Jennifer M. Brabander
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Review of Big Dog, Little Dog
Big Dog, Little Dog by Sally Rippin; illus. by Lucinda GiffordPreschool, Primary Kane Miller 32 pp. g3/22 978-1-68464-383-7 $12.99Big Dog is perfectly happy before Little Dog comes along. It’s just him and his human friend—yelling “Walkies!” while hanging onto the leash as Big Dog hurtles along; “Come!” as off-leash Big...
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Review of Snow Angel, Sand Angel
Snow Angel, Sand Angel by Lois-Ann Yamanaka; illus. by Ashley LukashevskyPrimary Make Me a World/Random 40 pp. g1/22 978-0-593-12737-7 $17.99Library ed. 978-0-593-12738-4 $20.99e-book ed. 978-0-593-12739-1 $10.99Claire, who lives with her family in Hawai’i, yearns to experience snow. Her family visits Mauna Kea, but the snow there isn’t the kind she’s...
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Review of Dream, Annie, Dream
Dream, Annie, Dream by Waka T. BrownIntermediate, Middle School Quill Tree/HarperCollins 352 pp. g1/22 978-0-06-301716-0 $16.99e-book ed. 978-0-06-301718-4 $8.99Japanese American Aoi Inoue takes to heart her sixth-grade teacher’s advice (“You can be anything you want to be”) and decides she wants to be called Annie, after years of answering to...
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Review of Snow Angel, Sand Angel
Snow Angel, Sand Angel by Lois-Ann Yamanaka; illus. by Ashley LukashevskyPrimary Make Me a World/Random 40 pp. g1/22 978-0-593-12737-7 $17.99Library ed. 978-0-593-12738-4 $20.99e-book ed. 978-0-593-12739-1 $10.99Claire, who lives with her family in Hawai’i, yearns to experience snow. Her family visits Mauna Kea, but the snow there isn’t the kind she’s...
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Review of Big Dog, Little Dog
Big Dog, Little Dog by Sally Rippin; illus. by Lucinda GiffordPreschool, Primary Kane Miller 32 pp. g3/22 978-1-68464-383-7 $12.99Big Dog is perfectly happy before Little Dog comes along. It’s just him and his human friend—yelling “Walkies!” while hanging onto the leash as Big Dog hurtles along; “Come!” as off-leash Big...
PREMIUM
Review of Dream, Annie, Dream
Dream, Annie, Dream by Waka T. BrownIntermediate, Middle School Quill Tree/HarperCollins 352 pp. g1/22 978-0-06-301716-0 $16.99e-book ed. 978-0-06-301718-4 $8.99Japanese American Aoi Inoue takes to heart her sixth-grade teacher’s advice (“You can be anything you want to be”) and decides she wants to be called Annie, after years of answering to...
Bug books
You know it’s spring when, in any available yard or park, kids can be found kneeling on the ground, inspecting the local bug population. These four picture books will help answer kids’ questions about their favorite neighborhood critters as well as about a bunch they’re unlikely to encounter in real...
Neighborhood news
Our downstairs neighbors, the super-cool nonprofit organization Reach Out and Read, are now providing some handy reading tips on the Pampers Village website. Their advice includes helpful information on how to “read” wordless books with children, why dads should read aloud with their kids, what rhyming books do for your...
