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May 2020 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf
May 2020 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf
Daniel’s Good Day
By Micha Archer. Nancy Paulsen Books, 2019. 32 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 2–4.
Reviewed by Margaret T. Walden
May 2020 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf
A Stone Sat Still
By Brendan Wenzel. Chronicle Books, 2019. 56 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $11.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 3–5.
Reviewed by Alison James
May 2020 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf
Summer
By Cao Wenxuan, illustrated by Yu Rong. Imprint, 2019. 48 pages. $18.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 3–6.
Reviewed by Anne Nydam
May 2020 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf
Me, Toma, and the Concrete Garden
By Andrew Larsen, illustrated by Anne Villeneuve. Kids Can Press, 2019. 32 pages. $16.99/hardcover, $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 3–7.
Reviewed by James Foritano
May 2020 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf
What Miss Mitchell Saw
By Hayley Barrett, illustrated by Diana Sudyka. Beach Lane Books, 2019. 40 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $10.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8.
Reviewed by Paul Buckley
May 2020 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf
Welcoming Elijah: A Passover Tale with a Tail
By Lesléa Newman, illustrated by Susan Gal. Charlesbridge, 2020. 32 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 5–8.
Reviewed by Eileen Redden
May 2020 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf
A Map into the World
By Kao Kalia Yang, illustrated by Seo Kim. Carolrhoda Books, 2019. 32 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 5–9.
Reviewed by Lisa Rand
May 2020 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf
Girls with Guts!: The Road to Breaking Barriers and Bashing Records
By Debbie Gonzales, illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon. Charlesbridge, 2019. 32 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 6–9.
Reviewed by Sharlee DiMenichi
May 2020 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf
Todos Iguales/All Equal: Un Corrido de Lemon Grove/A Ballad of Lemon Grove
By Christy Hale. Children’s Book Press, 2019. 40 pages. $19.95/hardcover. Recommended for ages 8–11.
Reviewed by Ken Jacobsen
May 2020 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf
Hester and Sophie
By John Lampen, with illustrations by Rosie Ryder. Independent Publishing Network, 2019. 82 pages. £7.50 or $10/paperback. Recommended for ages…
Reviewed by Eileen Redden
May 2020 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf
Planet Earth Is Blue
By Nicole Panteleakos. Wendy Lamb Books, 2019. 240 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $7.99/paperback; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 8–12.
Reviewed by Katie Green
May 2020 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf
It Rained Warm Bread: Moishe Moskowitz’s Story of Hope
Story by Gloria Moskowitz-Sweet, poems by Hope Anita Smith, with illustrations by Lea Lyon. Henry Holt and Co., 2019. 160…
Reviewed by David Austin
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