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Review of Elsa’s Chessboard

Elsa’s Chessboard by Jenny Andrus; illus. by Julie DowningPrimary    Porter/Holiday    48 pp.4/25    9780823454082    $18.99e-book ed.  9780823462254    $11.99Chess and a chessboard become defining features of a young Viennese Jewish girl’s life at the turn of the twentieth century. Elsa, age six, loves to watch her three brothers play the game, begging...
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Review of Earthrise: The Story of the Photograph That Changed the Way We See Our Planet

Earthrise: The Story of the Photograph That Changed the Way We See Our Planet by Leonard S. MarcusIntermediate, Middle School    Farrar    160 pp.3/25    9780374392116    $21.99e-book ed.  9780374392123    $11.99Children’s literature scholar Marcus provides valuable insight into early NASA history with this account of the famous titular photograph, taken from lunar orbit...
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Review of Introducing Sandwina: The Strongest Woman in the World

Introducing Sandwina: The Strongest Woman in the World by Vicki Conrad; illus. by Jeremy HolmesPrimary    Calkins/Astra    48 pp.12/24    9781662680151    $18.99e-book ed.  9781662680168    $11.99Born into a German circus family in 1884, Katie Brumbach dazzled audiences with incredible feats of strength. Conrad opens her tale with Brumbach’s legendary win over strongman Eugen...
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Review of Happy Town

Happy Town by Greg van EekhoutIntermediate    Harper/HarperCollins    208 pp.10/24    9780063253360    $18.99e-book ed.  9780063253384    $9.99Narrator Keegan thinks his family’s recent move to a box-shaped house in Happy Town is just another in a string of relocations. Located in the Nevada desert, Happy Town is, according to Keegan, “the biggest online shop...
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Review of World More Beautiful: The Life and Art of Barbara Cooney

World More Beautiful: The Life and Art of Barbara Cooney by Angela Burke Kunkel; illus. by Becca StadtlanderPrimary    Random House Studio/Random    40 pp.8/24    9780593484388    $19.99Library ed.  9780593484395    $22.99e-book ed.  9780593484401    $11.99From the Brooklyn hotel room in which she was born to the Maine coast where she spent many years, Barbara...
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Review of Crick, Crack, Crow!

Crick, Crack, Crow! by Janet Lord; illus. by Julie PaschkisPreschool, Primary    Quinlin/Peachtree    32 pp.8/24    9781682636299    $18.99e-book ed.  9781682637418    $11.99A mischievous crow spends his day getting into and out of trouble. He steals a button, bullies some songbirds, snatches a cat’s kibble—and he’s just getting started. Each double-page spread is devoted...
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Review of The Ship in the Window

The Ship in the Window by Travis Jonker; illus. by Matthew CordellPrimary    Viking    40 pp.8/24    9780593350577    $18.99e-book ed.  9780593350591    $10.99A mouse with nautical aspirations realizes her dream. Wee Mabel gazes with longing at the cunning model ship fashioned by the man who lives in the lakeside cabin where she makes...
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Review of Lo Simpson Starts a Revolution

Lo Simpson Starts a Revolution by Melanie Florence Middle School    Orca    216 pp.4/24    Paper ed.  9781459838505    $14.95e-book ed.  9781459838529    $11.99Lo Simpson, twelve, is no Margaret Simon: she’d just as soon never get her period, and to her a bra is just “a medieval torture device.” But her best friend, Jazz,...
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Review of Big Bear and Little Bear Go Fishing

Big Bear and Little Bear Go Fishing by Amy Hest; illus. by Erin SteadPreschool, Primary    Porter/Holiday    40 pp.5/24    9780823449750    $18.99Big Bear and Little Bear enjoy a summer idyll. It starts with a joyous declaration from Big Bear—“I’m just in the mood for fishing”—that just encapsulates a child’s immersive enthusiasm. The...
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