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Review of Ancestory: The Mystery and Majesty of Ancient Cave Art
Ancestory: The Mystery and Majesty of Ancient Cave Art by Hannah Salyer; illus. by the authorIntermediate Clarion/HarperCollins 48 pp.4/23 9780358469841 $19.99Prehistoric rock art can be found all over the globe, forming what Salyer terms our ancestory. She doesn’t belabor the portmanteau but instead invites readers to wonder at the ancient...
Review of Remember
Remember by Joy Harjo; illus. by Michaela GoadePrimary Random House Studio/Random 40 pp.3/23 9780593484845 $18.99Library ed. 9780593484838 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593484821 $10.99Generation-spanning Native creators deliver a lustrous celebration of generational memory. U.S. Poet Laureate Harjo (Mvskoke) wrote the poem that is this book’s text in 1983; Caldecott Medalist Goade’s (Tlingit) illustrations...
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Review of The Woman in the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Helped Fly the First Astronauts to the Moon
The Woman in the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Helped Fly the First Astronauts to the Moon by Richard Maurer Intermediate, Middle School Roaring Brook 272 pp. 3/23 9781626728561 $19.99 e-book ed. 9781626728578 $10.99 Maurer shines a deserved spotlight on Margaret Hamilton, whose computer code for the Apollo program was integral...
To Be or Not to Be (Eligible): The Real Dada Mother Goose
[Many Calling Caldecott posts this season will begin with the Horn Book Magazine review of the featured book, followed by the post's author's critique.] The Real Dada Mother Goose: A Treasury of Complete Nonsense by Jon Scieszka; illus. by Julia Rothman Primary, Intermediate Candlewick 80 pp. g 10/22 978-0-7636-9434-0...
Review of Patchwork
Patchwork by Matt de la Peña; illus. by Corinna Luyken Primary Putnam 48 pp. g 8/22 978-1-9848-1396-1 $18.99 Spanish ed. 978-0-593-53234-8 $18.99 A rhythmic text speaks to an unnamed child in the second person, describing what “we see” and how that trait or characteristic may inform a young...
Review of I Don’t Care
I Don’t Care by Julie Fogliano; illus. by Molly Idle and Juana Martinez-Neal Preschool, Primary Porter/Holiday 40 pp. g 11/22 978-0-8234-4345-1 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-0-8234-5430-3 $11.99 It’s all about the body language in this enjoyable collaboration. Idle (Flora and the Flamingo, rev. 7/13; Witch Hazel, rev. 9/22)...
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Review of The Poem Forest: Poet W. S. Merwin and the Palm Tree Forest He Grew from Scratch
The Poem Forest: Poet W. S. Merwin and the Palm Tree Forest He Grew from Scratch by Carrie Fountain ; illus. by Chris Turnham Primary Candlewick 32 pp. g9/22 978-1-5362-1126-9 $18.99 Readers meet poet and conservationist William Stanley Merwin (1927–2019) as a child, reading a...
Review of Hello, Moon
Hello, Moon by Evan Turk; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Atheneum 40 pp. g 9/22 978-1-5344-0080-1 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-0081-8 $10.99 “Look! The Moon!” a child exclaims. “Should we go out to say hello?” Child and caretaker bundle up and head out into the snowy night to greet it;...
Review of Celia Planted a Garden: The Story of Celia Thaxter and Her Island Garden
Celia Planted a Garden: The Story of Celia Thaxter and Her Island Garden by Phyllis Root and Gary D. Schmidt; illus. by Melissa SweetPrimary, Intermediate Candlewick 40 pp. g5/22 978-1-5362-0429-2 $18.99Largely forgotten today, American writer Celia Laighton Thaxter enjoyed a significant literary career in the latter half of the nineteenth...
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