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Review of the Day: Out of the Shadows by Fiona Robinson
Out of the Shadows: How Lotte Reiniger Made the First Animated Fairytale MovieBy Fiona RobinsonAbrams Books for Young ReadersISBN: 9781419740855$18.99Ages 4-8On shelves February 8, 2022 I would be the...
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Check It Out: A Petition to Add Children’s Nonfiction Lists to the NYT...
Folks, there are times when you hog the spotlight and there are times when you step out of the way. Today, we are hoping to do the latter. Melissa Stewart (whose book Summertime Sleepers recently won...
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Review of the Day: Seen and Unseen by Elizabeth Partridge, ill. Lauren Tamaki
Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams’s Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American IncarcerationBy Elizabeth PartridgeIllustrated by Lauren TamakiChronicle...
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31 Days, 31 Lists: 2022 Nonfiction Books for Older Readers
Okay. Same drill as yesterday, just a touch older. As I mentioned before, you’re going to see a lot of books on today’s list that you’ve already seen on some of the previous lists (the Gross list, the...
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Review of the Day: An American Story by Kwame Alexander, ill. Dare Coulter
An American StoryBy Kwame AlexanderIllustrated by Dare CoulterLittle, Brown and Company$18.99ISBN: 978-0-316-47312-5Ages 7 and upOn shelves now How soon is too soon? How early is too early? Is it...
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“A game changer!” Dive Into the NCTE’s Position Statement on the Role of...
photo: Melissa Stewart Did you miss it when it was released? Do you know how important it is? Wait. Stop. Let me start in another way. In a nation, where increasingly people ban and forbid the reading...
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Review of the Day: Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano...
Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by HimselfCreated by Monica Edinger and Lesley YoungeZest Books (an imprint of Lerner)$17.99ISBN: 9781728464077Ages 12 and upOn shelves March...
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Review of the Day: The Mona Lisa Vanishes by Nicholas Day, ill. Brett Helquist
The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global CelebrityBy Nicholas DayIllustrated by Brett HelquistRandom House Studio (and imprint of Random House...
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Review of the Day – Alone: The Journeys of Three Young Refugees by Paul Tom,...
Alone: The Journeys of Three Young RefugeesBy Paul TomIllustrated by Mélanie BaillairgéTranslated by Arielle AaronsonGroundwood Books (House of Anansi Press)$24.99ISBN: 9781773069272Ages 10 and upOn...
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31 Days, 31 Lists: 2023 Nonfiction Books for Older Readers
While serving on various book committees made up of librarians, the subject area that may be the most difficult to get folks to read is, sadly, older nonfiction for kids. For those of my generation...
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