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Review of Finding Normal
Finding Normal by Stephanie FarisIntermediate, Middle School Aladdin/Simon 288 pp.2/24 9781665938907 $17.99e-book ed. 9781665938921 $10.99After “a bunch of water ruin[s] her life,” all that our twelve-year-old protagonist wants to do is get back to normal. But what does normal look like for “Temple Baxter, flood victim”? It doesn’t look like...
Review of The Last Zookeeper
The Last Zookeeper by Aaron Becker; illus. by the authorPrimary, Intermediate Candlewick 40 pp.3/24 9781536227680 $18.99Becker’s (The Tree and the River, rev. 3/23) latest wordless fantasy takes readers to a post-apocalyptic future. Animals in a flooded zoo huddle on exposed bits of dry land; they are tended by an enormous...
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Review of A Boy, His Dog, and the Sea
A Boy, His Dog, and the Sea by Anthony Browne; illus. by the authorPrimary Candlewick 32 pp.6/24 9781536234138 $18.99A dull day at the seaside yields to heart-pounding action. Danny’s mother suggests that her mopey son take the dog for a walk on the beach, encouraging him to: “Keep your eyes...
Review of Shigeru Ban Builds a Better World
Shigeru Ban Builds a Better World [Art for Good]by Isadoro Saturno; illus. by Stefano Di CristofaroPrimary Tra 40 pp.9/23 9798986640631 $19.99Thoughtful book design makes a perfect container for this series entry. On heavy stock pages, Saturno and Di Cristofaro introduce young readers to a Japanese architect whose preferred medium is...
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Review of Tomorrow’s Lily
Tomorrow’s Lily by Chris Raschka; illus. by the authorPreschool Greenwillow 32 pp.2/24 9780063049376 $19.99Brushy watercolors in sunny pastel tones illustrate a meditation on change in the form of a paean to the daylily. Raschka’s big blue text (which looks hand-lettered) guides readers through the rhyme: “Monday’s lily / blooms //...
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Review of Baby Be
Baby Be by Alison McGhee; illus. by Sean QuallsPreschool Dlouhy/Atheneum 40 pp.10/23 9781534405394 $18.99e-book ed. 9781534405400 $10.99McGhee and Qualls present an exuberant celebration of dads and their babies. A recurring, multiracial cast of father-and-baby pairs enacts the fun, with McGhee’s rhythmic, rhyming text backgrounding the mood: “Give me that tie...
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Review of Paul Bunyan: The Invention of an American Legend
Paul Bunyan: The Invention of an American Legend by Noah Van Sciver and Marlena Myles; illus. by the authorsIntermediate TOON 48 pp.8/23 9781662665226 $17.99Paper ed. 9781662665233 $11.99Wait, Paul Bunyan wasn’t born in Maine and cradled in the Bay of Fundy before making his way to Minnesota’s north woods with Babe,...
Review of Penny & Pip
Penny & Pip by Candace Fleming; illus. by Eric RohmannPreschool Dlouhy/Atheneum 40 pp.6/23 9781665913317 $18.99e-book ed. 9781665913324 $10.99Rohmann returns to the natural history museum setting of his debut, Time Flies, but this outing is far cozier than that 1995 Caldecott Honor Book. It’s just as fanciful, though. Penny, a brown-skinned...
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Review of Don’t Worry, Wuddles
Don’t Worry, Wuddles by Lita Judge; illus. by the authorPreschool Atheneum 40 pp.9/23 9781665916769 $18.99e-book ed. 9781665916776 $10.99Should Wuddles the sheep worry? Well, yes. A little yellow duckling who insists that the big, woolly sheep needn’t be concerned is literally fleecing its barnmate—with the best intentions, however. Winter is coming,...
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