Book Review
Deli Days
A child looks forward to visiting their grandfather’s deli each Sunday in this upbeat picture book that highlights the various delights found in cultural hotspots. Each trip is an opportunity to learn more about their culinary...
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Chalo Bazaar: Let's Go to the Market
This horizon-broadening bilingual picture book includes Hindi and translated Hindi text alongside its English-language explorations of a busy marketplace. Once at the bazaar, Meena is entranced by the variety of fruits and vegetables she...
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Sorry, Sammy
An amusing picture book written in epistolary form, this story covers an accidental robot invasion in reverse. Sammy’s intentions when building his robot were pure, which is why he resents his mother asking him to apologize to those...
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Nobody But Me
A dreamy boy with an active imagination plays riverside with his mother in this tale about the pleasures of letting your thoughts drift. He floats on an inner tube past dreamscape scenes of children high up in the trees and neighbors...
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A Friend Is a Friend Is a Friend
Colorful, quite detailed pen-and-ink illustrations vivify this peppy picture book about summer camp adventures, in which a child is nervous about making new friends. Talking to the children around her, she learns that friendship can...
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Through the Garden Gate
On what feels like an ordinary summer day, Miles is prompted to visit his injured neighbor, Miss Mary. Though he doesn’t expect to enjoy helping her in her garden, she has a lot to teach him. He is soon entranced by the colorful...
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La Zorra Y El Ganso: Fox and Goose
A fanciful bilingual board book with a lift-the-flap surprise, this story focuses on Fox and Goose, unlikely friends who discuss their differences across a day of fun. Goose can dip their head beneath the water to view the creatures...
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Home Is a Door We Carry
Its exquisite, atmospheric collage art evoking feelings of displacement, this empathy-building picture book focuses on refugee families around the world. Children walk with bowed heads beside their parents, or sneak a few moments of play...
