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  HOLLY JOLLY KITTY-CORN written by Shannon Hale, illustrated by LeUyen Pham Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2025 ISBN: 978-1-4197-6879-8 Source: publisher for review Ages 4-8 All opinions expressed are solely my own. Book cover & summary provided by the publisher through Goodreads.com. ABOUT THE BOOK Bestselling Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn creators Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham are back with a festive kitty-corn tale, featuring Christmas decorations, gingerbread houses, one (almost) perfect tree—and the magic of true friendship The best part of Christmas is the merry music! No, it’s the gingerbread! No, it’s definitely decorating the tree! Kitty and Unicorn can’t wait to spend their first Christmas together! But try as they might, they can’t seem to agree on their favorite festivities. Will the magical best friends pull off the perfect Christmas, or will all their plans come tip-timber-crashing down? The magical, bestselling team of Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham return with a cozy and...

  WISH I WAS A BALLER written by Amar Shah, illustrated by Rashad Doucet Graphix, 2025 ISBN: 9781339042442  Source: purchased eBook Ages 9-12 Genre : Historical fiction (based on author's memories) All opinions expressed are solely my own. Book cover & summary provided by the publisher through Goodreads.com. ABOUT THE BOOK BALLER is part NEW KID, part THE TRYOUT, and part DRAGON HOOPS Amar Shah has some story to tell! In 1995, he was a fourteen-year-old aspiring sports journalist (and basketball superfan) angling to get into an Orlando Magic team practice. He did, and it took him on the ride of his life! WISH I WAS A BALLER is a graphic memoir chronicling Amar's real-life experiences as a fourteen-year-old sports journalist covering the golden era of the NBA, when he befriended Shaq and hung out with Michael Jordan and the Bulls-all while surviving the high school caste system, dealing with crushes, and friendships being tainted by jealousy. REVIEW Amar Shah joins his...

  TROUBLING TONSILS! Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales #1 written by Aaron Reynolds, illustrated by Peter Brown Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2025 ISBN: 978-1-6659-6108-0 Source: ARC from publisher for review (Thanks!) Ages 6-9 All opinions expressed are solely my own. Book cover & summary provided by the publisher through Goodreads.com. ABOUT THE BOOK From the team behind the New York Times bestselling and Caldecott Medal–winning Jasper Rabbit picture books comes the first entry in a spin-off chapter book series in which Jasper tells the story of a young marmot whose tonsils get the better of him. Jasper the Rabbit is back! A little older and wiser, he collects creepy stories to share as cautionary tales. If you’re ready for some chills and chuckles alike, tune in as Jasper weaves the yarn of Charlie Marmot and the particular pickle he found himself in. See, Charlie here has a his tonsils have become infected and have to come out. No biggie, right? But when he dec...

  ZOMBIE AND BRAIN ARE FRIENDS written by Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic, illustrated by Laan Cham Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2025 ISBN: 978-1-5476-1973-3 Source: purchased Ages 4-8 All opinions expressed are solely my own. Book cover & summary provided by the publisher through Goodreads.com. ABOUT THE BOOK Zombie in Love meets Gustavo, the Shy Ghost in this story about a young zombie who must Are brains friends…or food? Zeb comes from a family of farmers-zombie farmers. Each week they pickle, bake, fry, and sell their grain-fed, free-range brains to be enjoyed by the masses. Zeb understands that brains are food, not pets…until one day he comes across the tiniest, pinkest, squishiest brain he ever did see! Can he convince his parents that his brainy bestie is better off as a member of the family than family dinner? REVIEW Zeb's family of zombies raise brains for consumption. When a baby brain tumbles into his arms one day and he sees how pink and how squishy it is, he names it...

  THIS BOOK IS DANGEROUS! A Narwhal and Jelly Picture Book written & illustrated by Ben Clanton Tundra, 2025 ISBN: 978-1-77488-656-4 Source: purchased Ages 4-8 All opinions expressed are solely my own. Book cover & summary provided by the publisher through Goodreads.com. ABOUT THE BOOK Take the plunge into this interactive picture book spin-off of the bestselling Narwhal & Jelly series starring everyone’s favorite anxious jellyfish. Help Jelly attempt to safely navigate through the dangerous ocean and this book — with hilarious results! Features a glow-in-the-dark cover! Did the title just say that this book is dangerous? Jelly doesn't do dangerous. Can you help Jelly find a way out? Just don't move a muscle or make any loud noises, okay? And definitely DON'T touch anything! While everything seems to come sunny-side up for Narwhal on their adventures, Jelly has more than a few worries about the many dangers out there in the sea serpents, pirate crabs, circus can...

  THE INVISIBLE PARADE written by Leigh Bardugo, illustrated by John Picacio Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2025 ISBN:   9780316295703 Source : F&G from publisher for review Ages 9   and up All opinions expressed are solely my own. Book cover & summary provided by the publisher through Goodreads.com. ABOUT THE BOOK It's time to join the party! Adventure awaits readers of all ages on Día de Muertos in this stunningly original and lushly illustrated tour de force about family, love, and overcoming grief from #1 bestselling superstar Leigh Bardugo and World Fantasy Award and Hugo Award-winner John Picacio. Everyone in the neighborhood was getting ready for the party. Everyone knew somebody on the guest list. . . . This was the day the dead returned. There's a party tonight, but Cala doesn't want to go. While her family prepares for the celebration, Cala grieves her grandfather and tries to pretend she's not afraid. But when she is separated from her family ...

LATE TODAY written by Jungyoon Huh, illustrated by Myungae Lee translated by Aerin Park Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2025 ISBN: 9780802856494 Source: publisher for review (Thanks!) Ages 4-8 All opinions expressed are solely my own. Book cover & summary provided by the publisher through Goodreads.com. ABOUT THE BOOK A resonant reminder to make the time to be kind, set in the bustling city of Seoul. One rainy morning, the Seogang Bridge hums with traffic—and in between the cars is a tiny kitten. People mutter to themselves, but no one wants to stop or slow down. The raindrops pelt the road; the cars screech and honk; the kitten mews. Finally one car pulls over… With atmospheric art by acclaimed illustrator Myungae Lee, Late Today asks readers to choose compassion in the midst of busyness. This stirring story is perfect for cat lovers, city dwellers, and anyone who’s ever lost themselves in the rush of life. REVIEW While the illustrations aren't my favorite, the story tugged ...

  SCHOOLED written by Jamie Sumner Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2025 ISBN: 978--1-5344-8605-8 Source: ARC from publisher for review Ages 9-12 All opinions expressed are solely my own. Book cover & summary provided by the publisher through Goodreads.com. ABOUT THE BOOK A bighearted, compulsively readable novel from acclaimed author Jamie Sumner about new schools, unexpected friendships, and overcoming loss. Eleven-year-old Lenny Syms is about to start college—sort of. As part of a brand-new experimental school, Lenny and four other students are starting sixth grade on a university campus, where they’ll be taught by the most brilliant professors and given every resource imaginable. This new school is pretty weird, though. Instead of hunkering down behind a desk to study math, science, and history, Lenny finds himself meditating, participating in discussions where you don’t even have to raise your hand, and spying on the campus population in the name of anthropology. But Lenn...

  SNOW KID written & illustrated by Jessie Sima Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2025 ISBN: 979-8-3471-0020-0 Source: publisher for review Ages 4-8 All opinions expressed are solely my own. Book cover & summary provided by the publisher through Goodreads.com. Thanks to Simon & Schuster for arranging the interview with the author. ABOUT THE BOOK From the New York Times bestselling creator of Not Quite Narwhal, Jessie Sima, comes a heart-melting wintery picture book about a snow kid finding out what it means to be themself! Meet Twig, the snow kid! Like all snow kids, Twig was made from many snowflakes, twigs, stones, a crisp orange carrot, and a very fine hat. What a wonderful thing it is to be Twig! Except…could they still be Twig if a strong breeze blows away their hat? As Twig chases after the hat, more things keep changing, and they keep growing and moving and talking. Is there still a way to go back to being Twig? Maybe not. But maybe there’s more than ...