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Mahnaz Dar

New York

Young Readers' Editor at Kirkus Reviews

Young readers' editor, @KirkusReviews Words in @FOXTV, @RetrofiedMag, @SLJournal, @LibraryJournal, & @ScreenSlate

Articles

  • 2 weeks ago | kirkusreviews.com | Mahnaz Dar

    What makes for a perfect summer read? Breezy, fast-paced, and fun are a few adjectives that come to mind. Books that take place at the beach or at camp make for escapist fare for young armchair travelers. But summer also offers kids free time to linger over a beloved book, drawing connections between the stories they read and their own lives.

  • 4 weeks ago | kirkusreviews.com | Mahnaz Dar

    Years later, I can still recall my first trip to Narnia, my first flight to Neverland, and my first meeting with Mrs Whatsit, Mrs Who, and Mrs Which, the enigmatic witchlike trio in Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time. Science fiction and fantasy transported me to far-off lands and introduced me to otherworldly beings while imparting real-world lessons.

  • 1 month ago | kirkusreviews.com | Mahnaz Dar

    Lately, I’ve been inundated with news articles bemoaning the difficulty of making—and keeping—friends. So I decided to catch up with some of my oldest and dearest pals. I’m pleased to report that Frog and Toad are still friends, Bunnicula the vampiric rabbit continues to menace veggies the world over, and literal-minded Amelia Bedelia is still stymied by domestic tasks such as drawing the drapes and dressing the chicken.

  • 1 month ago | kirkusreviews.com | Mahnaz Dar

    “We’re moving.” Few phrases are more likely to strike fear into the hearts of children. Relocating means saying goodbye to friends and neighbors, fretting as treasured possessions are packed up, adjusting to new sights, sounds, and even smells. But children lucky enough to have a copy of Rebecca Stead’s Anything (Chronicle Books, April 29) will feel a little more courageous as they prepare for their own moves.

  • 2 months ago | kirkusreviews.com | Mahnaz Dar

    In Watercress, after a Chinese American family spot the titular greens growing by the side of the road, they pull their car over to pick some. The moment awakens feelings of joy in the parents—immigrants nursing fraught memories of their homeland—and resentment in their daughter, who wonders what passersby will think.

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