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The year’s range of Jewish holidays and celebrations are presented in this repeating, rhyming chant that features key succinct elements for each...Both lovely and eminently useful.

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This little bit of bedtime foolery feels a little incomplete, but it should strike a chord—and it’s far wittier than the similarly themed Go the Fuck to Sleep.

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Plotting is Thompson’s forte – she deftly handles a thread in which Nate and Kitty solve clues from a decades-old treasure hunt, and her drip-feeding of details about Gary’s nastiness and Kitty’s tragic backstory had me rushing to turn the page. Less successful are Thompson’s dips into magical realism.

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This warm family story is a splendid showcase for the combined talents of Medina, a Pura Belpré award winner, and Dominguez, an honoree.

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By mixing panels with and without text, Porcellino creates a poetic alternation of words and silences that effectively draws the reader into Thoreau’s point of view.

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Colfer and Donkin don’t shy away from the cost of these journeys and some children will find the story upsetting. But this is a book for adults too. These stories must be heard.

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Though the subject matter of the memoir is heavy, Silber’s tone is full of optimism and irreverence, effectively keeping readers engaged as they travel through their darkest thoughts.

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The author’s faux-naïve illustrations, showing both humans and marks in a range of skin shades, are bright and fairly bounce off the page. Solid information presented with humor and energy.

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If you are not of the scientifically-minded supernerd persuasion, this might very well be the book for you. There are definitely jumping-off points for discussions on women in STEM, ethics in science, and proper scientific procedures. The formula looked good — but I wish the book hadn't felt so formulaic in its execution.

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...a young girl embarks on a mission with new friends to save and share her late mother’s unpublished manuscripts...A frank, moving observation of a young daughter remembering her mother with purpose and strength.

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From Twinkle, With Love is one of those novels that is a genuine pleasure to read. It's so engaging that it's impossible to put down. I laughed, I cried, I skipped dinner without realizing it. I hereby give this novel two thumbs up, and declare it to be better than Cats.

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Though the story is long and of another era, Henry’s touching account of young love at Christmas has an enduring appeal.

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Yet underneath the humor and the camp, the story has heart. It poignantly presents a family’s struggle to adjust to the passing of a loved one, and it offers subtle insights into parenting, presented from a middle school perspective...

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With all the trappings of straightforward horror, this tale kicks down genre doors to become a glowing adventure.

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...The Valley at the Centre of the World is perhaps his strangest book of all: a novel in which almost nothing happens, and in which everything changes.

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“Endling the Last” is perhaps not quite so perfect a book as “The One and Only Ivan.” In reaching for wild adventure, a big cast of characters and a complex fantasy world, Applegate has sacrificed a little poetry and clarity. But if it sometimes feels a little messy, it also feels triumphant.

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Humans in the photos are diverse, as are Holinaty’s cartoon figures of space-suited young travelers. Tickets (not to mention affordable ones) may still be a few years off…but it’s never too soon to start planning.

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There is nothing new under the fantasy sun, of course, and The Lifters is a familiar kind of tale for eight to 12-year-olds, one where a family’s unhappiness is reflected in a dark power that threatens to destroy everything. Yet there is a distinctly original feel to the way it’s told that sets it above many other examples of the genre.

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Pitched at tweens, Neill’s prose throughout is usually well-paced and richly textured, with a nice balance of vigorous action (“a leopard leapt out at her, swinging its claws and grinning a terrible, hungry smile full of sharp teeth”) and Aesopian moralizing...An entertaining, piquant set of fantastical yarns.

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After time spent at a water park and in a car chase, the narrative ties several threads together in a remarkable bow, highlighting the role of hard work in life. Whip-smart plotting makes this adventure an ideal romp.

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