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The protagonists of these eight memorable, emotional novels, recommended for middle- and/or high-school readers, cope with challenging situations within their families or in their families’ larger circumstances. Butterfly Heart by Moa Backe Åstot; trans. from Swedish by Agnes Broomé Middle School, High School Levine/Levine Querido 184 pp. 10/25 9781646145751 $19.99...
With Black History Month coming in February, here are four page-turning tales across genres for intermediate and/or middle-school readers where Black history or identity plays a role in the action. For many more Black History Month resources, see the Black History Month tag on hbook.com, and the African Americans tag...
Pass the soy sauce or the tea saucer…and try a taste of these six picture books about food traditions passed from one generation to another. For a timely early reader where food similarly figures in to love of one’s heritage, check out Ling & Ting's Lunar New Year: Two Times Lucky...
Perhaps now more than ever, Martin Luther King Jr. Day provides an opportunity to reflect not only on the life of the great civil rights leader, but also on how far we've come — and how very far we still have to go. Below is an updated list of recommended...
Peterson, left, and Aly Plasterer, Parnassus Books' children's bookseller and floor manager, host weekly storytimes. Photo courtesy of Hannah Peterson. As a bookstore children’s events manager and weekly storytime reader, I know firsthand that different books serve different purposes. A slow, peaceful story is perfect for bedtime. A heartwarming tale...
What is the ideal trim size for baby books? An average of six-by-six inches is what I see most often. It’s a good size for perusing, carrying, and even stacking by board books’ very young audience. I wonder if this convention harks back to Beatrix Potter, whose own picture books...
A Snow Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead; illus. by Erin E. Stead Preschool, Primary Roaring Brook 48 pp. 9/25 9781250324733 $19.99 In his third outing, city-dwelling zookeeper—and lover of snow—Amos McGee (A Sick Day for Amos McGee, rev. 5/10; Amos McGee Misses the Bus, rev. 11/21) eagerly...
How Six Found Christmas by Trina Schart Hyman; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Holiday 32 pp. 10/25 9780823461929 $15.99 In this reissue of a classic fable (rev. 12/69), a girl who has never heard of Christmas heads into a snowy forest to search for it. There she meets five...
The Little Ghost Quilt’s Winter Surprise by Riel Nason; illus. by Byron Eggenschwiler Primary Tundra 48 pp. 8/25 9781774885376 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781774885383 $10.99 The main character from The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt loves “flying outside in the wintertime.” Unfortunately, it is too cold for his ghost-sheet friends...
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