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Review of Noodles on a Bicycle
Noodles on a Bicycle by Kyo Maclear; illus. by Gracey Zhang Preschool, Primary Random House Studio/Random 40 pp. 8/24 9780593706084 $18.99 Library ed. 9780593706091 $21.99 e-book ed. 9780593706107 $10.99 The creators of The Big Bath House (rev. 11/21) take readers back to Japan, this time for a wild bicycle ride...
Review of Pearl
Pearl by Sherri L. Smith; illus. by Christine NorrieIntermediate, Middle School Graphix/Scholastic 144 pp.8/24 9781338029437 $24.99Paper ed. 9781338029420 $12.99e-book ed. 9781338029444 $12.99In this graphic novel, a Japanese American girl visiting family outside Hiroshima is trapped there after Japan bombs Pearl Harbor. Amy’s sōsobo (great-grandmother), whose underwater pearl-diving feats are beloved...
Review of Emma Full of Wonders
Emma Full of Wonders by Elisha Cooper; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Roaring Brook 40 pp.4/24 9781250884763 $18.99e-book ed. 9781250375889 $11.99“Emma was a large dog with many small dreams.” She dreams about her favorite things, such as rolling in the grass and splashing in water. In Cooper’s (most recently Yes...
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Review of Fake Chinese Sounds
Fake Chinese Sounds by Jing Jing Tsong; illus. by the author Intermediate Kokila/Penguin 208 pp.4/24 9780525553427 $23.99Paper ed. 9780525553434 $13.99e-book ed. 9780525554127 $8.99In this graphic novel, fifth grader Mei Ying and her Taiwanese immigrant mother deal with daily microaggressions. Mom says people don’t mean to be offensive, but Mei hates...
Review of Ruth Asawa: An Artist Takes Shape
Ruth Asawa: An Artist Takes Shape by Sam Nakahira; illus. by the authorIntermediate, Middle School Getty 112 pp.3/24 9781947440098 $19.95This graphic-format biography of Japanese American artist Asawa (1926–2013) begins on December 7, 1941, as teenage Ruth and her farming family hear that Japan has attacked Pearl Harbor. Soon the FBI...
Review of Just like Millie
Just like Millie by Lauren Castillo; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Candlewick 40 pp.4/24 9781536224818 $17.99e-book ed. 9781536237122 $17.99In this comforting story, a young girl and her mother move to a cozy apartment in a new city where she happily plays by herself whenever her mom has to work in...
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Review of To the Ice
To the Ice by Thomas Tidholm; illus. by Anna-Clara Tidholm; trans. from Swedish by Julia MarshallPrimary, Intermediate Gecko 80 pp.11/23 9781776575077 $18.99At the start of this chapter book, three children (“Jack, Max and me, Ida”) playing by a creek accidentally float away on an ice floe. The creek becomes a...
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Review of Milo Walking
Milo Walking by James Howe; illus. by Sakika KikuchiPreschool Abrams 40 pp.11/23 9781419755200 $18.99e-book ed. 9781647003425 $15.54Every morning, Milo and his mom go for the same walk, “but what they see is never the same.” It’s not just seeing, either—they use all their senses. When they come across a rain...
Review of Cinderella and a Mouse Called Fred
Cinderella and a Mouse Called Fred by Deborah Hopkinson; illus. by Paul O. ZelinskyPrimary Schwartz/Random 48 pp.8/23 9780593480038 $18.99Library ed. 9780593480045 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593480052 $10.99A fairly standard retelling changes course quickly when Cinderella storms out of the ball (“What a disaster!”) declaring that the prince is a snob and her...
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