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Jan 22, 2025 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Lucy Cousins |Alice Schertle |Jill McElmurry |Christopher Neal
Fairy-tale fun, especially ideal for the author’s many devotees. Three familiar stories get repackaged in this new edition of Cousins’ favorites.
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Feb 6, 2024 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Maurice Sendak |Alice Schertle |Jill McElmurry |Christopher Neal
As a counting book, fun. As a new Sendak book, by its mere existence, notable. A posthumously published tale of overly prolific bunnies from a master of the picture-book form. A young magician bows before readers and releases a rabbit from his hat. More and more rabbits appear. As the book counts from one rabbit to 10, the boy becomes increasingly frustrated with the sheer number of bunnies appearing from his headwear.
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Jan 2, 2024 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Alice Schertle |Jill McElmurry |Christopher Neal
You don’t have to be a daddy to appreciate this stirring single-dad tale (a rarity of its kind). Are You My Mother? but with a significant twist. Everything old is new again in this clever take on a familiar story. A little egg goes “Bump, bump, bump, bump” out of its nest and down a hill. At the bottom, two tiny feet pop out, as does a space for the eyes. The egg then goes walking in an attempt to locate its mother. Sound familiar? Wait.
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Dec 12, 2023 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Sandra Boynton |Alice Schertle |Jill McElmurry |Christopher Neal
These hippos (like Boynton) continue to charm. When the unpredictable occurs, two hippos (mostly) do their best to keep their cool. Boynton’s beloved hippos grace pages once more; this time their story is a play on the author’s debut, Hippos Go Berserk (1977). A cozy day at home turns out quite unexpectedly for the titular hippos. As they wander outside “in the cool April weather,” it suddenly begins to snow.
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Sep 19, 2023 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Doreen Rappaport |Kate Messner |Christopher Neal |Chris Paul
From the Big Words series , Vol. 12 A book sure to fly off shelves and into children’s hands. Astronaut Ellen Ochoa reaches for the stars. Though young Ellen is transfixed by images of Neil Armstrong walking on the moon, options for women were limited. Differences between her parents (her father, the son of Mexican immigrants, wouldn’t speak Spanish at home; her mother hired a neighbor to teach the children Spanish) hint at their eventual divorce.
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Jun 29, 2023 | 
thetaoist.online | Christopher Neal
That's easy, as both are imaginary but fulfill different psychological needs. Hi, I'm The Wayward Stoic, and today we will take this question from our audience. Grab a drink, relax, and let us enjoy this literary dive together. Let us start with the concept of "God." A God or The God, is the embodiment of fear and obedience. Practitioners of the faith do not do anything to intently inspire his/her ire for fear of repercussions and damnation.
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Jun 9, 2023 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Derek Desierto |Alice Schertle |Jill McElmurry |Christopher Neal
A bird enjoys a cool swim on a hot day despite the judgment from his colorful counterparts. A group of brightly hued birds are clustered around the pool, but no one is taking a dip—they’re more interested in “showing off their fabulous feathers.” When a diminutive, gray “oddbird” arrives and tries to swim, the others force him out, telling him he doesn’t belong.
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Jun 8, 2023 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Kate Messner |Christopher Neal |Lily Williams |Heather Ferranti Kinser
From the Over and Under series More thoughtful, sometimes exhilarating encounters with nature. In a new entry in the Over and Under series, a paddleboarder glimpses humpback whales leaping, floats over a populous kelp forest, and explores life on a beach and in a tide pool.
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May 9, 2023 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Andrea Cáceres |Alice Schertle |Jill McElmurry |Christopher Neal
by Andrea Cáceres ; illustrated by Andrea Cáceres ‧ After immigrating to the United States, a young Latine girl learns to speak English, but her dog only understands Spanish. Post-it notes surround Aurora at home, labeling every item—the lamp (lámpara), the raincoat (poncho), her shoes (zapatos)—in English with its Spanish translation. Clearly, Aurora knows her stuff. “But not Nena.” The brown-and-white dog obeys commands only when given in Spanish.
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Mar 15, 2023 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Anne-Sophie Baumann |Kate Messner |Christopher Neal
A literal big cheese’s trip to the White House. In 1835, Col. Thomas S. Meacham, a landowner in Sandy Creek, New York, wanted to give a gift to President Andrew Jackson—something that would “show off the talents of his farming community.” He decided to prepare a very large cheese, a 1,400-pound cheese to be exact.
