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Reviewing the Legends: Children's

CHILDREN'S

PETER'S CHAIR

illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats

A soupcon of security for displaced preschoolers, and a glowing companion to The Snowy Day and Whistle for Willie. Full review >

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TEENS & YOUNG ADULT

DRAGONWINGS

by Laurence Yep

And the dream that becomes the plane Dragonwings lifts this into a world where truth and imagination are one. Full review >

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TEENS & YOUNG ADULT

THE PLANET OF JUNIOR BROWN

by Virginia Hamilton

This is not a story to be judged on grounds of probability, but one which makes its own insistent reality; it endures along... Full review >

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CHILDREN'S

TAKING SIDES

by Gary Soto

Nonetheless, a fine, useful contribution. (Fiction. 8-12) Full review >

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A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE NEGRO IN AMERICA

by Milton Meltzer & Langston Hughes

Clear historical perspective on an easy-reading level. Recent Life article may direct interest. Full review >

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CHILDREN'S

THE BIRCHBARK HOUSE

by Louise Erdrich ; illustrated by Louise Erdrich

Omakayas cannot find her way back to happiness until an odd old woman tells her the truth of her past, in a novel that is by... Full review >

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TEENS & YOUNG ADULT

TOTALLY JOE

by James Howe

The timeline overlaps the events of the companion novel, but fans of the first won’t feel déjà vu. There’s more of a sense... Full review >

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