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Dancing with Water
Excellence in pictorial interpretation of story theme, or concept is one of the Caldecott Medal criteria. Tonya Engel’s oil paintings and Gwendolyn Wallace’s words in Dancing with Water tell the story of Kit and their grandfather bringing water to their community using the ancient practice of water divining or dowsing. The illustrations make clear the themes of love, resilience, and interconnectedness that are central to the story. ...
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Review of Two Artists, Grandad and Me
Two Artists, Grandad and Me by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow; illus. by the authorPrimary Doubleday 32 pp.1/26 9780593571224 $18.99Barlow presents a tender homage to intergenerational connection and a lively celebration of creative expression. When a young Charnelle hears the “bop, tap, clap of Grandad’s jazz” coming from his artist’s studio, she...
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Review of Seven Million Steps: The True Story of Dick Gregory’s Run for the Hungry
Seven Million Steps: The True Story of Dick Gregory’s Run for the Hungry by Derrick Barnes and Christian Gregory; illus. by Frank MorrisonPrimary Amistad/HarperCollins 40 pp.2/26 9780063357525 $19.99“What would you do if you knew someone who goes to bed every night without having supper?” With a second-person narration, Barnes and...
Review of Sisters in the Wind
Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley High School Holt 384 pp. 9/25 9781250328533 $19.99 e-book ed. 9781250328540 $11.99 Lucy Smith knows that someone is following her, and she decides it’s time to leave town. At first she suspects the handsome Potawatomi man who insists on talking to her at...
Review of A Place for Us
A Place for Us by James E. Ransome; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Paulsen/Penguin 32 pp. 8/25 9780593324882 $18.99 An opening note introduces this story of a mother and son experiencing homelessness. The otherwise wordless story opens with the mother walking through the city carrying a green backpack. She...
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Review of A Season for Fishin’: A Fish Fry Tradition
A Season for Fishin’: A Fish Fry Tradition by Pamela Courtney; illus. by Toni D. ChambersPrimary Farrar 40 pp.5/25 9780374390907 $18.99e-book ed. 9780374395360 $10.99It’s “Fish Fry Friday,” and Cher can’t wait: she is finally able to go on the family fishing trip. Papere gives her Great-Pere’s pole, with which he...
Review of A Most Perilous World: The True Story of the Young Abolitionists and Their Crusade Against Slavery
A Most Perilous World: The True Story of the Young Abolitionists and Their Crusade Against Slavery by Kristina R. Gaddy Middle School, High School Dutton 352 pp. 6/25 9780593855522 $19.99 e-book ed. 9780593855539 $11.99 Gaddy introduces readers to four young family members of prominent abolitionists and the contributions they made...
Review of The Gift of the Great Buffalo
The Gift of the Great Buffalo by Carole Lindstrom; illus. by Aly McKnightPrimary, Intermediate Bloomsbury 40 pp.2/25 9781547606887 $18.99e-book ed. 9781547606979 $13.29Rose, her oshiimeyan (younger sister), and their parents gather with other Métis families for the biannual buffalo hunt. This time will be different both because Rose’s pa is one...
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Review of The Girl and the Robot
The Girl and the Robot by Oz Rodriguez and Claribel A. OrtegaIntermediate, Middle School Disney-Hyperion 320 pp.3/25 9781368081856 $17.99Six months ago, strangers took twelve-year-old Mimi’s papi and deported him. Since then, she’s had to take over her father’s electronics repair business to help her mother pay for a lawyer. Mimi...
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