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Review of Snow Is…
Snow Is… by Laura Gehl; illus. by Sonia SánchezPreschool, Primary Wiseman/Simon 32 pp.10/24 9781665915595 $18.99e-book ed. 9781665915601 $10.99“Snow is a feeling the moment you wake / Snow is a stillness before the first flake.” This picture book shows us a classic snow day through the eyes of a young child....
Don’t Invite a Bear Inside for Hanukkah by Karen Rostoker-Gruber; illus. by Carles ArbatPreschool, Primary Apples & Honey/Behrman 32 pp.11/24 9781681156422 $19.95An offstage narrator addresses a child who ignores the titular advice. The ursine guest helps—and “helps”—with preparations; the digital-looking illustrations show that, for example, picking out tiny candles isn’t...
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Review of At Our Table
At Our Table by Patrick Hulse; illus. by Madelyn GoodnightPreschool, Primary Little, Brown 40 pp.10/24 9780316537056 $18.99This warm and thought-provoking picture book celebrates the many different ways that families come together to give thanks in the fall season. Hulse’s spare, meaningful text honors a table with room for “old traditions,...
Uri and the King of Darkness: A Hanukkah Story by Nati Bait; illus. by Carmel Ben Ami; trans. from Hebrew by Ilana KurshanPrimary Kalaniot/Endless Mountains 32 pp.10/24 9781962011983 $19.99Uri, his little sister Shir, and their mother are waiting for their father to come home to begin their Hanukkah celebration. As...
The House Without Lights by Reem Faruqi; illus. by Nadia AlamPreschool, Primary Holt 40 pp.9/24 9781250907219 $18.99e-book ed. 9781250399564 $11.99A house waits with anticipation for its new family to move in, envious of other houses’ decorations for Christmas, plus Diwali and Hanukkah. But Huda’s family doesn’t put up Christmas lights...
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Review of The Last Pomegranate
The Last Pomegranate by F. Nakhaei; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Clavis 32 pp.10/24 9798890630896 $18.95“For a perfect Yalda Night, you need a pomegranate.” No sooner does young Pouya find one than the wind plucks it from his hand. The fruit falls and rolls to Rabbit, who takes a few...
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by Barbara Kimmel; illus. by Ana ZuritaPreschool Kar-Ben 12 pp.10/24 9798765604564 $9.99“MARCH like a Maccabee—stomping your feet! / SHAKE like the jelly in a doughnut treat.” This board book dances through the details of Hanukkah, urging young listeners to spin like a dreidel and jump like a latke in a...
Elmore the Christmas Moose by Dev Petty; illus. by Mike BoldtPrimary Doubleday 40 pp.10/24 9780593487167 $18.99Library ed. 9780593487174 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593487181 $10.99Elmore the moose applies for his dream job as one of Santa’s reindeer, but there’s one problem: he can’t fly. Santa eventually figures out a different job for Elmore...
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Review of Mr. Santa
Mr. Santa by Jarvis; illus. by authorPreschool Candlewick 32 pp.10/24 9781536238839 $17.99e-book ed. 9781536240504 $17.99“Mr. Santa? Is it really you?” A child wakes up to find Santa Claus delivering gifts to their house and proceeds to show him around, pointing out pet fish and sharing gingerbread, all the while asking...
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