Emma Shacochis

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Review of The Day We Got Lost

The Day We Got Lost by Faith Pray; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary    Little, Brown    40 pp.8/24    9780316541176    $18.99A chaotic household tries to reset by heading out for a forest hike. It’s hard to enjoy the serenity of nature, though, when no one will help Mom, Grandpa keeps telling old...
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Review of Brownstone

Brownstone by Samuel Teer; illus. by Mar Julia; color by Ashanti FortsonMiddle School, High School    Versify/HarperCollins    320 pp.6/24    9780358394754    $26.99Paper ed.  9780358394747    $18.99e-book ed.  9780358393764    $12.99In this empathetic coming-of-age graphic novel, nearly-fifteen-year-old Almudena reluctantly spends the summer of 1995 with Xavier, her Guatemalan father whom she’s never met, so that...
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Review of My Thoughts Have Wings

My Thoughts Have Wings by Maggie Smith; illus. by Leanne HatchPreschool, Primary    Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins    32 pp.2/24    9780063214583    $19.99“Not-so-good” thoughts flutter and flap around a child’s head at bedtime: “What if there are spiders in the house? What if I have a scary dream when I fall asleep?” Mom senses...

The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

While it’s not without its callbacks to the original young adult trilogy, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes — adapted from Suzanne Collins’s bestselling 2020 prequel — intentionally feels worlds away from the version of Panem that fans are used to. Set sixty-four years before Katniss volunteers...
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Review of The Christmassy Cactus

The Christmassy Cactus by Beth Ferry; illus. by A. N. KangPreschool, Primary    Harper/HarperCollins    40 pp.9/23    9780063039643    $18.99e-book ed.  9780063334342    $10.99Christmas trees get all the attention—why shouldn’t cacti get their own tinsel? Ferry inspires empathy for protagonist Tiny Cactus through a mutually adoring relationship between the plant and her young owner....
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