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Review of Beware the Dragon and the Nozzlewock: A Graphic Novel Poetry Collection Full of Surprising Characters!
Beware the Dragon and the Nozzlewock: A Graphic Novel Poetry Collection Full of Surprising Characters! by Vikram Madan; illus. by the authorPrimary, Intermediate Wordsong/Astra 128 pp.11/24 9781635928174 $19.99e-book ed. 9781635928181 $11.99This humorous collection features twenty-five story-poems presented in an innovative comic format. Kooky cartoon characters star in the wildly colorful...
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Review of The Mistakes That Made Us: Confessions from Twenty Poets
The Mistakes That Made Us: Confessions from Twenty Poets selected by Irene Latham and Charles Waters; illus. by Mercè LópezPrimary Carolrhoda 40 pp.10/24 9781728492100 $18.99This collection features twenty poems about real-life mistakes each of the poets made in childhood. The contributors include Linda Sue Park, Matt Forrest Esenwine, Lacresha Berry,...
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Review of Fast Cheetah, Slow Tortoise: Poems of Animal Opposites
Fast Cheetah, Slow Tortoise: Poems of Animal Opposites by Bette Westera; illus. by Mies van Hout; trans. from Dutch by David ColmerPrimary Eerdmans 40 pp.9/24 9780802856357 $18.99e-book ed. 9781467468657 $18.99This quirky, inviting picture book–length poetry collection acts as a visual dictionary of opposites. Sixteen pairs of animals are presented on...
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Review of How to Sing a Song
How to Sing a Song by Kwame Alexander and Randy Preston; illus. by Melissa SweetPrimary Quill Tree/HarperCollins 32 pp.10/24 9780063060937 $19.99In their third How to… book, Alexander and Sweet (How to Read a Book; How to Write a Poem, rev. 5/23) collaborate with singer-songwriter Preston to guide readers in tuning...
Review of Grace Notes: Poems About Families
Grace Notes: Poems About Families by Naomi Shihab Nye Middle School, High School Greenwillow 240 pp. 5/24 9780062691873 $19.99 e-book ed. 9780062691897 $11.99 Nye’s (most recently Everything Comes Next, rev. 1/21) latest collection of free verse poems is divided into two parts: “No Age Is Empty” and “Sometimes We Need...
Review of Windsongs: Poems About Weather
Windsongs: Poems About Weather by Douglas Florian; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Beach Lane/Simon 48 pp.5/24 9781665937726 $18.99e-book ed. 9781665937733 $10.99Kids are often hyper-aware of such natural phenomena as thunder, lightning, and snow, so a collection of twenty engaging, informative poems about weather is likely to be a hit. Here...
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Review of Force of Nature: A Novel of Rachel Carson
Force of Nature: A Novel of Rachel Carson by Ann E. Burg; illus. by Sophie BlackallIntermediate, Middle School Scholastic 304 pp.3/24 9781338883381 $19.99e-book ed. 9781338883404 $19.99In this first-person novel in verse, Burg (Serafina’s Promise, rev. 9/13) imagines the life of the groundbreaking environmentalist from age eleven through adulthood. Rachel possesses...
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Review of Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams: A Novel in Verse
Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams: A Novel in Verse by Shari GreenMiddle School, High School Andrews 256 pp.3/24 9781524881139 $21.99Paper ed. 9781524881122 $16.99In this novel in verse set in 1989, sixteen-year-old Helena lives in Leipzig, East Germany, during a period of oppression when citizens inform on their neighbors. But...
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Review of Ariel Crashes a Train
Ariel Crashes a Train by Olivia A. ColeHigh School Labyrinth Road/Random 464 pp.3/24 9780593644669 $19.99e-book ed. 9780593644683 $10.99Seventeen-year-old Ariel Burns is struggling with constant, anxious “what-if” thoughts and dark, violent “crocodile in my mind” fantasies that have escalated to an obsessive degree. She resorts to extreme, repetitive actions such as...
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