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Review of Every Peach Is a Story
Every Peach Is a Story by David Mas Masumoto and Nikiko Masumoto; illus. by Lauren TamakiPrimary Cameron/Abrams 40 pp.3/25 9781949480290 $18.99e-book ed. 9798887070735 $17.09“A peach, like a story, needs time to grow.” Young Midori looks to her grandfather to instruct her about the peaches on their farm. She is impatient...
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Review of Here Is a Book
Here Is a Book by Elisha Cooper; illus. by the authorPrimary Abrams 40 pp.4/25 9781419766756 $18.99e-book ed. 9781647009366 $17.09“Here is a book” that seeks to connect children and their daily lives to art and the process of creation. Long, list-like sentences meander across multiple spreads, creating a meditative mood while...
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Review of Bunny Made Tea
Bunny Made Tea by Amanda Baehr Fuller; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Owlkids 32 pp.2/25 9781771476812 $18.95Bunny peers out into a blustery, unpleasant day and decides tea is the remedy. Gathering herbs and petals, Bunny makes some; the scent of a fresh brew attracts Opossum, also in need of a...
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Review of How to Make a Bedtime
How to Make a Bedtime by Meg McKinlay; illus. by Karen BlairPreschool, Primary Candlewick 32 pp.1/25 9781536236057 $18.99e-book ed. 9781536249811 $18.99Clad in blue pajamas, an adult bear (who serves as narrator) guides a young human child through their nightly bedtime routine in this comforting, lightly surreal tale. Walking on all...
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Review of The Greatest River
The Greatest River by Namita Moolani Mehra; illus. by Khoa LePrimary Harper/HarperCollins 40 pp.2/25 9780063207455 $19.99From an early age, Ananda has heard about the “magic” of India’s Ganga, a “holy river” worshipped as a goddess. “Ganga knows everything…She’s the greatest mother of all,” Mamma says. When her mother becomes ill,...
The Baby Who Stayed Awake Forever by Sandra Salsbury; illus. by the authorPreschool Doubleday 40 pp.3/25 9780593805879 $18.99Library ed. 9780593805886 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593805893 $8.99Mama, Papa, and Sister lovingly put Baby to bed at eight o’clock, but “sleeping is for koalas and teenagers. This baby intended to stay awake forever.” At...
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Review of My Friend May
My Friend May by Julie Flett; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Greystone Kids 40 pp.6/25 9781778401718 $19.95In this loving tribute to the mischievous cats we encounter throughout our lives, Flett tells the “rather true story” of an unintentional adventure that separates May, a black cat, from her best friend Margaux,...
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Review of Made for More
Made for More by Chloe Ito Ward; illus. by Gael AbaryPrimary Allida/HarperCollins 32 pp.2/25 9780063334144 $19.99A girl compares the color of her skin to that of her obaa, ojiichan, mama, and papa and probes her identity as the Hawaiian daughter of Japanese immigrants. While our protagonist’s obaa has “skin like...
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Review of When I Move
When I Move by Carole Boston Weatherford; illus. by Alea MarleyPreschool, Primary Union Square 40 pp.4/25 9781454945543 $18.99This is a picture book tailor-made for storytime: Weatherford’s succinct first-person text makes great use of repetition, as well as end rhymes that beg for children’s voices to complete. Well-paced page-turns at the...
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