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December 2016: A Young Friends Bookshelf
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December 2016: A Young Friends Bookshelf
The Goodbye Book
By Todd Parr. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2015. 32 pages. $17/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 2–5. The Goodbye…
Reviewed by Emilie Gay
December 2016: A Young Friends Bookshelf
Where’s the Elephant?
By Barroux. Candlewick Press, 2016. 32 pages. $14.99/hardcover. Recommended for ages 3–7. Where’s the Elephant? begins like a picture puzzle…
Reviewed by Anne Nydam
December 2016: A Young Friends Bookshelf
Bloom
By Doreen Cronin, illustrated by David Small. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2016. 40 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $10.99/eBook. Recommended for ages…
Reviewed by Margaret T. Walden
December 2016: A Young Friends Bookshelf
Ada’s Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay
By Susan Hood, illustrated by Sally Wern Comport. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2016. 40 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $10.99/eBook.…
Reviewed by Vickie LeCroy
December 2016: A Young Friends Bookshelf
The William Hoy Story: How a Deaf Baseball Player Changed the Game
By Nancy Churnin, illustrated by Jez Tuya. Albert Whitman & Company, 2016. 32 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $6.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 5–8.…
Reviewed by James Foritano
December 2016: A Young Friends Bookshelf
The Water Princess
By Susan Verde and Georgie Badiel, illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds. G.P. Putnam’s Sons’ Books for Young Readers, 2016. 40…
Reviewed by Sandy and Tom Farley
December 2016: A Young Friends Bookshelf
The Artist and Me
By Shane Peacock, illustrated by Sophie Casson. Owlkids Books, 2016. 40 pages. $16.95/hardcover. Recommended for ages 5–9. This beautifully illustrated…
Reviewed by Lucinda Hathaway
December 2016: A Young Friends Bookshelf
Dorothea’s Eyes: Dorothea Lange Photographs the Truth
By Barb Rosenstock, illustrated by Gérard DuBois. Calkins Creek, 2016. 40 pages. $16.95/hardcover. Recommended for ages 8–12. I have always…
Reviewed by Hina Fathima
December 2016: A Young Friends Bookshelf
The Extraordinary Suzy Wright: A Colonial Woman on the Frontier
By Teri Kanefield. Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2016. 64 pages. $19.95/hardcover; $15.54/eBook. Recommended for ages 8–12. This is a…
Reviewed by Paul Buckley
December 2016: A Young Friends Bookshelf
Approved! A Story About Quaker Meeting for Business
By Nancy L. Haines, illustrated by Anne E. G. Nydam. Pleasant Green Books, 2016. 24 pages. $12/paperback. Recommended for ages…
Reviewed by Eileen Redden
December 2016: A Young Friends Bookshelf
Wolf Hollow
By Lauren Wolk. Dutton Children’s Books, 2016. 294 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $10.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 10 and up. “The year I…
Reviewed by Judith Favor
December 2016: A Young Friends Bookshelf
The Power of Goodness: Art and Stories for a Culture of Peace
Edited by Nadine Hoover, forewords by Pete Seeger and Musa Akhmadov. Conscience Studio, 2016. 120 pages, $20/paperback. Recommended for all…
Reviewed by Dave Austin
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December 1, 2016
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