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Children’s Book Reviews: Lighting Up Winter Holidays

December 11, 2025
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A trio of holiday stories— two celebrate friendship, one features a stagestruck chicken.

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Children’s Book Reviews: The Natural World and Beyond

October 30, 2025
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Three beautiful new picture books for kids about nature, color, and gardening will inspire, inform, and delight.

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Children’s Book Reviews: Invitations to Read and Learn

October 2, 2025
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Two new non-fiction books offer important information for young readers — about the fight for reading and learning about their bodies.

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Children’s Book Reviews: Fall Is Here

September 3, 2025
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Two books that deal with different rituals of autumn.

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Children’s Book Reviews: Toddler Times

August 13, 2025
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Three new books from Candlewick Press highlight the everyday lives of toddlers and their loved ones.

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Children’s Book Reviews: A Celebration of Science and Scientists

July 6, 2025
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In a time when the work of scientists is itself endangered, these two picture books provide detailed and fascinating insights into how science helps us live in the modern world.

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Children’s Book Reviews: Changing the World in Big and Little Ways

June 26, 2025
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Two portraits of champions: a famous fighter for civil rights and a little girl who loves chess.

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Children’s Book Reviews: Cats and Dogs and Babies

May 31, 2025
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This trio of preschool books celebrates new babies, new siblings — and cat lovers.

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Children’s Book Reviews: Different Endings

May 7, 2025
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Two new picture books offer a refreshing use of not-so-typical endings.

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Children’s Book Reviews: The Freedom to Read

April 5, 2025
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 Kudos to Delacorte Press for publishing not one but two middle-grade books about the dangers of book banning.

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