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Review of Seven Skies All at Once
Seven Skies All at Once by Ted Kooser; illus. by Matt MyersPrimary Candlewick 32 pp.7/25 9781536229004 $18.99e-book ed. 9781536249637 $18.99While two families hang out their laundry on a rooftop clothesline connecting their apartment buildings, a larger metaphor plays out farther up in the atmosphere. “The skies had hung out their...
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Review of Princess Battle Royale
Princess Battle Royale by Phaea Crede; illus. by Jen HillPrimary Viking 40 pp.8/25 9780593621370 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593621387 $10.99This picture book using comic-style conventions presents a mashup of professional-wrestling bluster and traditional fairy-tale characters and tropes in one dramatic sporting event: World Princess Wrestling, or WPW. Six princesses “from all over...
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Review of The Winding Willow
The Winding Willow by Will Hillenbrand; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Holiday 40 pp.9/25 9780823459452 $18.99Little mouse Hubert (The Voice in the Hollow, rev. 9/23) returns for a second snowy, mysterious tale. This one starts on his return home from shoveling a path to Aunt Nanny Mouse’s house. In the...
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Review of Safe at Last
Safe at Last by Richard Jones; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Candlewick 32 pp.5/25 9781536241310 $18.99e-book ed. 9781536249330 $18.99James lives on an island, which he shares with plenty of other creatures (otters, rabbits, birds, bears) whom he greets from his bike every day. Rounded shapes, soft textures, and warm colors...
Review of His Fairytale Life: A Book About Hans Christian Andersen
His Fairytale Life: A Book About Hans Christian Andersen by Jane Yolen; illus. by Brooke Boynton-Hughes Primary Porter/Holiday 32 pp. 4/25 9780823451036 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780823462261 $11.99 Winding through thirty-two pages of enchanting illustrations, one long sentence with a “once upon a time” feel deftly takes readers through the life...
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Review of 100 Goats and Granny!
100 Goats and Granny! by Atinuke; illus. by Lauren HindsPreschool, Primary Candlewick 40 pp.5/25 9781536238761 $18.99e-book ed. 9781536249187 $18.99This enthusiastic story opens with Granny and a small goat looking lovingly at each other while laundry dries on the line. “Granny’s got a goat!” This turns out to be an understatement:...
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Review of Pencil
Pencil by Hye-Eun Kim; illus. by the authorPrimary TOON 48 pp.3/25 9781662665530 $18.99This wordless picture book creatively and thoughtfully explores the life cycle of a pencil from tree to drawing implement. The story starts on a blank page with a pencil being sharpened. As the pages turn, the shavings morph...
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Review of All the Dogs
All the Dogs by Nicola Kent; illus. by the authorPreschool Andersen 32 pp.3/25 9798765663318 $18.99With cheery colors and an economy of well-chosen rhyming words and phrases, this picture book joyously celebrates dogs, sorting them into an amusing range of categories including traits, shapes, actions, and moods. Starting with “big dog,”...
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Review of Bianca and the Butterfly
Bianca and the Butterfly by Sergio Ruzzier; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Harper/HarperCollins 48 pp.1/25 9780063295889 $19.99While mother polar bear sleeps, readers meet Bianca, a cub who relishes her routines and surroundings—seeing the pale Arctic blues and greens, hearing the sounds of the ice, feeling the cold. “Bianca loves the...
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