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Review of Bounce!: A Scientific History of Rubber

Bounce!: A Scientific History of Rubber by Sarah Albee; illus. by Eileen Ryan Ewen Primary    Charlesbridge    48 pp. 10/24    978623543792    $18.99 e-book ed.  9781632893574    $9.99 Inviting readers into this spirited book, a bouncing red-rubber ball generates a path leading from the initial endpapers to the first words of text. Here...

Review of The Curse of Madame Petrova

The Curse of Madame Petrova by Marjolijn Hof; illus. by Annette Fienieg; trans. from Dutch by Bill Nagelkerke Middle School    Em Querido/Levine Querido    272 pp. 9/24    9781646144532    $18.99 Silke and her twin brother, Janis, are fated to cause each other’s demise, or so predicted Madame Petrova when she read the...

Review of How We Share Cake

How We Share Cake by Kim Hyo-eun; illus. by the author; trans. from Korean by Deborah Smith Preschool, Primary    Scribble    56 pp. 10/24    9781957363851    $19.95 In this clever, humorous Korean import, a young girl describes how she and her two brothers and two sisters share things fairly. Snacks are divided...

Review of A Forest Song

A Forest Song by Kirsten Hall; illus. by Evan TurkPrimary    Random House Studio/Random    40 pp.2/25    9780593480366    $18.99Library ed.  9780593480373    $21.99e-book ed.  9780593480380    $8.99This cento (a poem composed of passages from other writers) pays reverent tribute to the natural world, weaving together the words of poets such as Emily Dickinson, Mary...
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Review of In the Desert

In the Desert by David Elliott; illus. by Gordy WrightPrimary    Candlewick    40 pp.3/25    9781536223385    $18.99In fifteen verses, Elliott celebrates creatures who inhabit the Sahara Desert—and, in one introductory poem, the desert itself. As always in this winning series (see At the Poles, rev. 9/23, and eight other titles), the poems...
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Review of The Poet and the Bees: A Story of the Seasons Sylvia Plath Kept Bees

The Poet and the Bees: A Story of the Seasons Sylvia Plath Kept Bees by Amy Novesky; illus. by Jessica LovePrimary, Intermediate    Viking    32 pp.2/25    9780593526392    $18.99e-book ed.  9780593526408    $10.99Novesky provides a snapshot of Plath (1932–1963) inspired by her poems and letters about her brief experience with beekeeping. The text...
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Review of Safe Crossing

Safe Crossing by Kari Percival; illus. by the authorPrimary    Chronicle    48 pp.1/25    9781797214566    $18.99Why do amphibians cross a dark, perilous road? To lay their eggs, of course. But sometimes they need help. In the middle of the night, a biracial family dons rain gear over PJs, gathers equipment, and joins...
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Review of Rose Weaves a Garden

Rose Weaves a Garden by Rashin Kheiriyeh; illus. by the authorPrimary    Schwartz/Random    40 pp.4/25    9780593705100    $18.99Library ed.  9780593705117    $21.99e-book ed.  9780593705124    $10.99Rose’s grandfather is a rug weaver, working mornings in a factory and weaving in the afternoon for friends and family on his at-home loom. Rose loves watching Baba joon’s...
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Review of Springtime Storks: A Migration Love Story

Springtime Storks: A Migration Love Story by Carol Joy Munro; illus. by Chelsea O’ByrnePrimary    Minerva/Astra    40 pp.12/24    9781662651212    $18.99e-book ed.  9781662651229    $11.99This moving tale of two storks begins when one of them, Katerina, who narrates the story, is shot from the sky and falls to the fields below. A farmer...
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