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Review of The Rock in My Throat

The Rock in My Throat by Kao Kalia Yang; illus. by Jiemei LinPrimary    Carolrhoda    32 pp.3/24    9781728445687    $18.99Tenderly told in first person, Yang’s lyrical autobiographical picture book depicts her childhood struggle with selective mutism. Her descriptions of how selective mutism presents at school are vivid and authentic, as when she...
      
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Review of Behind My Doors: The Story of the World’s Oldest Library

Behind My Doors: The Story of the World’s Oldest Library by Hena Khan; illus. by Nabila AdaniPrimary    Lee & Low    40 pp.5/24    9781643794235    $20.95The Al-Qarawiyyin Library of Fez, which serves as the first-person narrator of this nonfiction picture book, beckons the reader to hear the tale of its founding, glory...
      
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Review of One of a Kind: The Life of Sydney Taylor

One of a Kind: The Life of Sydney Taylor by Richard Michelson; illus. by Sarah GreenPrimary    Calkins/Astra    40 pp.2/24    9781635925319    $18.99e-book ed.  9781635925494    $11.99Sydney Taylor (1904–1978), born Sarah Brenner, was the author of the All-of-a-Kind Family novels, known as the first Jewish children’s books to be popular with a mainstream...
      
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Review of What’s Inside a Bird’s Nest?: And Other Questions About Nature & Life Cycles

What’s Inside a Bird’s Nest?: And Other Questions About Nature & Life Cycles by Rachel Ignotofsky; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary    Crown    48 pp.3/24    9780593176528    $19.99Library ed.  9780593176566    $22.99e-book ed.  9780593176559    $11.99In an assortment of nest homes, baby birds happily await the breakfasts brought by their parents. These basic needs...
      
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Review of What Makes Us Human

What Makes Us Human by Victor D. O. Santos; illus. by Anna ForlatiPrimary    Eerdmans    48 pp. 3/24    9780802856258    $18.99e-book ed.  9781467467865    $18.99In this thought-provoking book (published in partnership with UNESCO), Santos presents an engaging version of the guessing game “What Am I?” Readers can infer from the book’s title that...
      
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Review of Spider in the Well

Spider in the Well by Jess Hannigan; illus. by the authorPrimary    Tegen/HarperCollins    48 pp.3/24    9780063289475    $19.99Our hardworking protagonist, the newsboy, wears many hats. Though his primary job is “to bring to the town of Bad Göodsburg their daily news,” he also acts as chimney sweep, shoe shiner, and milk deliverer....
      
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Review of At the End of the Day

At the End of the Day by Lisl H. Detlefsen; illus. by Lynnor BontigaoPreschool, Primary    Knopf    40 pp.4/24    9780593378632    $19.99Library ed.  9780593378649    $22.99e-book ed.  9780593378656    $10.99For many children, the afterschool hours are anything but relaxing, “because now there is homework. Or a piano lesson. Or dance class.” Detlefsen and Bontigao...
      
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Review of Gaga Mistake Day

Gaga Mistake Day by Emma Straub and Susan Straub; illus. by Jessica LovePrimary    Rocky Pond/Penguin    32 pp.4/24    9780593529461    $18.99e-book ed.  9780593529478    $10.99In this picture book by adult novelist Emma Straub and her mother, Saturday is Gaga day. Each week, our young narrator’s parents head off to do errands, leaving grandmother...
      
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Review of The Ferris Wheel

The Ferris Wheel by Tülin Kozikoğlu; illus. by Hüseyin SönmezayPrimary    Crocodile/Interlink    40 pp.11/23    9781623717216    $18.95In the first double-page spread of this Turkish import, readers see a boy and girl, each in their respective homes “somewhere in the world.” The boy looks out the window with delight as fireworks flash; the...
      
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Review of Searching for Home

Searching for Home by Chantal Bourgonje; illus. by the authorPrimary    Beaming    40 pp.1/24    9781506488783    $18.99e-book ed.  9781506488790    $18.99What is a house if it isn’t shared? A “house-sprite” named Noa (with a charmingly acorn-shaped head) can find anything in his cliffside abode but the one thing he wants most: friends. Frustrated...
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