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Review of Anzu the Great Kaiju
Anzu the Great Kaiju by Benson Shum; illus. by the authorPrimary Roaring Brook 40 pp. g1/22 978-1-250-77612-9 $18.99e-book ed. 978-1-250-86822-0 $10.99Anzu is a Godzilla-like kaiju from a fearsome family of lightning-summoning, mountain-tossing monsters. Being a kaiju, Anzu wants to make his family proud, but there is a problem: his superpower...
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Review of Tiny Cedric
Tiny Cedric by Sally Lloyd-Jones; illus. by Rowboat WatkinsPrimary Schwartz/Random 40 pp. g2/22 978-1-5247-7072-3 $17.99Library ed. 978-1-5247-7073-0 $20.99Over-the-top writing meets equally over-the-top illustrations in this tongue-in-cheek tale featuring “the tiniest king…Cedric, King ME the First” (a possible relative of Lloyd-Jones’s His Royal Highness, King Baby, rev. 11/17). From his absurd...
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Review of Field Trip to Volcano Island
Field Trip to Volcano Island by John Hare; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Ferguson/Holiday 40 pp. g2/22 978-0-8234-5042-8 $19.99e-book ed. 978-0-8234-5280-4 $11.99Hare’s (Field Trip to the Moon, rev. 9/19; Field Trip to the Ocean Deep, rev. 9/20) third wordless excursion brings us to a volcanically active island. Once the lava...
Review of Otto: A Palindrama
Otto: A Palindrama by Jon Agee; illus. by the authorPrimary, Intermediate Dial 144 pp. g12/21 978-0-8037-4162-1 $17.99Paper ed. 978-0-14-751349-6 $10.99e-book ed. 978-0-5931-1284-7 $8.99Idiosyncratic picture-book creator and consummate wordsmith Agee has crafted a graphic novel pulling together work from several past titles (including Go Hang a Salami! I’m a Lasagna Hog!;...
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Review of Anzu the Great Kaiju
Anzu the Great Kaiju by Benson Shum; illus. by the authorPrimary Roaring Brook 40 pp. g1/22 978-1-250-77612-9 $18.99e-book ed. 978-1-250-86822-0 $10.99Anzu is a Godzilla-like kaiju from a fearsome family of lightning-summoning, mountain-tossing monsters. Being a kaiju, Anzu wants to make his family proud, but there is a problem: his superpower...
PREMIUM
Review of Tiny Cedric
Tiny Cedric by Sally Lloyd-Jones; illus. by Rowboat WatkinsPrimary Schwartz/Random 40 pp. g2/22 978-1-5247-7072-3 $17.99Library ed. 978-1-5247-7073-0 $20.99Over-the-top writing meets equally over-the-top illustrations in this tongue-in-cheek tale featuring “the tiniest king…Cedric, King ME the First” (a possible relative of Lloyd-Jones’s His Royal Highness, King Baby, rev. 11/17). From his absurd...
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Review of Field Trip to Volcano Island
Field Trip to Volcano Island by John Hare; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Ferguson/Holiday 40 pp. g2/22 978-0-8234-5042-8 $19.99e-book ed. 978-0-8234-5280-4 $11.99Hare’s (Field Trip to the Moon, rev. 9/19; Field Trip to the Ocean Deep, rev. 9/20) third wordless excursion brings us to a volcanically active island. Once the lava...
Review of Otto: A Palindrama
Otto: A Palindrama by Jon Agee; illus. by the authorPrimary, Intermediate Dial 144 pp. g12/21 978-0-8037-4162-1 $17.99Paper ed. 978-0-14-751349-6 $10.99e-book ed. 978-0-5931-1284-7 $8.99Idiosyncratic picture-book creator and consummate wordsmith Agee has crafted a graphic novel pulling together work from several past titles (including Go Hang a Salami! I’m a Lasagna Hog!;...
Review of The Iliad
The Iliadadapted by Gareth Hinds; illus. by the adapterMiddle School, High School Candlewick 264 pp.3/19 978-0-7636-8113-5 $27.99Paper ed. 978-0-7636-9663-4 $16.99As with his treatment of The Odyssey (rev. 11/10), Hinds offers an ambitious and compelling comics adaptation of a Homerian epic. This complex, winding tale picks up in the tenth year...
