Susan Dove Lempke
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The Blueberry Awards: Celebrating the Best Nature Books that Promote Climate Stewardship for Kids
I have been to a lot of book award ceremonies in my career, and while the Newbery Awards’ ballroom of cheering people is glorious, and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards back in the day were very fancy, the Blueberry Awards (now in its fourth year) genuinely inspire hope. Last Thursday,...
Review of Not the Worst Friend in the World
Not the Worst Friend in the World by Anne RellihanIntermediate Holiday 272 pp.2/24 9780823454792 $17.99e-book ed. 9780823457663 $10.99In this pitch-perfect middle-grade novel, Lou (short for Louise) copes with her deep shame over some unkind words she said in anger to Francie, her (now former) best friend. Lou can hardly believe...
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Review of When Creature Met Creature
When Creature Met Creature by John Agard; illus. by Satoshi KitamuraPreschool, Primary Scallywag 32 pp.5/24 9781915252470 $18.99Creature-of-No-Words is content being “furry. And never in a hurry.” The large, ungainly fellow enjoys his life, and although he doesn’t “know how to say HAPPY” or “YUMMY” or “SAD” (having no words), he...
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Review of The Fire Fox
The Fire Fox by Alexandra Page; illus. by Stef MurphyPreschool, Primary Two Hoots 32 pp.1/24 9781035027590 $18.99Freya and her mum arrive at a countryside log cabin suffused in gloomy blue with snow falling in the darkness. Mum tells her that “Dad loved this old place…He used to say it was...
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Review of Gus & Sully Watch the Weather
Gus & Sully Watch the Weather by Steve Light; illus. by the authorPreschool Candlewick 16 pp.3/24 9781536230048 $7.99Purple rhino Gus, in his stripey pajamas, exuberantly greets mouse Sully: “What’s the weather like today?” Sully speculates that it could be sunny, but Gus imagines himself with big droplets of sweat, and...
Review of Down the Hole
Down the Hole by Scott Slater; illus. by Adam Ming Primary Clarion/HarperCollins 40 pp. 10/23 9780358683346 $19.99 Wily Fox meets his match in crafty Rabbit, as the would-be predator waits by a bunny hole. Underneath the ground, the light from the hole shines down on a rabbit listening alertly while...
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Review of Skating Wild on an Inland Sea
Skating Wild on an Inland Sea by Jean E. Pendziwol; illus. by Todd StewartPrimary Groundwood 32 pp.10/23 9781773067049 $19.99e-book ed. 9781773067056 $16.99“Listen! / Lake Superior / sings a winter song.” Getting all bundled up, two children set off early on a cold morning to go ice skating. Fog rises from...
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Review of A Spider Named Itsy
A Spider Named Itsy by Steve Light; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Candlewick 32 pp.9/23 9781536225297 $18.99This riff on the classic children’s song begins with a prequel, as “Itsy Bitsy sits at home, / drinking tea, / all alone” in a web constructed on the spout and handle of a...
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Review of Chip
Chip by Federico Gastaldi; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Ottaviano/Little, Brown 40 pp.10/23 9780316381840 $18.99Gastaldi begins this gentle story about death on the front endpapers, which feature a collection of “photographs” of a little boy and his constant companion, a pet fish (in a fishbowl). The title page shows two...
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