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Review of Where I Live: Poems About My Home, My Street, and My Town

Where I Live: Poems About My Home, My Street, and My Town selected by Paul B. Janeczko; illus. by Hyewon YumPrimary, Intermediate    Candlewick    48 pp.3/23    9781536200942    $18.99This collection of variously contemplative and playful poems offers an intimate picture of daily life from a child’s point of view. Thirty-four poems about...
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Review of The Dream Train: Poems for Bedtime

The Dream Train: Poems for Bedtime by Sean Taylor; illus. by Anuska AllepuzPreschool    Candlewick    88 pp.3/23    9781536228342    $19.99British poet Taylor sends little ones to bed with thirty imaginative poems in three thematic sets: “Night Arrives,” “Shut-Your-Eyes Time,” and “Dream Wheels Turning.” With a mix of rhyming and free-verse poetry, along...

Review of Voices of the People

Voices of the People by Joseph Bruchac; illus. by various artistsMiddle School, High School    Reycraft    96 pp.12/22    9781478875161    $18.95Paper ed.  9781478875154    $17.95“Those you are about to meet are real people, not stereotypes. They are women and men who truly were, through their words and their deeds, voices of the people.”...

Review of Remember

Remember by Joy Harjo; illus. by Michaela GoadePrimary    Random House Studio/Random    40 pp.3/23    9780593484845    $18.99Library ed.  9780593484838    $21.99e-book ed.  9780593484821    $10.99Generation-spanning Native creators deliver a lustrous celebration of generational memory. U.S. Poet Laureate Harjo (Mvskoke) wrote the poem that is this book’s text in 1983; Caldecott ­Medalist Goade’s (Tlingit) illustrations...

Review of Counting in Dog Years and Other Sassy Math Poems

Counting in Dog Years and Other Sassy Math Poems by Betsy Franco; illus. by Priscilla Tey Primary, Intermediate    Candlewick    40 pp.    g 10/22    978-1-5362-0116-1    $18.99 Silly humor and punchy payoffs abound in Franco’s (Mathematickles!, rev. 7/03) latest math-themed poetry collection. Take, for example, “Mom Time,” in...

Review of Ready for Spaghetti: Funny Poems for Funny Kids

Ready for Spaghetti: Funny Poems for Funny Kids by Michael Rosen; illus. by Polly Dunbar Preschool    Candlewick    64 pp.    g 10/22    978-1-5362-2497-9    $18.99 This collection of poetry for the very young opens with a note to adults: children need to explore the sounds of language, and...

Review of The Real Dada Mother Goose: A Treasury of Complete Nonsense

The Real Dada Mother Goose: A Treasury of Complete Nonsense by Jon Scieszka; illus. by Julia Rothman Primary, Intermediate    Candlewick    80 pp.    g 10/22    978-0-7636-9434-0    $19.99 Since the 1992 publication of The Stinky Cheese Man (rev. 11/92), Scieszka has been upending conventions in children’s literature. Here,...

Review of Copycat: Nature-Inspired Design Around the World

Copycat: Nature-Inspired Design Around the World by Christy Hale; illus. by the author Primary    Lee & Low    40 pp.    g 9/22    978-1-64379-230-9    $20.95 e-book ed.  978-1-64379-474-7    $20.95 Hale (Water Land, rev. 7/18) introduces readers to biomimicry through fifteen examples found in everyday life as well as...

Review of Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual

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Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual by Carole Boston Weatherford; illus. by Frank Morrison Primary, Intermediate     Crown    32 pp.     g 9/22     978-0-593-30634-5     $18.99 Library ed.  978-0-593-30635-2    $21.99 e-book ed.  978-0-593-30636-9    $10.99 This is a moving walk through African American...
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