CHILDREN'S
Released: Dec. 27, 2011
"Sensitive, restrained--but festive too…with a closing note that China has over 100 million migrant workers, many separated from their families except during the holiday. (Picture book. 6-8)"
Chinese New Year brings a young family joyously but all-too-briefly back together in this poignant import.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Dec. 27, 2011
"An airy flight of imagination, bi-cultural as well as bilingual. (Picture book. 6-8)"
A cloud carries a delighted lad over a city and an amusement park, past kites and fireworks, then on to dreams.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Dec. 20, 2011
"Light and entertaining fun. (Picture book. 2-6)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: Dec. 15, 2011
"Grim, upsetting and utterly beautiful, this is both a strong anti-war statement and a fascinating glimpse of a little-known historical event. (Picture book. 8 & up)"
Definitely for older children (and most likely to be appreciated by adults), this version of the true story of the Christmas Truce of 1914 is told through the eyes of a fictional young Welshman, with a terse yet lyrical text and stark, dramatic illustrations.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Dec. 8, 2011
"Not just an illustrated version of the rhyme, this is a fleshed-out account of a lamb's tail/tale that all children and adults should know. (Picture book. 5-9)"
The "real" story of Mary and her lamb, as the subtitle states, as told and illustrated in Moses' familiar folk-art style.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Dec. 6, 2011
"A welcome return for the indomitable Anna. (Fiction. 8-12)"
Barely pausing from their labors, recounted in
The Great Hamster Massacre (2011), Anna and Suzanne return to sow more mayhem.
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