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Blunt, Fred. Gnome. Fred Blunt, Illus. Picture Book. Andersen, 04/2020. [32]pp. $17.99. 978-1-5415-9624-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-4. “This little fellow is a gnome. Say hello to the readers, Mr. Gnome.” “NO!” Readers follow the gnome on [continue reading]

Safier, David. 28 Days: A Novel of Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto. Fiction. Translated from the German by Helen MacCormac. Feiwel, 03/2020. 416pp. $18.99. 978-1-250-23714-9. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 9-12. As the novel opens, 16-year-old Mira is [continue reading]

Bryan, Ashley. Infinite Hope: A Black Artist’s Journey from World War II to Peace. Biography. Atheneum/C. Dlouhy, 10/2019. 110pp. $21.99. 978-1-5344-044090-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-12. For most of his life, multiple award-winning writer/illustrator Bryan avoided revisiting [continue reading]

Van Eekhout, Greg. Cog. Beatrice Blue, Illus. Fiction. HarperCollins, 10/2019. 196pp. $16.99. 978-0-06-268607-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 3-7. Cog looks like a 12-year-old boy, but he is actually a seven-month-old robot designed to learn. He learns about [continue reading]

Robinson, Michelle. Pawed Piper, The. Chinlun Lee, Illus. Picture Book. Candlewick, 2019. [36]pp. $16.99. 978-1-5362-0165-9. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-1. “I wanted a cat to cuddle. A great big furry fluff ball, like the cat in my [continue reading]

Connis, Dave. Suggested Reading. Fiction. K. Tegen, 09/2019. 390pp. $17.9.9 978-0-06-268525-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 8-ADULT. “The problem is, we bring ourselves to the pages. Our whole selves. Every single darkness. Every single light. Every single passion. [continue reading]