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Review of The Man Who Didn’t Like Animals
The Man Who Didn’t Like Animals by Deborah Underwood; illus. by LeUyen PhamPreschool, Primary Clarion/HarperCollins 40 pp.9/24 9780358567134 $19.99Did Old MacDonald always have a farm? This inventive prequel depicts a man living in town who “loved his tidy home and who didn’t like animals.” The illustrations bring readers cinematically down...
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Review of Still Life
Still Life by Alex London; illus. by Paul O. ZelinskyPreschool, Primary Greenwillow 40 pp.9/24 9780063229556 $19.99This inventive picture book skillfully merges two art styles to tell a story within a story, visually pushing boundaries. “This is a still life. It is a painting of objects sitting still. In a still...
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Review of Mr. Fox’s Game of “No!”
Mr. Fox’s Game of “No!” by David LaRochelle; illus. by Mike WohnoutkaPreschool, Primary Candlewick 40 pp.9/24 9781536229677 $17.99e-book ed. 9781536240481 $17.99Beware cartoon foxes luring unsuspecting readers into a challenge: “Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Step right up for a battle of wits.” The tricky fox in this interactive picture book looks harmless...
Review of Quagmire Tiarello Couldn’t Be Better
Quagmire Tiarello Couldn’t Be Better by Mylisa LarsenMiddle School, High School Clarion/HarperCollins 240 pp.9/24 9780063324664 $18.99e-book ed. 9780063324688 $10.99Quagmire Tiarello, so often misunderstood by his peers and the adults in his life, has a strong sense of loyalty and fairness but little tolerance for rules or authority. This companion to...
The Last Zookeeper
Under cheerfully intrepid cover art, Aaron Becker’s wordless picture book opens onto quite a mood with a wash of watercolors in gloomy grays and blues. Intricate scratchy lines depict a scene of old, crumbly stone buildings from who-knows-what era rising out of standing water. Isolated on various high points of...
Review of Telephone of the Tree
Telephone of the Tree by Alison McGhee Intermediate Rocky Pond/Penguin 208 pp.5/24 9780593698457 $17.99e-book ed. 9780593698464 $10.99In a first-person narrative, ten-year-old Ayla relates her special connection to her best friend, Kiri, beginning when they first reached out to each other as infants. Together they develop a keen interest in trees:...
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Review of The Duck with No Luck
The Duck with No Luck by Gemma Merino; illus. by the authorPreschool MCB/Pan Macmillan 32 pp.8/24 9781529093698 $14.99With the cadence of a folktale, the story starts, “There was once a duck…who thought he had no luck.” The next few pages of softly colored illustrations demonstrate why he might feel this...
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Review of All at Once upon a Time
All at Once upon a Time by Mara Rockliff; illus. by Gladys JosePreschool, Primary Abrams 48 pp.9/24 9781419768170 $18.99e-book ed. 9798887070315 $17.09This clever mash-up of traditional folk and fairy tales comes together to make a whole new twisted plot to revel in: “Once upon a time (now, tell me if...
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Review of When You Find the Right Rock
When You Find the Right Rock by Mary Lyn Ray; illus. by Felicita SalaPreschool, Primary Chronicle 48 pp.9/24 9781797214580 $18.99This stimulating ode to rocks validates the habits of collectors while offering a gateway to those who have yet to discover rocks’ allure. The childlike prose is reminiscent of Ruth Krauss’s...
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