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REVIEW: I Love You More than the Smell of Swamp Gas by Kevan Atteberry

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From the author-illustrator of “Bunnies!!!” and “Puddles!!!,” as well as the illustrator of Tickle Monster, Kevan Atteberry, comes a monstrously tender and silly tale guaranteed to elicit lots of giggles and monster hugs.

Do you love me as much as the skink that you chase

or the smell of the swamp

or the beasts in this place?

Papa and little monster are on a skink chase in the dark, stinky swamp near home.

The smells!

The beasts!

The muck!

Papa relishes each moment of the romp, but little mo...

REVIEW: Sorry I Barfed on Your Bed Again by Jeremy Greenberg

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From the author who brought you Sorry I Pooped in Your Shoe and Sorry I Slept on Your Face comes a new collection of hilarious letters from sassy kitties to the humans who love them, paired with adorable cat photos.

Tess wants you to know that she intends to continue throwing up freely as long as the new baby gets to—fair is fair. Ovid would like to inform you that he’s giving up one of his nine lives in order to avoid a visit to the vet—he’ll miss you and knows you understand. And Quinn as...

REVIEW: Ra the Mighty: The Great Tomb Robbery by A. B. Greenfield, illustrated by Sarah Horne

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A smug royal cat turned detective and his dung beetle sidekick are on the case when a precious tomb gets ransacked in the Valley of the Kings.

Ra the Mighty adores his duties as Pharaoh’s cat: naps by the pool and plenty of snacks. Being lazy is so much fun. But when a royal tomb gets robbed, Ra and his hardworking friend Khepri must team up to restore justice. The clues point to a young boy whom Ra admires. Will the Great Detective play favorites, or will he uncover the truth? Mystery awai...

REVIEW: The Magnolia Sword: A Ballad of Mulan by Sherry Thomas

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Dear Ms. Thomas:

I’m going to be lazy and steal the blurb:

A Warrior in Disguise

All her life, Mulan has trained for one purpose: to win the duel that every generation in her family must fight. If she prevails, she can reunite a pair of priceless heirloom swords separated decades earlier, and avenge her father, who was paralyzed in his own duel.

Then a messenger from the Emperor arrives, demanding that all families send one soldier to fight the Rouran invaders in the north. Mulan’s father ca...

REVIEW: The Vicar’s Daughter by Betty Neels

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Falling for the professor…

All the village assumed that Margo Pearson was to marry George, but unexpectedly meeting Professor Gijs van Kessel made her pause for thought. Being a plain, practical girl, Margo knew the professor was most unlikely to look her way. It took a tragic accident to bring an offer of marriage—from the professor. It was a practical proposal, but as Margo was taken into the bosom of his family over Christmas in Holland, she did wonder whether he might, someday, return h...

REVIEW: Country by Michael Hughes

Trigger warnings:

Spoiler: Show

child rape, violence.

Northern Ireland, 1996.

After twenty-five years of conflict, the IRA and the British have agreed an uneasy ceasefire, as a first step towards lasting peace. But if decades of savage violence are leading only to smiles and handshakes, those on the ground in the border country will start to question what exactly they have been fighting for.

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When an IRA man’s wife turns informer, he and his brother gather their old comrades for an assaul...

REVIEW: Apple Cake: A Gratitude by Dawn Casey

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Thank you, hedge, / Thank you, tree. / Thank you, flower, / Thank you, bee. / Thank you, rain, / Thank you, sun. / Thank you, farmers, / every one.

In this simple rhyming story from the author of Held in Love, a child says thank you for the gifts nature provides, from hazelnuts in the hedge to apples from the tree, eggs from the hens to milk from the cow. Eventually, the family has enough ingredients to make something special…a delicious apple cake!

With captivating illustrations that brim...

REVIEW: Bird Count by Susan Edwards Richmond, illustrated by Stephanie Fizer Coleman

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A young girl eagerly identifies and counts the birds she observes around her town during the New England Christmas Bird Count. Young Ava and her mother prepare to participate as “citizen scientists” in the Christmas Bird Count. She is excited when Big Al, the leader of their team, asks her to record the tally this year. Using her most important tools–her eyes and ears–and the birding ID techniques she’s learned, Ava eagerly identifies and counts the birds they observe on their assigned route...

REVIEW: Aurora Blazing by Jessie Mihalik

[image error]Content Advisory: There are some scenes of slavery and torture in the book so readers please note.

Dear Jessie Mihalik,

I loved your previous book, Polaris Rising, which came out earlier this year and was the first in your Consortium Rebellion trilogy. While that book was mainly about Ada and Loch, there was definitely something going on with Lady Bianca von Hasenberg and Director Ian Bishop, the security chief for House von Hasenberg and I could hardly wait to find out what their story would...

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