Elissa Gershowitz

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Review of The Little Green Swing

The Little Green Swing by Brenda Maier; illus. by Sonia SánchezPrimary    Scholastic    40 pp.9/24    9781338816198    $18.99Paper ed.  9781546145691    $8.95The third zippy folklore-inflected book about inventive Ruby and her three rambunctious brothers, Oscar Lee, Rodrigo, and José (The Little Red Fort, rev. 3/18; The Little Blue Bridge), is a takeoff on...
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Review of How to Pee Your Pants: The Right Way

How to Pee Your Pants: The Right Way by Rachel Michelle Wilson; illus. by the authorPrimary    Feiwel    32 pp.10/24    9781250910172    $18.99e-book ed.  9781250405449    $11.99In this nonjudgmental, laid-back, and very funny picture book, a bespectacled young penguin demonstrates how to cope with a potty accident at school: “It can happen when...

Review of The Forbidden Book

The Forbidden Book by Sacha Lamb Middle School, High School    Levine/Levine Querido    256 pp. 10/24    9781646144563    $19.99 ebook ed.  9781646144822    $13.99 “On a full moon night, after a day of fasting, the young bride Sorel Kalmans leapt from a window and left her life behind.” Seventeen-year-old Sorel is betrothed to...
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Review of Uri and the King of Darkness: A Hanukkah Story

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...
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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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Review of On a Chariot of Fire: The Story of India’s Bene Israel

On a Chariot of Fire: The Story of India’s Bene Israel by Erica Lyons; illus. by Siona BenjaminPrimary    Levine/Levine Querido    40 pp.9/24    9781646144341    $18.99The Bene Israel, one of the “three largest groups of Jews in India,” arrived around 175 BCE. They were fleeing the reign of Antiochus IV Epiphanes just...
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Review of Oy, Santa!: Or, There’s a Latke to Learn About Hanukkah

Oy, Santa!: Or, There’s a Latke to Learn About Hanukkah by Joyce Schriebman; illus. by Gila von MeissnerPrimary    Intergalactic Afikoman    40 pp.10/24    9781951365226    $19.99With Hanukkah fast approaching, Oliver writes an email to Santa: “I’m Jewish. And that means you don’t have to come down my chimney on Christmas Eve. I...

Review of Beti and the Little Round House

Beti and the Little Round House by Atinuke; illus. by Emily HughesPrimary    Candlewick    128 pp.10/24    9781536225181    $18.99Fans of Atinuke’s beloved chapter-book series know that Anna Hibiscus “lives in Africa. Amazing Africa” and Too-Small Tola “lives in Lagos, unbelievable Lagos.” Now we meet protagonist Beti, who lives with her mother, father,...

Review of Pick the Lock

Pick the Lock by A.S. KingHigh School    Dutton    400 pp.9/24    9780593353974    $19.99e-book ed.  9780593353998    $10.99Jane, sixteen, lives with her father, Vernon; her younger brother, Henry; house staff; and a rat in a Victorian-style mansion that has been in her mother’s family for generations. Mom is a punk rock star (a...
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