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  HUMMINGBIRD SEASON by Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic Bloomsbury Children's Book, 2024 ISBN: 9781547612741 Source: eARC from Netgalley Ages 8-10 Genre: Middle grade realistic fiction (recent history--Covid) All opinions expressed are solely my own. Book cover & summary provided by the publisher through Goodreads.com. ABOUT THE BOOK A poignant and necessary story about finding hope during difficult times, set in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. Archie's life--and the whole world--is turned upside down by Covid-19. Suddenly there are no more Friday night dinners out, no more going to school, no more hanging out with friends . . . no leaving the house at all. Even though he's inside with his family all day every day, Archie can't help but feel more alone than ever before. While everyone else seems to be adapting to their new normal just fine, it's like Archie is permanently on mute, unable to find the words to describe how he feels--and sometimes, unable to fin

  FLOOF written & illustrated by Heidi McKinnon     Algonquin Young Readers, 2024 ISBN: 978-1-5235-2586-7 Source: publisher for review (Thanks!) Ages 4-8 All opinions expressed are solely my own. Book cover & summary provided by publisher through Goodreads.com. ABOUT THE BOOK The text says one thing and the illustrations say quite another in this darling picture book where the cutest, floofiest cat has a very busy, very mischievous day! Floof is floofy. Floof has many hobbies. Floof has very important work to do and Floof also has a lot of friends. Floof is about to have a very busy day…   An irresistible new picture book for cat-lovers, cute-lovers, and anyone who has ever been a little bit mischievous!  REVIEW If you are looking for a fun, cute book about a cat, this one fits the bill. Floof is indeed very floofy; almost fill up the two-page spread floofy. Floof quickly proves to be a very typical sort of cat. Floof reads (naps), gardens (naps), and plays a (damaged) guitar.

  READY TO SOAR written and illustrated by Cori Doerrfeld Dial Books for Young Readers, 2024 ISBN: 978-0-593-69672-9 Source: purchased Ages 4-8 All opinions expressed are solely my own. Book cover & summary are provided by the publisher through Goodreads.com. ABOUT THE BOOK From the New York Times bestselling author of The Rabbit Listened , a story of learning to stay true to yourself, rather than what others want you to be. Riley made a paper airplane and couldn’t wait to let it soar. But just before the plane could take off—SQUAWK. An eagle swoops in and insists Riley’s plane could never fly. It’s much too small. So Riley makes it bigger! But just as this bigger paper airplane is ready to go, a parrot squawks that the plane is way too boring to fly. So Riley makes it fancier! Bird after bird offers advice, and Riley tries making the airplane faster longer, taller, and slimmer. When the plane crashes to the ground after all these changes, Riley finally meets a more supportive frie

  HOME written & illustrated by Isabelle Simler, translated by Vineet Lal Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2024 ISBN: 978-0-8028-5620-3 Source: publisher for review (THANKS!) Ages 6 and up Picture book informational poetry All opinions expressed are solely my own. Book cover & summary provided by the publisher through Goodreads.com. ABOUT THE BOOK A spectacular tour through the dwellings of twenty-seven different animals, from a hermit crab’s secondhand shell to a beaver’s lakeside dam to a comet moth’s silk cocoon. Acclaimed creator Isabelle Simler presents a poetic journey through amazing animal homes across the world. In Europe, alpine marmots stay safe in underground refuges. In southeast Asia, Sumatran orangutans doze off in treetop bedrooms. In Mexico and the southwestern US, elf owls nest in holes in saguaro cacti. On every continent but Antarctica, honeybees mold wax into palaces for their queens. No matter where you travel, some creature is making an extraordinary pla

  A FEW BEAUTIFUL MINUTES: Experiencing a Solar Eclipse written by Kate Allen Fox, illustrated by Khoa Le Little, Brown and Company, 2023 ISBN: 978-0-316-41692-4 Source: ARC from Little, Brown & Company Ages 4-8 All opinions expressed are solely my own. Book cover & summary provided by the publisher through goodreads.com. ABOUT THE BOOK A lyrical, exquisitely illustrated tribute to the solar eclipse. What happens during a solar eclipse? The sun vanishes. Light becomes dark. Day animals sleep, and night animals wake. The moon takes over the sky. People stop what they’re doing and together, they look up. The whole world changes for a few beautiful minutes. Celebrating the magic of this favorite wonder of the universe, A Few Beautiful Minutes encourages young readers to (safely) discover each stage of a solar eclipse—and to experience how this incredible phenomenon can connect us to one another. REVIEW This lovely combination of poetry, gorgeous art, and information presents young

  COYOTE LOST AND FOUND by Dan Gemeinhart Henry Holt & Co, 2024 ISBN:978-1250292773 Source: eARC from Netgalley Ages 9-12 All opinions expressed are solely my own. Book cover & summary provided by the publisher through Goodreads.com. ABOUT THE BOOK It's been almost a year since Coyote and her dad left the road behind and settled down in a small Oregon town. . . time spent grieving the loss of her mom and sisters and trying to fit in at school. But just as life is becoming a new version of normal, Coyote discovers a box containing her mom’s ashes. And she thinks she might finally be ready to say goodbye. So Coyote and her dad gear up for an epic cross-country road trip to scatter the ashes at her mom’s chosen resting place. The only problem? Coyote has no idea where that resting place is―and the secret’s hidden in a book that Coyote mistakenly sold last year, somewhere in the country. Now, it’s up to Coyote to track down the treasured book . . . without her dad ever finding