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Review of Broken
Broken by X. Fang; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Tundra 48 pp.10/25 9781774882009 $18.99A young girl tells a story about a cup, a cat, and some cake. While visiting her grandma, bored Mei Mei decides to scare Mimi the cat but in doing so accidentally breaks Ama’s cup. Running outside,...
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Review of The Newest Gnome
The Newest Gnome by Lauren Soloy; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Tundra 72 pp.10/25 9781774887202 $19.99This follow-up to The Hidden World of Gnomes re-introduces the gnomes who call their forest home “The Pocket.” No white beards or red caps here: these hand-holding gnomes look a bit like children (with a...
The Search for Our Cosmic Neighbors by Chloe Savage; illus. by the authorPrimary Candlewick 40 pp.9/25 9781536247497 $18.99e-book ed. 9781536248753 $18.99Savage’s exquisitely illustrated speculative sci-fi picture book shifts focus from the Arctic Ocean in her previous work (The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish, rev. 5/23) to deep space, depicting...
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Review of Nunu and the Sea
Nunu and the Sea by Isabella Kung; illus. by the authorPrimary Knopf 48 pp.10/25 9780593812723 $18.99Enraged by homework she doesn’t understand, Nunu runs into her room, slams the door, screams, and tears up the yellow origami house on her desk. In a story line reminiscent of Sendak’s Where the Wild...
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Review of Mayhem at the Museum
Mayhem at the Museum by Hannah Brückner; illus. by the author; trans. from German by Laura WatkinsonPrimary NorthSouth 40 pp.9/25 9780735845855 $19.95Things go awry at the Dinosaur Museum on a busy Thursday at closing time—with the coat check attendant’s parakeet making the rounds. A child named Yuri is balancing precariously...
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Review of The Snowball Fight
The Snowball Fight by Beth Ferry; illus. by Tom LichtenheldPreschool, Primary Clarion/HarperCollins 48 pp.11/25 9780063327078 $19.99“Flurries hurry, floating down, / dusting, coating frozen ground. // Drifting flakes fall faster, faster, / turning things to alabaster.” These impressionistic opening lines accompany stark illustrations of two facing houses and the ground between...
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Review of Tea Is Love
Tea Is Love by Adib Khorram; illus. by Hanna ChaPrimary Dial 40 pp.10/25 9780593618530 $18.99Tea begins as a plant, plucked from misty hillsides. It is transported to a teahouse, purchased, and then steeped and shared. From there, it appears in many forms: poured at a wedding, brewed for tired new...
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Review of Late Today
Late Today by Jungyoon Huh; illus. by Myungae Lee; trans. from Korean by Aerin ParkPrimary Eerdmans 40 pp.9/25 9780802856494 $18.99It’s 8:15 a.m. in Seoul when a kitten “barely two weeks old” stumbles its way onto a car-congested bridge. Many of the commuters caught in traffic watch with bated breath and...
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Review of Cats on Cats on Cats
Cats on Cats on Cats by Maddie Frost; illus. by the authorPrimary Viking 40 pp.10/25 9780593690697 $18.99Beatrix treasures her weekly Saturday visits with her grandmother. Together they eat delicious treats, run errands, and go to the movies. But whenever she says goodbye, Beatrix feels sad, assuming Granny is lonely without...
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