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Snail Trail by Ziggy Hanaor, illustrated by Christos Kourtoglou
Snail Trail by Ziggy Hanaor, illustrated by Christos Kourtoglou. Cicada Books, 2023. 9781800660311 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover picture book What did you like about the book? Not all who wander are lost, … Continue reading
Posted in *Book Review, *Picture Book, *Starred Review, Christos Kourtoglou, Feelings, Snails, Ziggy Hanaor
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Race Against Death: The Greatest POW Rescue of World War II by Deborah Hopkinson
Race Against Death: The Greatest POW Rescue of World War II by Deborah Hopkinson. Scholastic Focus, 2023. 9781338746167 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Paperback ARC, published April 2023 What did you like about … Continue reading
Posted in *Book Review, *Starred Review, Deborah Hopkinson, Japan, Philippines, World War II
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Epic Animal Journeys: Navigation & Migration by Air, Land and Sea by Ed J Brown and Ziggy Hanaor
Epic Animal Journeys: Navigation & Migration by Air, Land and Sea by Ed J Brown and Ziggy Hanaor. Cicada Books, c2022, 2023. 9781800660298 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover What did you like … Continue reading
Posted in *Book Review, *Starred Review, Science, Animals, Insects, Migration, Amphibians, Reptiles, Ed J Brown
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Missing Dead Girls by Sara Walters
Missing Dead Girls by Sara Walters. SourceBooks Fire, 2023. 9781728234137 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Paperback Genre: Thriller What did you like about the book? Sara Walters is a young writer but it … Continue reading
Posted in *Book Review, *Starred Review, *Young Adult, Sara Walters, Thriller
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Kind Crocodile by Leo Timmers
Kind Crocodile by Leo Timmers. Translated by Bill Nagelkerke. Gecko Press, 2023. 9781776574704 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Board Book What did you like about the book? Kind crocodile finds himself in the rescue … Continue reading
Posted in *Book Review, *Picture Book, *Starred Review, Board book, Kindness, Leo Timmers
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City of the Dead (City Spies 4) by James Ponti
City Spies: City of the Dead by James Ponti. Aladdin, 2023. 9781665911573 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover Genre: Action/Adventure What did you like about the book? City Spies are at it again … Continue reading
Posted in *Book Review, *Starred Review, Action, Adventure, Author, James Ponti, Middle grade novel, Series, Spies
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The Boy Who Followed His Father Into Auschwitz: a true story retold for young readers by Jeremy Dronfield
The Boy Who Followed His Father Into Auschwitz: a true story retold for young readers by Jeremy Dronfield. Quill Tree Books, 2023. 9780063236172 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover What did you … Continue reading
Posted in *Book Review, *Starred Review, Holocaust, Jeremy Dronfield, World War II
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The Moon Tonight: Our Moon’s Journey Around Earth by Jung Chang-hoon, illustrated by Jang Ho
The Moon Tonight: Our Moon’s Journey Around Earth by Jung Chang-hoon, illustrated by Jang Ho, translated by Paige Morris. Blue Dot Kids, 2023. 9781737603252 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover What did you … Continue reading
Posted in *Book Review, *Starred Review, Astronomy, Jang Ho, Jung Chang-hoon, Moon, Science
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Wildoak by C. C. Harrington
Wildoak by C. C. Harrington, drawings by Diana Sudyka. Scholastic Press, 2022. 9781338803860 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover Genre: Historical fiction What did you like about the book? Maggie is so afflicted by … Continue reading
The Bear and the Wildcat by Kazumi Yumoto, illustrated by Komako Sakai
The Bear and the Wildcat by Kazumi Yumoto, illustrated by Komako Sakai. Gecko Press, c2008, 2011, 2023 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover picture book What did you like about the book? Bear … Continue reading
Posted in *Book Review, *Picture Book, *Starred Review, Death, Kazumi Yumoto, Komako Sakai
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