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January 2021

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published January 2021.

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All That We Carried

by Jill Beauchamp

In Erin Bartels’s novel "All That We Carried", two sisters undertake a hiking trip that’s fraught with perils. The Greene sisters have been estranged for a decade, ever since their parents were killed in an automobile accident and... Read More

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Venetian Lullaby

by Danielle Ballantyne

Put baby down for a nap Venetian style with this picture book about a mother and father weaving through the city’s labyrinth of canals on a gondola. While the mother guides the boat, the father soothes his child to sleep with... Read More

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Roger and Matthew

by Danielle Ballantyne

Renowned singer-songwriter Michel Thériault channels his lyrical talent into this picture book about two childhood friends falling in love and growing old together, despite threats to their happiness. Earth tones blend with the ruby red... Read More

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Love

by Danielle Ballantyne

Blue-gray backdrops overlaid with warm touches of reds and yellows aid this intimate story about the lasting connections love creates. When Tess has to leave her family for her first day of school, she worries their love won’t be able... Read More

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The Movement

by Tanisha Rule

Thomas C. Holt’s civil rights history text, "The Movement", takes care to include Black women leaders alongside its more familiar names. Beginning with 1930s and 1940s political strategizing, this book covers familiar civil rights... Read More

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