Book Review
The Song of the Blue Bird
Blessed with longevity, a granddaughter of Leah sees her people through to freedom in Esther Goldenberg’s triumphant, trilogy-closing novel "The Song of the Blue Bird". Throughout major periods of Jewish history, Blue is there. She is...
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Madelaine Before the Dawn
A rootless orphan is adopted into a starving village’s heart in Sandrine Collette’s striking novel "Madelaine Before the Dawn". La Foye sits at the edge of the world, cut off from civilization by a winding river. The peasants who...
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You Are My Home
Images of young creatures being loved and supported fill the therapeutic picture book "You Are My Home". A therapeutic tool for facilitating open communication between young children and their parents, Julia Swaigen’s lovely picture...
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The Department of What It (Really) Means to Be Human
Suffused with supreme empathy, M. Darusha Wehm’s "The Department of What It (Really) Means to Be Human" is a probing speculative novel about the seductive landscapes of one’s memories. In New Zealand in 2043, life is more equitable....
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Dinner at Mine?
A cookbook replete with light bulb moments for the ingredients you quite possibly already have on hand, Kate Young’s "Dinner at Mine?" is a wisdom-filled, enterprising cookbook. Young’s warm introduction reveals that she always...
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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...
