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Pond
By Jim LaMarche. Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 2016. 40 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $10.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8. Pond is a…
Reviewed by Tom and Sandy Farley
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Be the Change: A Grandfather Gandhi Story
By Arun Gandhi and Bethany Hegedus, illustrated by Evan Turk. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2016. 48 pages. $18.99/hardcover; $5.99/eBook.…
Reviewed by Lisa Rand
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Du Iz Tak?
By Carson Ellis. Candlewick Press, 2016. 48 pages. $16.99/hardcover. Recommended for ages 4–8. On the opening pages of Du Iz…
Reviewed by Margaret T. Walden
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The Storyteller
By Evan Turk. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2016. 48 pages. $18.99/hardcover; $4.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8. Occasionally a book…
Reviewed by Katie Green
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The Sound of Silence
By Katrina Goldsaito, illustrated by Julia Kuo. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2016. 40 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for…
Reviewed by Alison James
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A Bike Like Sergio’s
By Maribeth Boelts, illustrated by Noah Z. Jones. Candlewick Press, 2016. 40 pages. $15.99/hardcover. Recommended for ages 5–8. This is…
Reviewed by Dee Birch Cameron
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A Year of Borrowed Men
By Michelle Barker, illustrated by Renne Benoit. Pajama Press, 2015. 40 pages. $18.95/hardcover. Recommended for ages 6–9. As a child…
Reviewed by Margaret Crompton
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Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family’s Journey
By Margriet Ruurs, translated by Falah Raheem, illustrated by Nizar Ali Badr. Orca Book Publishers, 2016. 28 pages. $20/hardcover; $9.99/eBook.…
Reviewed by Diya Abdo
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Somos como las nubes / We Are Like the Clouds
By Jorge Argueta, illustrated by Alfonso Ruano. Groundwood Books, 2016. 36 pages. $18.95/hardcover; $16.95/PDF. Recommended for ages 7–12. A book…
Reviewed by Ken Jacobsen
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Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story
By Nora Raleigh Baskin. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2016. 208 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $7.99/paperback (released May 16, 2017); $10.99/eBook. Recommended…
Reviewed by Lucinda Hathaway
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Runs with Courage
By Joan M. Wolf. Sleeping Bear Press, 2016. 214 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $9.99/paperback or eBook. Recommended for ages 9–12. The history…
Reviewed by Phila Hoopes
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Unbound: A Novel in Verse
By Ann E. Burg. Scholastic Press, 2016. 345 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $10.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 9–12. If you’re looking for a…
Reviewed by Judith Favor
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Pond
May 1, 2017
Be the Change: A Grandfather Gandhi Story
May 1, 2017
Du Iz Tak?
May 1, 2017