Book Reviews
Moo, Baa, Fa La La La La! by Sandra Boynton; illus. by the author Preschool Boynton Bookworks/Simon 16 pp. g 9/22 978-1-6659-1435-2 $6.99 The familiar farmyard gang celebrates Christmas Eve in Boynton’s latest holiday-themed board book (Christmas Parade, rev. 11/20; Boo! Baa, La La La!, rev. 9/21). After “deck[ing] the...
Season of Light by Jess Redman; illus. by Ramona Kaulitzki Preschool, Primary Farrar 40 pp. g 9/22 978-0-374-31460-6 $18.99 Redman’s lyrical rhyming text describes with anticipation the preparations that take place before Christmas. She showcases common traditions of the holiday that explain why this is a...
Strum & Drum: A Merry Little Quest by Jashar Awan; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Tundra 56 pp. g 10/22 978-0-7352-7239-2 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-0-7352-7240-8 $10.99 Guitarist Strum and drummer Drum “wanted to march all the way to the Great Star in the north!” Off...
Murray Christmas by E. G. Keller; illus. by the author Primary Abrams 40 pp. g 9/22 978-1-4197-5392-3 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-6470-0269-5 $15.54 Scrappy little mutt Murray takes his ID-tag label of “Patrol Dog” seriously, barking at any and all perceived threats to his humans. Christmastime and its...
Happy All-idays! by Cindy Jin; illus. by Rob Sayegh Jr. Preschool Little Simon 16 pp. g 9/22 978-1-6659-2141-1 $7.99 e-book ed. 978-1-6659-2548-8 $7.99 “The time has come to send holiday cheer / to family and friends far and near.” Outside an apartment building whose windows showcase holiday decorations (including...
The Christmas Book Flood by Emily Kilgore; illus. by Kitty Moss Primary Farrar 40 pp. g 11/22 978-0-374-38899-7 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-0-374-39163-8 $10.99 Kilgore introduces readers to a popular Icelandic tradition, where people give one another books on Christmas Eve and then read all night long. Her...
Harvest Days: Giving Thanks Around the World by Kate DePalma; illus. by Martina Peluso Primary Barefoot 40 pp. g 9/22 978-1-64686-626-7 $17.99 Paper ed. 987-1-64686-627-4 $9.99 A series of eye-pleasing, digitally rendered double-page spreads depicts twelve different holiday traditions around the world (e.g., Martes de Challa in Bolivia; Crop Over...
Mother Winter by James Christopher Carroll; illus. by the author Primary Creative Editions 16 pp. g 8/22 978-1-56846-377-3 $16.99 “If you are awake, / on the longest cold night, / when the wind curls and frost holds time, / you’ll hear her bells and smell the first snow, /...
Clarice Bean: Think like an Elf by Lauren Child; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Candlewick 240 pp. g 9/22 978-1-5362-2365-1 $19.99 Clarice Bean fans rejoice: the star of highly illustrated chapter books (and of picture books) brings her trademark exuberant stream-of-consciousness narration (with occasional sly...
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