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Tag: 2023 picture books
Review of the Day: Big by Vashti Harrison
Today we look at one of the latest National Book Award nominees, and the only picture book in the batch.
Review of the Day: Evergreen by Matthew Cordell
A squirrel heroine. An epic adventure. Delicious hints of familiar fairy tales (Little Red Riding Hood, naturally), and tasty treats. For the anxious child, Evergreen may well be the hero they’ve always needed.
Review of the Day: Mr. S by Monica Arnaldo
A book that takes a pretty basic concept and strings it along to its impossible, illogically logical, end. For some kids, this is going to be the book they remember for the rest of their lives.
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Review of the Day: Papá’s Magical Water-Jug Clock by Jesús Trejo, ill. Eliza Kinkz
Clocks and cats, water and magic, and at its heart a father-son storyline. Nab this for your next storytime, whenever you get the chance.
Review of the Day: To the Other Side by Erika Meza
With care and invention, Erika Meza tells a migrant story that is both literal and figurative, realistic and metaphorical, and does so with honesty and more than a bit of cleverness.
Review of the Day: Afterward, Everything Was Different by Rafael Yockteng, ill. Jairo Buitrago
Sometimes, it’s nice to sink into the past and get away from your troubles. Particularly when the characters’ troubles are so so so much worse than your own.
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Review of the Day: The Tree and the River by Aaron Becker
A book unafraid to assume that your kids are smart enough to figure out what it all means.
Review of the Day: My Strange Shrinking Parents by Zeno Sworder
My Strange Shrinking Parents is entirely its own creation, standing on its own two feet, with its own internal logic and rules. It is, in fact, one of the best takes on the experiences of children of immigrant parents I’ve ever seen in a picture book form. It stands, as I say, tall.
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