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August 12, 2025

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published August 12, 2025. You can also view all of the books we've reviewed that were published anytime in August 2025.

Book Review

Mama's Scent

by Danielle Ballantyne

Patterns and textures layer in the jewel-toned collage illustrations of this exquisite picture book that honors the bond between mother and child. A girl muses on all the memories held in her mother’s scent: happy days, rosy cheeks,... Read More

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The Darién Gap

by Xenia Dunford

A riveting story set in the hemispheric crossroads between Panama and Colombia, journalist Belén Fernández’s "The Darién Gap" reports on the inhospitable journey migrants and refuge seekers endure for a chance at a better life in... Read More

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The Land of Faraway

by Danielle Ballantyne

This fantastical picture book invites the reader to delight in the journey as it poses questions both fanciful and profound. “Would you wish to be young?” and “To whom would you sing your best traveling song?” are just two of the... Read More

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Jesusland

by Isaac Randel

Joelle Kidd’s cultural critique "Jesusland" surveys the charming and perilous cultural artifacts and attitudes that defined evangelical Christianity in the early twenty-first century. Kitschy aspects of Christian youth culture... Read More

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CeeCee

by Danielle Ballantyne

The Cinderella story is retold through the lens of the Underground Railroad in this inspirational picture book about legacy, courage, and hope. CeeCee is not her real name, but it’s what the Townsend family calls her on the plantation... Read More

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What the River Keeps

by Karen Rigby

A scientist’s homecoming and river restoration work inspire her to face her childhood fears in Cheryl Grey Bostrom’s eloquent Christian novel "What the River Keeps". As dams on the Olympic Peninsula begin to close, Hildy, a solitary... Read More

Book Review

Little World

by Michelle Anne Schingler

A murdered girl’s essence persists, her body resisting deterioration and inspiring whispers of miracles, in Josephine Rowe’s radiant novel "Little World". The body of a child, a possible saint-to-be, arrives in the Australian desert,... Read More

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