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Review of The Muttcracker
The Muttcracker by Anna Kemp; illus. by Sara OgilviePreschool, Primary Simon 32 pp.9/25 9781665981033 $19.99Bulldog Biff (Dogs Don’t Do Ballet) and his owner, our exuberantly voiced narrator, are cast as bonbons in The Nutcracker. It’s a disappointment—Biff especially wanted to be the Sugar Plum Fairy—but when a chance at that...
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Review of Beinoni
Beinoni by Mari LoweIntermediate, Middle School Levine/Levine Querido 288 pp.7/25 9781646145065 $18.99Seventh grader Ezra has a lot on his shoulders. Born with “a constellation of the Scales” on his skin that indicates he’s the Nivchar, or chosen one, for his generation, he’s spent years training for what’s destined to happen...
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Review of Monsters in the Moonlight: A Yalda Night Adventure
Monsters in the Moonlight: A Yalda Night Adventure by Sina Merabian; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Simon 40 pp.12/25 9781534496842 $19.99Two impish divs’ (monsters) mission is to make Yalda night, the winter solstice, “as dark and cold as can be.” Knowing humans always ruin the night with their “silly celebrations,”...
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Review of Rock Paper Incisors: A Skunk and Badger Story
Rock Paper Incisors: A Skunk and Badger Story by Amy Timberlake; illus. by Jon KlassenPrimary, Intermediate Little, Brown 192 pp.10/25 9781643750071 $18.99Roommates Skunk and Badger (Skunk and Badger, rev. 1/21; Egg Marks the Spot) are now caring for two rat pups, Zeno and Zephyr. Badger, true to form, has exacting...
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Review of A Dragon Called Spark: A Hanukkah Story
A Dragon Called Spark: A Hanukkah Story by Lily Murray; illus. by Kirsti BeautymanPrimary Kalaniot 32 pp.9/25 9781962011099 $19.99Eva is new in town, and as Hanukkah approaches, she hasn’t made friends…but she does have a dragon. Spark is lonely and needs a dragon friend, but “that would take a miracle.”...
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Review of We Fell Apart: A We Were Liars Novel
We Fell Apart: A We Were Liars Novel by E. LockhartHigh School Delacorte 320 pp.11/25 9780593899168 $22.99The summer after she graduates from high school, Matilda receives an email from the father she’s never known. Kingsley Cello, a famous artist, invites her to his home at Hidden Beach and says he...
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Review of The Book of Candles: Eight Poems for Hanukkah
The Book of Candles: Eight Poems for Hanukkah by Laurel Snyder; illus. by Leanne HatchPrimary Clarion/HarperCollins 40 pp.9/25 9780063278141 $19.99Snyder offers a poem and a “thought” for each night of Hanukkah, relatably emphasizing the ways the holiday intertwines with everyday life (more so, as an author’s note explains, than some...
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Review of Construction Site Hanukkah Lights: A Hanukkah Lift-the-Flap Book [Goodnight, Construction Site]
Construction Site Hanukkah Lights: A Hanukkah Lift-the-Flap Book [Goodnight, Construction Site] by Sherri Duskey Rinker; illus. by Shawna J. C. TenneyPreschool Chronicle 16 pp.9/25 9781797226743 $12.99The construction vehicles (Construction Site: Merry and Bright, rev. 11/21, and many others) are back, this time in a Hanukkah-themed lift-the-flap board book. Enthusiastic rhyming...
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Review of Golem Loves Latkes: A Tasty Hanukkah Tale
Golem Loves Latkes: A Tasty Hanukkah Tale by Doreen Klein Robinson; illus. by Anna KrajewskaPrimary Intergalactic Afikoman 40 pp.10/25 9781951365325 $19.99The people of Schmoozeville are fighting “like Judah and the Maccabees”: do latkes go best with applesauce or sour cream? Our narrator, a child visiting her bubbe, makes a golem...
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