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4.7 stars

When Miss Greer asks each child in the class to write a story, second-grader Aaron, who loves to draw but struggles with reading, creates a story using pictures.

5 stars

A child reflects on the meaning of being Black in this anthem about a people, a culture, a history, and a legacy that lives on.

5 stars

Hoping for a friend, Mary invents a way to make a sheep, but when she starts making sheep for her new friends, chaos abounds.

3.7 stars

"Ring! Ring! Ring! Can you hear his call? Paletas for one! Paletas for all! What's the best way to cool off on a hot summer day? Run quick and find Paletero José! Follow along with our narrator as he passes through his busy neighborhood in search of the Paletero Man. But when he finally catches up with him, our narrator's pockets are empty. Oh no! What happened to his dinero?"--Publisher marketing.

5 stars

"Musa and his sister travel to a Zanzibar beach in a shared minibus which, despite Musa's protests, gets loaded with everything from a man and his bicycle to ten swimmers."--

5 stars

In this ode to creativity, Emily Arrow introduces readers to the concept of the studio: a place for painters, dancers, singers, actors, sculptors, printmakers--and you. Whether it's a purpose-made space with big windows, a room filled with equipment, or the corner of a bedroom, your studio can be anywhere--you just have to find it.

2.5 stars

In rhyming text Mother mouse tells her child stories at bedtime.

"In this ... illustrated rhyming picture book, two sisters spend their day playing at home and leaving joyful, cozy messes in their wake"--

3 stars

"A look at all that dogs do for us from the extraordinary to the everyday, as told by a dog on a walk with his owner"--