752 $10.99This story of shifting friendships follows two seventh graders: Lily, who feels left out now that Maddie and Sasha are on an elite soccer team together; and Will, who has a crush on Lily and...
What Poetry's For
It’s not just for nurseries. It’s not just for rhymes. It’s stories. It’s feelings. It’s wonders and crimes. Poetry’s for you. You read it. You hear it. You rap or you slam. So be into meter (as iamb, iamb!)— jump into the bounce that a pattern contains— or throw out...
Purim 2024/5784
Purim begins Saturday night! As this year’s hamantaschen are yet to be baked, the ones shown here are last year’s…but in the spirit of the holiday, they’re in disguise as 2024/5784 hamantaschen. (I did enjoy a delicious Nutella-filled one from Tatte last weekend, but it sadly — or happily for...
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Review of One of a Kind: The Life of Sydney Taylor
One of a Kind: The Life of Sydney Taylor by Richard Michelson; illus. by Sarah GreenPrimary Calkins/Astra 40 pp.2/24 9781635925319 $18.99e-book ed. 9781635925494 $11.99Sydney Taylor (1904–1978), born Sarah Brenner, was the author of the All-of-a-Kind Family novels, known as the first Jewish children’s books to be popular with a mainstream...
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Review of The Book That Almost Rhymed
The Book That Almost Rhymed by Omar Abed; illus. by Hatem AlyPrimary Dial 40 pp.3/24 9780593406380 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593406397 $10.99Our narrator was proud to have written a book in rhyme…and then little sister came along with her crayon and ruined it. Or did she? Frustrated, the narrator tries to tell...
Review of The Dubious Pranks of Shaindy Goodman
The Dubious Pranks of Shaindy Goodman by Mari LoweIntermediate, Middle School Levine Querido 176 pp.11/23 9781646142644 $18.99Sixth grader Shaindy feels invisible at school, so when popular Gayil invites her to sneak into the building together and help with pranks against their classmates, she can’t resist the allure of the shared...
Afikomen: Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour 2024
Welcome to our stop on the Sydney Taylor Book Award blog tour! Author Tziporah Cohen and illustrator Yaara Eshet were kind enough to answer my questions about Afikomen, which received a Sydney Taylor Honor in the Picture Book category and was on the Horn Book’s 2023 Fanfare list. This inventive...
Review of Run and Hide
Run and Hide by Don Brown; illus. by the authorMiddle School, High School Clarion/HarperCollins 192 pp.10/23 9780358538165 $22.99e-book ed. 9780358538608 $10.99Brown (recently 83 Days in Mariupol, rev. 7/23) applies his signature graphic-nonfiction approach to the rescue of Jewish young people during the Holocaust through various means, including hiding and evacuation....
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