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Review of Dim Sum Palace

Dim Sum Palace by X. Fang; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary    Tundra    48 pp.9/23    9781774881989    $18.99e-book ed.  9781774881996    $10.99Liddy’s excitement about a family trip to the Dim Sum Palace keeps her wide awake. “Is it a real palace? Will I meet an empress?” Getting out of bed, she follows a...
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Review of Mouseboat

Mouseboat by Larissa Theule; illus. by Abigail HalpinPrimary    Viking    40 pp.3/23    9780593327357    $18.99e-book ed.  9780593327371  $10.99Faye and her father arrive at a cabin by a lake. Her first-person narration addresses someone who’s not there: “Your chair is empty…The quilt you made smells like you.” Faye doesn’t identify her mother, but...
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Review of A Tulip in Winter: A Story About Maud Lewis

A Tulip in Winter: A Story About Maud Lewis by Kathy Stinson; illus. by Lauren SoloyPrimary    Greystone Kids    40 pp.3/23    9781771649513    $18.95Maud Lewis (1903–1970) was a Nova Scotian folk artist who lived with rheumatoid arthritis. Despite physical and economic challenges, she never let her passion for art fade away. As...
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Review of This Is Not My Home

This Is Not My Home by Eugenia Yoh and Vivienne Chang; illus. by the authorsPrimary    Little, Brown    48 pp.2/23    9780316377102    $18.99In this unique second-generation reverse immigration story, a girl named Lily and her mother move from the United States back to her mother’s home—Taiwan—to help care for Ah Ma, Lily’s...
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Review of Rainbow Shopping

Rainbow Shopping by Qing Zhuang; illus. by the authorPrimary    Holiday    40 pp.2/23    9780823449774    $18.99A young girl’s family has recently moved from China to New York City, where things become very different for her. Everyone is busy: Mom is always working at the factory, Dad is out delivering food, and Grandma...
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Review of Clover

Clover by Nadine Robert ; illus. by Qin Leng ; trans. from French by Nick Frost and Catherine Ostiguy Primary    Milky Way    64 pp.       g9/22     978-1-9902-5214-3     $19.99 “I simply can’t decide what I want to do.” Standing frozen on the doorstep, young Clover struggles to choose—should...
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Review of The Best Kind of Mooncake

The Best Kind of Mooncake by Pearl AuYeung ; illus. by the author Primary    Page Street    32 pp.       g10/22     978-1-6456-7556-3     $18.99 As a girl helps her family set up their stall on “beeping, bickering, and bartering” Tai Yuen Street in Hong Kong, she complains that every...
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Review of I’ll Say Goodbye

I’ll Say Goodbye by Pam Zollman; illus. by Frances IvesPrimary    Eerdmans    40 pp.    g3/22    978-0-8028-5499-5    $17.99“It’s not fair. I never got to say goodbye.” This first-person account of bereavement is narrated by a child helping to care for a beloved uncle who is undergoing cancer treatment. When Uncle Mike is...
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Review of Telling Stories Wrong

Telling Stories Wrong by Gianni Rodari; illus. by Beatrice Alemagna; trans. from Italian by Antony ShugaarPrimary    Enchanted Lion    40 pp.    g6/22    978-1-59270-360-9    $17.95“Once upon a time, there was a girl who was called Little Yellow Riding Hood.” “No, red!” “…Her mother said: Now go to Aunt Hildegard’s house and take...
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