Karen Kane
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May 7, 2024 |
kirkusreviews.com | Karen Kane |Camille Garoche |Laura Hughes
A thrilling tale of bravery, friendship, and the power of signing. Two friends use American Sign Language to ward off a monster. After reading a frightening story, Milo worries that there’s a monster under his bed. Luckily, Milo’s best friend Mel’s bedroom window faces his, and both children use ASL to communicate. Mel helps Milo use “monster hands”—fingers spread and bent into claws—to cast shadows on the wall that will scare away anything lurking beneath the bed.
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May 2, 2024 |
publishersweekly.com | Amanda Quain |Karen Kane |Jonaz McMillan |Erin Kelly
Quain (Ghosted) focuses on the youngest Dashwood sibling in this freewheeling Sense and Sensibility reimagining. Having watched her older sisters Elinor and Marianne live through contemporary versions of the trials and tribulations Austen’s readers will be familiar with, 18-year- old Margaret has vowed to avoid love entirely, modeling herself after sensible Elinor rather than newly single Marianne.
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May 2, 2024 |
publishersweekly.com | Karen Kane |Jonaz McMillan |Erin Kelly |Kyo Maclear
Kyo Maclear, illus. by Gracey Zhang. Random House Studio, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-593-70608-4Dynamic spreads by Zhang pulse with energy as they capture the casual grace of Japan’s demae—cycling food deliverers—who, from the 1930s to the 1970s, per an end note, balanced stacked trays loaded with “ceramic soup bowls and wooden soba boxes” on one shoulder while piloting their bicycle with the other hand.
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May 2, 2024 |
publishersweekly.com | Erin Kelly |Karen Kane |Kyo Maclear |Jonaz McMillan
In this engaging novel by Kelly (The First State of Being), eminently likable, curious eight-year-old Felix, who cues as white, is inexplicably drawn to a seemingly nondescript blanket in a thrift shop. Bearing his purchase, he returns to the home he shares with his nan (the kind of grandmother who serves dessert as dinner once a month).
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Dec 1, 2022 |
fldoe.org | Karen Kane
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Even in the midst of a pandemic, in the midst of our struggle to absorb (and cover) the enormous impacts, we’ve got gifts in front of our eyes — if we take a moment to receive them. Dawn from my patio... https://t.co/DkhrcAkbYo
Thrilled to announce that @PG_PeterSmith and @StephStrasburg (as well as former @PittsburghPG reporter Shelly Bradbury) were finalists for the 2020 Pulitzer in local reporting for their Coverings series about sex abuse in the Amish and Mennonite communities. So proud.
Big wins: PG series garners major award, is sweepstakes winner in state contest for more than a dozen first-places. https://t.co/aPa6zMKAgN