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Where’s Walrus? By Stephen Savage Scholastic Press ISBN: 9780439700498 $16.99 Grades PreK-1 In Stores *Best New Books* Simple gets a bum rap. Simple is difficult. Simple is complicated. Take picture books. When a story is boiled down to 32 pages and even fewer illustrations, there is no room for error. And if the text is […]
Ice By Arthur Geisert Enchanted Lion ISBN: 9781592700981 $14.95 Grades K-2 In Stores March 1, 2011 *Best New Books* If you’re unfamiliar with Arthur Geisert’s work, it can usually be summed up like so: Through books like Lights Out and Hogwash Geisert often puts his porcine characters in the position of trying to solve real […]
Cloudette By Tom Lichtenheld Henry Holt (Macmillan) ISBN: 9780805087765 $16.99 Grades K-2 In Stores March 1, 2011 The concept of a small protagonist making a mark on the big world is a children’s lit mainstay. It makes sense – there are few situations children can better relate to than being surrounded by those that are […]
Case Closed? Nine Mysteries Unlocked by Modern Science By Susan Hughes Illustrated by Michael Wandelmaier Kids Can Press ISBN: 9781554533626 $17.95 Grades 5-8 In Stores The nonfiction landscape is littered with books on unexplained phenomena. The Bermuda Triangle, the Loch Ness Monster, Big Foot – these sorts of real-life mysteries contain endless appeal for readers. […]
Balancing Act By Ellen Stoll Walsh Beach Lane Books (Simon & Schuster) ISBN: 9781442407572 Grades PreK-2 In Stores *Best New Books* Review copy from library. Find this book at your local library with WorldCat.
Snook Alone by Marilyn Nelson Illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering Candlewick Press ISBN: 9780763626679 $16.99 Grades 2 and Up In Stores *Best New Books* Higher-level picture books can have a hard time getting love from the masses. While critics often praise them for breaking out of rigid age constraints with sophisticated artwork and text, reaction […]
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Extraordinary Ernie & Marvelous Maud By Frances Watts Illustrated by Judy Watson Eerdmans Books ISBN: 978082853639 $5.99 Grades 2-3 In Stores Quality low-level series don’t grow on trees. Well actually, Extraordinary Ernie and Marvelous Maud doesn’t either – it hails from the UK – but I think you get where I’m going here. Light fun […]
Birdy’s Smile Book By Laurie Keller Henry Holt (Macmillan) ISBN: 9780805088830 $16.99 Grades K-2 In Stores I used to be upset with electronic dance music. Too repetitive, too synthetic, too cheesy I thought. But I was ignoring a fact that explained it all – that this sort of music is created for one purpose: to […]
We Are in a Book! By Mo Willems Hyperion ISBN: 9781423133087 $8.99 Grades PreK-1 In Stores *Best New Books* Review copy purchased. Find this book at your local library with WorldCat.
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