Book Review
Twenty-Two Impressions
Jessica Friedmann’s essay collection "Twenty-Two Impressions" sheds novel light on the potential of the tarot to guide how people move through and experience life. The text opens with an in-depth exploration of the history of the...
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Uri and the King of Darkness
The rhyming text and bright, contrasting watercolor illustrations enliven this holiday picture book about being brave. It’s the first night of Hanukkah and Uri’s father is not yet home; as the winter night marches toward them, Uri...
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Alpacas Make Terrible Librarians!!
A magenta alpaca with contrasting teal eyeshadow stands out against bookish backdrops in this whimsical picture book that sneaks educational animal facts into its colorful chaos. Children will learn that alpacas are sheared once a year,...
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The Brighter I Shine
An Armenian child of refugees muses on ancestral stories as vehicles of connection and identity in this moving picture book. Though far from the places her ancestors called home, she embraces the traditions they passed down to her, such...
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Violin of Hope
The story of the Holocaust told through the journey of a violin, this powerful picture book fans a spark of hope into an enduring flame. Papa delights his family by playing the violin—until Nazis arrive on their doorstep, seizing their...
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In Praise of Mystery
A poem written by US Poet Laureate Ada Limón at NASA’s request to accompany their Europa Clipper spacecraft on its trip to Jupiter’s moon Europa is given the picture book treatment in this title for anyone who wonders at the...
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Wild at Heart
The true story of Olaus and Mardy Murie, conservationists integral to the creation of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and to the passage of the Wilderness Act, is told alongside colorful illustrations of the land and animals they...
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The Midnight Panther
Rich colors and spellbinding patterns add a dreamlike quality to this fable about being true to yourself. Panther wishes he was bold like Tiger or dazzling like Leopard, so he sets out in search of a way to be special. He fashions a mane...