Debbie Tanner

Nov 15, 2024 | slj.com | Debbie Tanner |Amanda MacGregor |Steve Behling |Brodi Ashton

. Sept. 2024. 40p. Tr $21.99. ISBN 9781525307355. COPY ISBN Gr 1-4–When Veena’s family is forced to leave their home during the partition of India and Pakistan, they find themselves in an unfamiliar place without food, jobs, or a home. Veena decides that the best way she can help is by making food from home: roti. Even though the roti is different, she makes it with love and care; people appreciate her efforts.

Nov 2, 2024 | slj.com | Debbie Tanner

PreS-Gr 3–Warm watercolor images help tell this lovely story. Two Indigenous girls are excited to get the opportunity to do the Jingle Dress Dance with their community in a celebration of hope and healing. The book details the process of getting ready, from the clothing that they wear and how other dancers’ clothes might be different, to their jewelry and accessories. The girls are eager to see their friends and relatives who are also gathering.

Oct 4, 2024 | slj.com | Debbie Tanner

Gr 1-4–As a young artist moves through a museum, she connects to a painting by the artist Florine Stettheimer on multiple levels—the subject of the painting looks like her, the artist is, as she is, Jewish. She wishes to find more of her art and to get to know Stettheimer more deeply. Stettheimer was a modernist artist, poet, and theatrical set designer in the early part of the 20th-century.

Oct 4, 2024 | slj.com | Debbie Tanner

. (Gumboot Kids). Sept. 2024. 32p. Tr $19.95. ISBN 9780228104742. COPY ISBN K-Gr 3–Daisy and Scout are mouse friends who live in a forest and solve nature-related mysteries. Today’s mystery comes in the form of a knocking sound, with no one at the door. Scout goes outside to see if he can figure out why he hears knocking and finds Daisy, who helps him by identifying clues and doing research.

Jul 26, 2024 | slj.com | Debbie Tanner |Beatrice Boggs |Belle Boggs

. Sept. 2024. 40p. Gr 1-4–This book is all about the need to clear land mines and why people feel compelled to do this highly dangerous work. It also explains how rats can help, working more quickly and more safely than humans can: readers learn that rats have a highly developed sense of smell; they are smart, easy to train, and not very heavy, which makes them a great choice for sniffing out land mines.