Book Review
Ten Beautiful Things
In this gorgeous story about claiming home where we are loved, Lily’s grandma proposes a game to ease the pain of moving: they’ll find ten beautiful sights to celebrate along the way. Though at first Lily’s vision is obscured by...
Book Review
Something Wonderful
A fig seed falls in the rain forest in this smart nature tale about the germination of grand wonders. Follow along as the tree’s roots spread; as wasps lay their eggs inside of its figs; and as a toucan carries the tree’s seeds into...
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Over the Shop
A girl lives with her grandparent in the back room of a sleepy grocer in this subtle wordless tale about how acceptance makes neighborhoods brighter. The detailed illustrations show each day starting like those before it: arranging...
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Hello, Earth!
The free verse micropoems of Joyce Sidman’s new collection praise the blue planet for its geography, geology, and diversity, congratulating Earth for the cleverness of her ecosystems and wondering “What is it like / to feel / the...
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Little Ewe
This upbeat, rhyming counting story features a smiling shepherd and cheerful sheep—the littlest of whom gets distracted on her way up the hill. While racing lizards, spinning spiders, and croaking frogs are a source of fascination for...
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Young audiences will enjoy meeting the Supreme Court justice who changed the world through Rose Davidson’s bright biography of the unparalleled Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Beginning with one of her career triumphs—her institution as the...
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The Hare
Melanie Finn’s novel "The Hare" interrogates the complicated, often messy aesthetics of modern womanhood. Rosie is guileless, yearning, and eighteen when she submits a delicate self-portrait as part of a lark application to Parsons;...
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Wilderness
As likely to charm grown-up John Muir acolytes as it is to win new, little ones, this is a dreamy compilation of nature-exultant quotes from the celebrated writer and Sierra Club cofounder. Each quote is illustrated with fantastical...