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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The Goodbye Book

December 1, 2016

Where’s the Elephant?

December 1, 2016

Bloom

December 1, 2016