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Review of The Hero Twins and the Magic of Song

The Hero Twins and the Magic of Song [Tales of the Feathered Serpent] by David Bowles; illus. by Charlene Bowles Middle School    Cinco Puntos/Lee & Low    80 pp. 10/24    Paper ed.  9781947627697    $15.95 Spanish ed.  9781947627703    $15.95 This follow-up to Rise of the Halfling King (rev. 11/20) tells the story—again...

Review of King Alfred and the Ice Coffin

King Alfred and the Ice Coffin by Kevin Crossley-Holland; illus. by Chris Riddell Intermediate, Middle School    Candlewick Studio    88 pp. 11/24    9781536238808    $18.99 Quick, lyrical prose, an ear for the music of words, and an affection for Britain’s medieval past characterize much of Crossley-Holland’s work. He brings it all into...

Review of Night Stories: Folktales from Latin America

Night Stories: Folktales from Latin America by Liniers; illus. by the authorPrimary, Intermediate    TOON    48 pp.6/24    9781662665295    $17.99Paper ed.  9781662665301    $11.99Spanish ed.  9781662665356    $17.99Two siblings should be going to sleep, but one of them asks the other, “Can you tell me a story? A SCARY one.” That opens the door...

Review of The Seventh Direction: A Legend of Creation

The Seventh Direction: A Legend of Creation by Kevin Locke; illus. by Kristy CameronPrimary    Medicine Wheel    48 pp.3/24    9781778540134    $18.95Renowned Indigenous storyteller Locke (Lakota and Anishinabe) provides an engaging retelling of a Lakota legend. Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka (the Great Spirit) creates the world in seven days. After sending power to the...

Review of Hello: How Nüwa Created the World

Hello: How Nüwa Created the World by Viola Wang; illus. by the author Primary    Little Bee    40 pp. 2/24    9781499814927    $18.99 e-book ed.  9781499814934    $9.99 This story (inspired by the Chinese myth of Nüwa, who crafted humankind) takes readers and listeners on a journey back to a time “when the...

Review of The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale

The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale by Jon Klassen; illus. by the authorPrimary    Candlewick    112 pp.7/23    9781536223361    $19.99e-book ed.  9781536232158    $19.99“One night…Otilla finally ran away.” After trekking through the snowy forest, she knocks at the door of a large old house. A skull in the window says he’ll let the girl...

Review of Arthur, the Always King

Arthur, the Always King by Kevin Crossley-Holland; illus. by Chris RiddellIntermediate, Middle School    Candlewick Studio    240 pp.4/23    9781536212655    $29.99Crossley-Holland (the Arthur Trilogy, including The Seeing Stone, rev. 11/01) presents a retelling of several Arthurian stories and parts of Thomas Malory’s sweeping Morte d’Arthur. He has shaped his work “to tell...

Review of The Making of Butterflies

The Making of Butterflies by Zora Neale Hurston; adapted by Ibram X. Kendi; illus. by Kah Yangni Preschool    Amistad/HarperCollins    24 pp. 3/23    9780063111585    $9.99 In this board-book adaptation of a pourquoi story chronicled in Hurston’s 1935 anthology Mules and Men, Kendi and Yangni collaborate to introduce young children to the...

Review of Ancient Night

Ancient Night by David Álvarez with David Bowles; illus. by David Álvarez Preschool, Primary    Em Querido/Levine Querido    40 pp. 3/23    9781646142514    $18.99 Spanish ed.  9781646142545    $18.99 e-book ed.  9781646142859    $18.99 Rabbit keeps the moon shining brightly by trekking across the world to bring back aguamiel, “the precious, glowing nectar that...
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