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December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf
December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf
Can Sophie Change the World?
By Nancy Elizabeth Wallace, illustrated by Aura Lewis. Chronicle Books, 2022. 32 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $11.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 3–5. This…
Alla Podolsky
December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf
The Good for Nothing Tree
By Amy-Jill Levine and Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, illustrated by Annie Bowler. Flyaway Books, 2022. 40 pages. $18/hardcover; $16/eBook. Recommended for…
Alla Podolsky
December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf
Words to Make a Friend: A Story in Japanese and English
By Donna Jo Napoli, illustrated by Naoko Stoop. Random House Studio, 2021. 40 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $10.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8.…
Alla Podolsky
December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf
Once Upon a Forest
By Pam Fong. Random House Studio, 2022. 40 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $10.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8. I’ve always loved reviewing children’s…
Alla Podolsky
December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf
Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion
By Shannon Stocker, illustrated by Devon Holzwarth. Dial Books, 2022. 40 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $10.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8. This picture…
Alla Podolsky
December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf
For Every Little Thing: Poems and Prayers to Celebrate the Day
Edited by June Cotner and Nancy Tupper Ling, illustrated by Helen Cann. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2021. 96 pages.…
Alla Podolsky
December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf
Planting Friendship: Peace, Salaam, Shalom
By Callie Metler, Shirin Rahman, and Melissa Stoller, illustrated by Kate Talbot. Clear Fork Publishing, 2021. 36 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $7.99/eBook.…
Alla Podolsky
December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf
The Gardener of Alcatraz: A True Story
By Emma Bland Smith, illustrated by Jenn Ely. Charlesbridge, 2022. 32 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 7–10. Being a…
Alla Podolsky
December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf
Evicted!: The Struggle for the Right to Vote
By Alice Faye Duncan, illustrated by Charly Palmer. Calkins Creek, 2022. 64 pages. $18.99/hardcover; $11.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 9–12. Etched…
Alla Podolsky
December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf
The Way I Say It
By Nancy Tandon. Charlesbridge, 2022. 240 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 10–12. The Way I Say It is a…
Alla Podolsky
December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf
Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America (The Young Adult Adaptation)
By Candacy Taylor. Amulet Books, 2022. 272 pages. $22.99/hardcover; $18.65/eBook. Recommended for ages 12 and up. Jim Crow was a…
Alla Podolsky
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Can Sophie Change the World?
December 1, 2022
The Good for Nothing Tree
December 1, 2022
Words to Make a Friend: A Story in Japanese and English
December 1, 2022