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The Light of a Mom: The Most Beautiful Flower
Brimming with superficial sentiment and bad prose, this is not recommended for libraries.
Honor Flight: Celebrating America’s Veterans
A solemn and respectful reminder to younger readers of what was paid and what is owed—with strong emotions and a few well-placed dashes of vinegar to counter any incipient sentimentality.
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Béisbol Begins: How Nemesio Guilló Brought Baseball to Cuba
A significant, if possibly a bit sanitized, addition to baseball’s early history.
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The Old Sleigh
A thematically rich story for all its seeming simplicity, excellent for shared reading and reflection around the December holidays or any other time.
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Songbird in the Light
Young readers who feel that they too are not being seen (or heard!) will respond strongly to this confident and visually bold declaration of selfhood.
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Serious Fun!: Work & Play with Charles & Ray Eames
Deep insights into the creative process—but some of the more technical or abstract content will challenge younger picture book audiences.
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That Swingin’ Sound!: The Musical Friendship of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
A rousing tribute to two influential musical greats and the swinging sounds they made together.
A Spoonful of the Sea
A sweet story that reads like a generational dream, taking on a briny tradition, just the ticket for readers ready to accept that even the simplest foods can have cultural significance.
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