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1 month ago | 
hbook.com | Monique Harris |Betty Carter |Pauletta Brown Bracy |Sylvia Vardell
What I Must Tell the World: How Lorraine Hansberry Found Her Voice by Jay Leslie; illus. by Loveis WisePrimary Hillman Grad/Zando 48 pp. 10/24 9781638930693 $19.99“Our stories can change the world.” Carl Hansberry’s words and courageous example were an inspiration to his daughter Lorraine (1930–1965). From a young age, Lorraine knew she wanted to share the stories that seemed to swirl around her in her Chicago neighborhood of Bronzeville.
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1 month ago | 
hbook.com | Betty Carter |Pauletta Brown Bracy |Sylvia Vardell |Monique Harris
Bounce!: A Scientific History of Rubber by Sarah Albee; illus. by Eileen Ryan EwenPrimary Charlesbridge 48 pp. 10/24 978623543792 $18.99e-book ed. 9781632893574 $9.99Inviting readers into this spirited book, a bouncing red-rubber ball generates a path leading from the initial endpapers to the first words of text. Here readers discover properties of rubber: that it can bounce, stretch, roll, and be molded.
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1 month ago | 
hbook.com | Julie Danielson |Martha V. Parravano |Sylvia Vardell |Pauletta Brown Bracy
Our Camping Trip:
| Physics, Chemistry, and Fun
by Lenka Chytilova; Helena Haraštová; illus. by Xiana Teimoy; illus. by
Intermediate, Preschool Albatros 32 pp. , 9/24 9788000072852 $16.95
Beautifully rendered and jampacked with age-appropriate information, this book is a short and informative read for any elementary reader, whether novice or experienced hiker. It covers everything, from how to set up a tent to how to pack to enjoy a day trip, and more.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
news-leader.com | Sylvia Vardell
My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Sylvia M. Vardell, who lives in Dallas, Texas.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Sylvia Vardell |Megan Lambert |Julie Danielson
Windsongs: Poems About Weather by Douglas Florian; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Beach Lane/Simon 48 pp. 5/24 9781665937726 $18.99e-book ed. 9781665937733 $10.99Kids are often hyper-aware of such natural phenomena as thunder, lightning, and snow, so a collection of twenty engaging, informative poems about weather is likely to be a hit.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Sylvia Vardell |Megan Lambert |Julie Danielson
Grace Notes: Poems About Families by Naomi Shihab NyeMiddle School, High School Greenwillow 240 pp. 5/24 9780062691873 $19.99e-book ed. 9780062691897 $11.99Nye’s (most recently Everything Comes Next, rev. 1/21) latest collection of free verse poems is divided into two parts: “No Age Is Empty” and “Sometimes We Need a Bigger Family.” Her focus is on growing up and her own personal family circle, particularly her mother.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Sylvia Vardell |Megan Lambert |Julie Danielson
Grace Notes: by Naomi Shihab NyeMiddle School, High School Greenwillow 240 pp. 5/24 9780062691873 $19.99e-book ed. 9780062691897 $11.99Nye’s (most recently Everything Comes Next, rev. 1/21) latest collection of free verse poems is divided into two parts: “No Age Is Empty” and “Sometimes We Need a Bigger Family.” Her focus is on growing up and her own personal family circle, particularly her mother.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Sylvia Vardell |Megan Lambert |Julie Danielson
Windsongs: Poems About Weather by Douglas Florian; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Beach Lane/Simon 48 pp. 5/24 9781665937726 $18.99e-book ed. 9781665937733 $10.99Kids are often hyper-aware of such natural phenomena as thunder, lightning, and snow, so a collection of twenty engaging, informative poems about weather is likely to be a hit.
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May 28, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Martha V. Parravano |Adrienne L. Pettinelli |Kristine Techavanich |Sylvia Vardell
Max in the House of Spies [Operation Kinderspion]by Adam GidwitzIntermediate, Middle School Dutton 336 pp. 2/24 9780593112083 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593112090 $10.99From the moment eleven-year-old Max Bretzfeld arrives in England as a Jewish evacuee from WWII Germany (accompanied by two immortal, opinionated, and invisible-to-others creatures, a kobold and a dybbuk), his overriding desire is to return to Berlin.
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May 15, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Megan Lambert |Sylvia Vardell |Julie Danielson |Martha V. Parravano
Sometimes I Feel like an Oak by Danielle Daniel; illus. by Jackie TraversePrimary Groundwood 32 pp. 4/24 9781773066981 $19.99e-book ed. 9781773066998 $16.99Daniel’s (Sometimes I Feel like a Fox; Sometimes I Feel like a River) latest offering invites readers to commune with trees.
