Belle’s Journey: An Osprey Takes Flight Author: Rob Bierregaard and Illustrator: Kate Garchinsky Scientists and children track a female osprey’s immigration from Massachusetts to South America and back. Dramatic watercolor […]
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Children’s Book Committee – October 2018 Pick
Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya Marcus, Puerto Rican by birth but with few connections to his heritage, gets suspended for fighting, whereupon his white mother takes him […]
Young Reviewers
Children’s Book Committee – September 2018 Pick
Survival Tails: The Titanic by Katrina Charman With the help of friends, four-legged Mutt sneaks aboard the Titanic to reunite with his beloved, young owner, Alice. Our Young Reviewer Says: […]
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Children’s Book Committee – August 2018 Pick
Woodrow at Sea by Wallace Edwards A young elephant develops a friendship with a rescued mouse as they weather a storm, encounter sea creatures, sing together, and return home. Animal […]
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Children’s Book Committee – July 2018 Pick
A Lady Has the Floor by Kate Hannigan Teacher, lawyer, and candidate in 1880’s presidential campaign, this courageous, determined suffragette broke down barriers of inequality. Quote integrated in folk art […]
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Children’s Book Committee – June 2018 Pick
Baby Monkey, Private Eye By Author/Illustrator: Brian Selznick and David Serlin Baby Monkey succeeds as a private investigator, though he struggles to put his pants on. Elaborate pencil drawings and […]