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Faruqi, Saadia. Meet Yasmin!  Hatem Aly, Illus. Easy Reader. Picture Window, 2019. 89 [+6]pp. PB $5.99. 978-1-68436-022-2. OUTSTANDING GRADES K-3. Yasmin Ahmad is an inquisitive second grader who embraces life’s adventures and figures out how [continue reading]

Mora, Oge. Thank You, Omu! Oge Mora, Illus. Picture Book. Little, 10/2018. 34pp. $18.99. 978-0-316-643124-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-3. The titular Omu in Thank you, Omu! shares her delicious cook­ing with friends, neighbors, and other community [continue reading]

Bauer, Marion Dane. Stuff of Stars, The.  Ekua Holmes, Illus. Picture Book. Candlewick, 09/2018. [40]pp. $17.99. 978-0-7636-7883-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-3. Hand-marbled paper and collage, digitally arranged, relate the story of the beginning of the universe [continue reading]

Creech, Sharon. Saving Winslow. Vincent Moustache, Illus. Fiction. J. Cotler/HarperCollins, 09/2018. 165pp. $16.99. 978-0-06-257070-3. PLB $17.89. 978-0-06-25702-7. OUTSTANDING . GRADES 3-5. Louie is tasked with caring for a baby miniature donkey and worries he won’t [continue reading]

Hesse, Karen. Night Job. G. Brian Karas, Illus. Picture Book. Candlewick, 09/2018. [32]pp. $16.99. 978-0-7636-6238-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES K-2. A young son joins his father for an overnight shift at his school custodian job. This story [continue reading]

Sandler, Martin W. Apollo 8: The Mission That Changed Everything. Non-fiction. Candlewick, 09/2018. 160pp. $24.99. 978-0-7636-9489-0. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 6-12. Without the advancements tested during the Apollo 8 mission, the Apollo 11 success of putting a [continue reading]