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Review of the Day: Shuna’s Journey by Hayao Miyazaki
Shuna’s JourneyBy Hayao MiyazakiTranslated by Alex Dudok de Wit$27.99ISBN: 9781250846525Ages 9-12On shelves now In the pantheon of Miyazaki fans you have to rate yourself on a kind of scale. There are, after all, folks out there that make veritable pilgrimages to places like the Ghibli Museum, Mitaka in suburban Tokyo or the café Kodama in […]
Review of the Day: Three Strike Summer by Skyler Schrempp
“Three Strike Summer” is the sports book/ escape narrative / union organizing novel you wish every kid had the chance to read. Good news. Now they can.
Review of the Day: Hot Dog by Doug Salati
Practically a wordless book, this storyline delves deep into the mindset of an average dog, an average owner, and the cool seaside breezes that can pivot a day from miserable to marvelous.
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Review of the Day: Choosing Brave by Angela Joy, ill. Janelle Washington
Choosing Brave is the book for kids we will turn to on the topic of Emmett Till for decades and decades and decades to come.
Review of the Day: The Prince of Steel Pier by Stacy Nockowitz
Today I’m talking about a book with gangsters, Monopoly, a misunderstood hero, young love, boardwalks, and creaming someone in the face with a pack of coins.
Review of the Day: Pina by Elif Yemenici, translated by Sydney Wade
Pina is a balm and a comfort. A gentle reminder that no matter how bad things may seem, there is room in this world for both the snugness of home, and the beauty of the wider world.
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Review of the Day: The Real Dada Mother Goose by Jon Scieszka, ill. Julia Rothman
As smart as it is funny, this is the Mother Goose book we didn’t know we’d been waiting for all this time.
Review of the Day: Undercover Latina by Aya de León
Ms. de León takes a learning opportunity for kids and couches it in enough chase sequences and fistfights to almost make you forget how much information is crammed into this little package. Prepare for exciting nuance!!
Review of the Day: NO! Said Custard the Squirrel by Sergio Ruzzier
Sergio Ruzzier returns with a story about an adamant squirrel and the rodent just cannot leave anything alone.
Review of the Day: Seen and Unseen by Elizabeth Partridge, ill. Lauren Tamaki
By taking three photographers that shot the incarceration camps of WWII in three different ways, in today's book we get a well-rounded portrait of a government desperate to sell a bad idea to the American public under the guise of openness.
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