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May 2025

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Alligators Review

Schwartz, Heather E. Alligators: Wetland Engineers. Lightning Bolt Books: Ecosystem Engineers. Lerner, 01/2025. 24pp. Nonfiction. PLB $29.32. 979-8765647608. Paper $9.99. 979-8765662014. GRADES 2–4. ADDITIONAL. SERIES REVIEW: Can animals change their environment? This series provides specific [continue reading]

Published on May 21, 2025
Posted by: Kimberly Lauer

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Get Moving Review

Sanderson, Whitney. Get Moving: Learn About Healthy Movement With Sesame Street. Sesame Street Self-Care. Lerner, 01/2025. 24pp. Nonfiction. PLB $30.65. 979-8765643709. Paper $9.99. 979-8765662403. GRADES Preschool–2. ADDITIONAL.      SERIES REVIEW: Please see: Be a Friend by [continue reading]

Published on May 21, 2025
Posted by: Kimberly Lauer

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Big Feelings Review

Sanderson, Whitney. Big Feelings: Learn Healthy Ways to Manage Emotions With Sesame Street. Sesame Street Self-Care. Lerner, 01/2025. 24pp. Nonfiction. PLB $30.65. 979-8765643716. Paper $9.99. 979-8765662410. GRADES Preschool–1. ADDITIONAL.           SERIES REVIEW: Please see: Be a [continue reading]

Published on May 21, 2025
Posted by: Kimberly Lauer

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Be a Friend Review

Sanderson, Whitney. Be a Friend: Learn about Healthy Friendships with Sesame Street. Sesame Street Self-Care. Lerner, 01/2025. 24pp. Nonfiction. PLB $30.65. 979-8765643730. Paper $9.99. 979-8765662434. GRADES Preschool–2. ADDITIONAL. SERIES REVIEW: Sesame Street and Lerner’s collaboration [continue reading]

Published on May 21, 2025
Posted by: Kimberly Lauer

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Will’s Race for Home Review

Rhodes, Jewell Parker. Will’s Race for Home. Olga and Aleksey Ivanov, Illus. Little, Brown, 01/2025. 196pp. Fiction. Trade $17.99. 978-0-316-29933-6. GRADES 3–6. OUTSTANDING. Will and his father journey to participate in the Oklahoma Land Rush [continue reading]

Published on May 16, 2025
Posted by: pennypeck

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Radiant Review

Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux. Radiant. Dutton, 01/2025. 312pp. Fiction. Trade $18.99. 978-0-593-85578-2. GRADES 4–8. OUTSTANDING. Fifth-grader Cooper Dale describes her life as one of the few Black students at her suburban Pittsburgh school in 1963–64, where [continue reading]

Published on May 16, 2025
Posted by: pennypeck

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Not a Dog Review

Martinez, Claudia Guadalupe. Not a Dog. Laura Gonzalez, Illus. Charlesbridge, 06/2025. [32]pp. Nonfiction. Trade $17.99. 978-1-62354-304-4. GRADES Preschool–3. HIGH ADDITIONAL. The Mexican prairie dog, a rodent that is related to squirrels, is the subject of [continue reading]

Published on May 16, 2025
Posted by: pennypeck

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Great Narwhal Rescue Review

Markle, Sandra. Great Narwhal Rescue, The: Saving the Arctic Ocean’s Narwhals. Sandra Markle’s Science Discoveries. Millbrook, 04/2025. 40pp. Nonfiction. PLB $33.32. 979-8765610169. GRADES 4–7. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Narwhals are unusual unicorn-like ocean mammals that may be [continue reading]

Published on May 16, 2025
Posted by: pennypeck
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