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Anzu the Great Kaiju
Spoiler alert: Goofy, loving monster makes good on his proclivities for joy, and wins his parents’ approval along the way. It’s a triumph, all right.
PREMIUM
Hello, Dark
A generous look at nighttime, and the fact that it unfolds in dim rooms and under black skies gives it a resonant veracity. For all bedtime shelves.
The Little One
Add this to collections about grief and loss; a parent has gone missing and a child’s imagination saves her, in this poetic book of love and healing.
PREMIUM
Will You Be My Friend?
The lessons of the book are questionable but the pursuit of friendship is an evergreen topic. Include this on the preschool shelves.
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Big as a Giant Snail
This work fits into so many lessons, from endangered species to climate change and habitat preservation, that’s it’s hard to imagine a collection that would not benefit from having it on its shelves. Funny, fast-paced, and full of information.
Why?: A Conversation About Race
Not a story as much as a workbook, this title brings even the youngest children into an important, essential conversation, and points a way to understanding and change.
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Love Was Inside
The pandemic shelf is still lightly populated; here’s a title that presents what’s happening in an upbeat, quietly joyful way.
PREMIUM
Snail’s Ark
The miraculous flight aside, this tale has a lot to offer for little-snail-that-could devotees. For collections that don’t have Stewart’s It’s Hard to Hurry When You’re a Snail, this works for children of any faith.
Tiny Cedric
This original story will have readers cackling through diaper wars, milk and cookies, and the reformation of the grouchiest character since the Grinch. An essential purchase.
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