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1 month ago | 
hbook.com | Nicholl Denice Montgomery |Julie Hakim Azzam |Jessica MacDonald |Grace Mckinney Beermann
The Gift of the Great Buffalo by Carole Lindstrom; illus. by Aly McKnightPrimary, Intermediate Bloomsbury 40 pp. 2/25 9781547606887 $18.99e-book ed. 9781547606979 $13.29Rose, her oshiimeyan (younger sister), and their parents gather with other Métis families for the biannual buffalo hunt.
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1 month ago | 
hbook.com | Pauletta Brown Bracy |Julie Hakim Azzam |Jessica MacDonald |Grace Mckinney Beermann
When I Hear Spirituals by Cheryl Willis Hudson; illus. by London LaddPrimary, Intermediate Holiday 40 pp. 1/25 9780823453801 $18.99e-book ed. 9780823462193 $11.99Hudson introduces young readers to the African American spiritual through descriptions of a young girl’s emotions and associations accompanied by relevant spiritual verses.
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1 month ago | 
hbook.com | Jerry Dear |Julie Hakim Azzam |Jessica MacDonald |Grace Mckinney Beermann
A Book of Maps for You by Lourdes Heuer; illus. by Maxwell Eaton IIIPrimary Porter/Holiday 40 pp. 4/25 9780823455706 $18.99e-book ed. 9780823462230 $11.99Narrated in the style of a personalized guidebook, the story unfolds as a series of maps, introducing a child to a new home and its environs within a vibrant community.
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1 month ago | 
hbook.com | Julie Hakim Azzam |Jessica MacDonald |Grace Mckinney Beermann |Jerry Dear
Between You and Me by Rob Sanders; illus. by Raissa FigueroaPrimary Clarion/HarperCollins 32 pp. 12/24 9780063239593 $19.99A Black child looks out the window as a white child moves in next door. Sanders’s lyrical text celebrates the in-between of opposing ideas: “Between yesterday and tomorrow…Today.” “Between strangers and friends…‘Hello.’” “Between an idea and ta-da…Tinkering and trying.” And so on, until the conclusion: “Between you and me? Not one thing.
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1 month ago | 
hbook.com | Julie Roach |Julie Hakim Azzam |Jessica MacDonald |Grace Mckinney Beermann
Let’s Be Bees by Shawn Harris; illus. by the authorPreschool Porter/Holiday 40 pp. 2/25 9780823457090 $18.99e-book ed. 9780823462278 $11.99Bold, comical crayon illustrations set the tone for a boisterous game of pretend and its noisy cacophony of sounds. “Let’s be bees,” suggests the text on the opening page, while the accompanying illustration shows a grownup reading this very book to a child. “LET’S BUZZ,” the adult encourages.
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1 month ago | 
hbook.com | Jessica MacDonald |Julie Hakim Azzam |Grace Mckinney Beermann |Jerry Dear
Wind Watchers by Micha Archer; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Paulsen/Penguin 32 pp. 3/25 9780593616550 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593616567 $10.99Three children experience the invisible power of the wind over the course of a year. The children—eyes upward, dark hair flowing against an expansive blue sky—begin with a direct question to Wind itself: “How will you blow today?” Each subsequent full-bleed, double-page spread provides an answer.
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1 month ago | 
hbook.com | Julie Hakim Azzam |Jessica MacDonald |Grace Mckinney Beermann |Jerry Dear
Rap It Up! by Carole Boston Weatherford and Primary Holt 32 pp. 3/25 9781250833570 $18.99“My mom claims I was rapping before I could speak. / Matter of fact, I freestyled eight days a week.” A young MC serves as the narrator of this ode to hip-hop, which introduces readers to rap as an art form that is primarily about wordplay. An early illustration shows three kids drawing on a wall with the word hyperbole incorporated into the art.
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1 month ago | 
hbook.com | Ariana Sani Hussain |Julie Hakim Azzam |Jessica MacDonald |Grace Mckinney Beermann
Rose Weaves a Garden by Rashin Kheiriyeh; illus. by the authorPrimary Schwartz/Random 40 pp. 4/25 9780593705100 $18.99Library ed. 9780593705117 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593705124 $10.99Rose’s grandfather is a rug weaver, working mornings in a factory and weaving in the afternoon for friends and family on his at-home loom. Rose loves watching Baba joon’s deft hands tie thousands of knots that become a beautiful garden of wool.
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1 month ago | 
hbook.com | Julie Hakim Azzam |Jessica MacDonald |Grace Mckinney Beermann |Jerry Dear
Echo by Adam Rex; illus. by the authorPrimary Dial 48 pp. 3/25 9780593699324 $19.99e-book ed. 9780593699331 $10.99Junior Junior, a young boy with blond hair and ruddy cheeks, lives on a rugged mountainside. He enjoys shouting self-affirming songs into the valley and hearing “Junior Junior is the greatest in the world!” echoed back by his only friend, an agreeable, unseen boy who lives across the valley.
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1 month ago | 
hbook.com | Julie Hakim Azzam |Jessica MacDonald |Grace Mckinney Beermann |Jerry Dear
The Interpreter by Olivia Abtahi; illus. by Monica ArnaldoPrimary Kokila/Penguin 40 pp. 1/25 9780593620441 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593620458 $10.99Cecilia, a Latine girl, juggles two jobs: kid and interpreter. Text bubbles in yellow for Spanish and blue for English differentiate the languages spoken by Cecilia’s “clients” (i.e., her parents) and by those at “grown-up places,” including the doctor’s office and the DMV.
