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CHILDREN'S
1-2-3 PEASby Keith Baker & illustrated by Keith Baker
Whether they’re counting scores of peas, enjoying the rhymes and puns or relishing the funny visual quirks, families are... Full review >
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IT'S RAINING, IT'S POURINGillustrated by Christine Davenier
The original song with its three-part counterpoint is deliciously imagined on these pages. Full review >
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ROCKET WRITES A STORYby Tad Hills & illustrated by Tad Hills
A perfect choice to inspire new readers and writers. Full review >
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INVINCIBLE MICROBEby Jim Murphy & Alison Blank
Who knew the biography of a germ could be so fascinating? (acknowledgments, picture credits, index [not seen]) (Nonfiction.... Full review >
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JACK AND THE BAKED BEANSTALKby Colin Stimpson & illustrated by Colin Stimpson
Stimpson’s money-can’t-buy-happiness moral goes down easily with the help of his wonderfully atmospheric artwork. Full review >
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DAY BY DAYby Susan Gal & illustrated by Susan Gal
A luminous celebration of family, food and home. Full review >
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MOM, IT'S MY FIRST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN!by Hyewon Yum & illustrated by Hyewon Yum
Yum has perfectly captured the emotional ups and downs of both parent and child in a visually expressive work that will... Full review >
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NANNY PIGGINS AND THE WICKED PLANby R.A. Spratt & illustrated by Dan Santat
Feisty, funny Nanny Piggins and her adoring charges will charm readers and listeners stateside, who'll be overjoyed there... Full review >
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ON THE DAY I DIEDLight on explicit grue but well endowed with macabre detail and leavening dashes of humor. Full review >
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FLYING THE DRAGONA quiet, beautifully moving portrayal of a multicultural family. Full review >
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OUT ON THE PRAIRIEby Donna M. Bateman & illustrated by Susan Swan
Another outstanding appreciation of the natural world for young readers and listeners both. Full review >
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MONKEY COLORSby Darrin Lunde & illustrated by Patricia J. Wynne
Simple and effective, a charming early reader about variety in the natural world. Full review >
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MOONBIRDB95 is a 4-ounce, robin-sized shorebird, a red knot of the subspecies rufa. Each February he joins a flock that lifts off... Full review >
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TIMELESS THOMASby Gene Barretta & illustrated by Gene Barretta
A glowing tribute to the inventor who continues to influence modern life. Full review >
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BILL THE BOY WONDERby Marc Tyler Nobleman & illustrated by Ty Templeton
Though Finger has been a known commodity to comics cognoscenti for years, this salute in his own format will make the... Full review >
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THE SUPERHEROES EMPLOYMENT AGENCYby Marilyn Singer & illustrated by Noah Z. Jones
When budgets or problems aren’t quite right for the likes of Spider-Man or the Dark Knight, here’s a reasonably priced... Full review >
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THE HORSE AND THE PLAINS INDIANSby Dorothy Hinshaw Patent & photographed by William Muñoz
Very well done; an important resource. (Nonfiction. 8-12) Full review >
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LOVE, AMALIAby Alma Flor Ada & Gabriel M. Zubizarreta
A charming story, especially for children facing the loss of grandparents. Full review >
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HEART OF STONEby M.L. Welsh
The Mistress, they discover, was as merciless to her own family as to humans. Providing the background, Welsh inserts a tale... Full review >
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DANGEROUS PUMPKINSby Emily Jenkins & illustrated by Harry Bliss
Appealing any time of the year. Full review >
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PIGMARESby Doug Cushman ; illustrated by Doug Cushman
Likely to inspire more giggles than gasps; these hammy horrors are sure to please. Full review >
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THE HOUSE THAT GEORGE BUILTby Suzanne Slade & illustrated by Rebecca Bond
Sure to see—and worthy of—plenty of use, and not just in election years. Full review >
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ALL BY MYSELF!by Émile Jadoul & illustrated by Émile Jadoul
Little readers, future readers and exhausted parental readers will appreciate the charming presentation of tidy art and the... Full review >
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BOW-WOW WIGGLE-WAGGLEby Mary Newell DePalma & illustrated by Mary Newell DePalma
Full of energy and zip, this is a good example of onomatopoeia, well complemented by the engaging pictures and heartfelt... Full review >
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OF GIANTS AND ICEby Shelby Bach
This fast-paced combination of middle school realism and fairy-tale fantasy will appeal particularly to imaginative readers... Full review >
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WUMBERSby Amy Krouse Rosenthal & illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld
Let’s just hope there are no h8trs. Full review >
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SAVING YASHAby Lia Kvatum & photographed by Liya Pokrovskaya
An affectionate picture of bears and bear scientists, capped with a page of moon bear facts and an afterword. Full review >
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THE FO'C'SLEby Henry Beston & illustrated by Nan Parson Rossiter & retold by Nan Parson Rossiter
The language and visuals both will put budding naturalists in a meditative mood. Full review >
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THE MISADVENTURES OF DON QUIXOTEretold by Tom Lathrop illustrated by Jack Davis
Cramped page design aside, an appealing first exposure for younger readers that highlights the story’s comedy over its... Full review >
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THE BIG WOODS ORCHESTRAby Guido van Genechten & illustrated by Guido van Genechten
Simple and sweet. Full review >
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