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Review of the Day: Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo
Flora and Ulysses By Kate DiCamillo Illustrated by K.G. Campbell Candlewick Press ISBN: 978-0-7636-6742-5 $17.99 Ages 9-12 On shelves September 24th I like a bit of subtlety with my “meaning”. What I...
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Fusenews: Berries of new, cots of Cal.
Today I shall begin by ripping out your heart and stomping it into tiny shreds upon the floor. You may be aware that for years I have worked with the real Winnie-the-Pooh toys at NYPL. You may also...
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Review of the Day: Mars Evacuees by Sophia McDougall
Mars Evacuees By Sophia McDougall Harper Collins $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-06-229399-2 Ages 9-12 I’ve a nasty habit of finishing every children’s book I start, no matter how dull or dire it might be. I am...
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Review of the Day: One Trick Pony by Nathan Hale
One Trick Pony By Nathan Hale Amulet Books (an imprint of Abrams) $14.95 ISBN: 978-1-4197-2128-1 Ages 9-12 On shelves March 14th Let us say, for the sake of argument, that you are a wonderfully...
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Review of the Day: York – The Shadow Cipher by Laura Ruby
York: The Shadow Cipher By Laura Ruby Walden Pond Press (an imprint of Harper Collins) $17.99 ISBN: 9780062306937 Ages 9-14 On shelves May 9th. A wise bookseller friend of mine once said (and I’m...
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Review of the Day: We’re Not From Here by Geoff Rodkey
We’re Not From Here By Geoff Rodkey Crown Books for Young Readers (an imprint of Random House) $16.99 ISBN: 9781524773045 Ages 9-12 On shelves March 5th There’s stuff in the publishing industry that...
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Review of the Day: Maximillian Fly by Angie Sage
Maximillian FlyBy Angie SageKatherine Tegen Books (an imprint of Harper Collins)$16.99ISBN: 978-0-06-257116-8Ages 10 and upOn shelves June 11th If you are going to make up a world, be it good or be it...
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Stowaway With Me: A Talk With Author John David Anderson
Okay. So remember yesterday when I kept going on and on about how shapeshifters were the big trend of 2021 in children’s middle grade fiction? Welp, I changed my mind. Today I think that the true...
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Review of the Day: The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera
The Last CuentistaBy Donna Barba HigueraJacket Art by Raxenne ManiquizLevine Querido$17.99ISBN: 9781646140893Ages 9-12On shelves October 12th ** spoiler alert – Plot giveaways ahead ** The worst thing...
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Review of the Day: Red Scare by Liam Francis Walsh
Red ScareBy Liam Francis WalshGraphix (an imprint of Scholastic)$24.99ISBN: 9781338167092On shelves now To what extent has the age of disparaging comics passed? In the old days, books like Seduction of...
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