Illustrated by Ben Balistreri 4 stars Another humorous food-themed adventure with Princess Pulverizer, Dribble the dragon, and Lucas the knight-in-training. Princess Pulverizer continues her quest to do seven more good deeds to convince her father to let her go to Knight School. This time the trio finds themselves in Salamistonia where laughter and joy have…
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3 stars This one definitely pulled me in with that killer title. A fun story with great messages. Margot hates feeling invisible. Her mom is always at work, her dad is preoccupied with getting famous, and she’s not getting much attention for her song videos online. When she finds a discarded synthesizer, Margot sees it…
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by Lisa Manuzak Wiley 3 stars After a magical teapot goes missing at the Harvest Fest, witch sisters Juniper, Lily, and Clover are on the case. Their investigation will take them through Pepperwood Bay and under the sea as they follow leads and work through sisterly disputes. I really enjoyed the artwork. Dynamic movement with…
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3.5 stars Historical fiction with some mystery, a bit of romance, and plenty of drama. Join a cast of book-lovers as they navigate Depression era Montana. There’s Millie, a writer for the Federal Writers’ Project sent to Missoula to investigate a delivery scandal; Alice, a well-off woman who uses her influence to get books into…
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Illustrated by Diana Vicedo Translated by Rosie Eyre 3 stars Simple and sweet. Claudia and her parents have just moved to Unicornia. Before now, Claudia didn’t even know unicorns were real, and now she’s living in a world of flying buses, a magical school, and more unicorns than she can count. She’s living the dream….
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Illustrated by Tara Anand 5 stars Fantastically written. Shreya loves painting. She feels special when her art teacher praises her work. Mr. Rao even asks Shreya to come to the art room for him to paint her. But then something happens. Shreya feels different. She doesn’t want to be praised anymore. She doesn’t want to…
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Illustrated by Basia Tran 5 stars Heartwarming and sweet. Hungry ghost Gwei can’t wait to head into the city for the Ghost Festival to snack on all his favorite foods. But no matter how much he eats, he always feels empty. It isn’t until he meets another hungry little ghost that he learns maybe it’s…
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Illustrated by Lucia Soto 5 stars A delightfully sweet story of a young girl and her favorite uncle. When Uncle Bobby’s announces he’s getting married, Chloe isn’t so sure. She wants him to keep having fun with her. But as she spends more time with him and his fiancé, Jamie, she sees that having two…
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by Kit Rosewater Illustrated by Sophie Escabasse 4 stars A fast-paced story of leadership, making room for new friends, and sharing a love of roller derby. Best friends Kenzie and Shelly (a.k.a. Kenzilla and Bomb Shell) long to play roller derby but they’re too young. That is, until a new Junior Derby League starts up….
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Illustrated by Chris Case 5 stars A sweet story about being yourself. Jacob enjoys wearing the dress from the dress-up corner at school and the way his Halloween witch costume swirls around him. Now he wants to wear a real dress to school. His classmate tells him that boys don’t wear dresses and his parents…
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