CHILDREN'S
Released: May 21, 2013
"While the information is solid and simply presented, and the photos are eye-catching, the layout gets in the way of clarity. Stick with Kingfisher's Baby Animals series for zoology in board-book form. (Board book. 3-4)"
This introduction to zoology features a cover of layered, bubble-shaped pages of various sizes, each with an image of a zoo animal peeking through.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 21, 2013
"Nineteen books and five Geisel medals or honors along, Elephant and Piggie are still delivering funny, emotionally perceptive stories for just-emerging readers. As the big guy says: "BIG FUN!" (Early reader. 5-8)"
Gerald the elephant and Piggie return with another playground psychodrama, this one with a twist.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 21, 2013
"Who wouldn't? (Picture book. 6-9)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: May 21, 2013
"While not as strong as the first two titles in the series (1 2 3 Beep Beep Beep!: A Counting Book and Stop! Go! A Book of Opposites, both 2013), Biggs' playful vehicles keep this one chugging along. (Board book. 18 mos.-3)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: May 27, 2013
"An exceptionally well-written journey to make sense of the senseless. (Fiction. 14 & up)"
After one life-changing night with her secret crush Andy Cooper, Frenchie Garcia, a cigarette-smoking artist who quotes Dickinson and hangs out in a cemetery, is haunted.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 28, 2013
"Exciting, action-packed and absolutely marvelous. (Fantasy. 10 & up)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: May 28, 2013
"A good but not great good-night picture book. (Picture book. 2-6)"
A nighttime thunderstorm results in a crowded bed when a little boy welcomes his pets to snuggle up with him and his teddy bear in this cumulative, rhyming story that is reminiscent of
The Napping House but falters a bit in its pacing.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 28, 2013
"Great amusement for the bold and timid alike. (Picture book. 4-8)"
Young readers and listeners will feel like cheering when this unprepossessing hero gets his due.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 28, 2013
"Youngsters are sure to carry these images into their dreams. (Picture book. 3-6)"
Rhythmic lines will lull youngsters who are fully immersed in fairy-tale lore into a dreamy state.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 28, 2013
"Readers may appreciate the book's humor and psychological insight, but they shouldn't mistake it for an instruction manual. (Picture book. 3-6)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: May 28, 2013
"Middle-grade readers will find many ways to connect with Anna and her friends in this warm family and school story. (Fiction. 7-10)"
Worried that her newly adopted baby sister isn't gaining weight, fifth-grader Anna Wang and her friends Camille and Laura make the toddler the subject of a successful science-fair project.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 28, 2013
"Beautiful and energetic, if jumbled; Smith's a writer to watch. (Fiction. 14 & up)"
A young woman spirals into mania after hearing the truth about her sister's death in this flawed but heady debut.
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