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The Big Picture

  1. Windows by Julia Denos (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. pp. 3-4
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0499
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New Books for Children and Young People

  1. Because You Love to Hate Me: 13 Tales of Villainy ed. by Ameriie (review)
  2. Kate Quealy-Gainer
  3. p. 4
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0571
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  1. Landscape with Invisible Hand by M. T. Anderson (review)
  2. Karen Coats
  3. p. 5
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0572
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  1. I Love You Like a Pig by Mac Barnett (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. p. 5
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0573
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  1. Tumble & Blue by Cassie Beasley (review)
  2. Sarah Sahn
  3. p. 6
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0574
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  1. I Have a Balloon by Ariel Bernstein (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. p. 6
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0575
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  1. Alexander Hamilton, Revolutionary by Martha Brockenbrough (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. p. 7
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0576
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  1. In Some Other Life by Jessica Brody (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. p. 7
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0577
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  1. Pennybaker School Is Headed For Disaster by Jennifer Brody (review)
  2. Quinita Balderson
  3. p. 8
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0578
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  1. Jane, Unlimited by Kristin Cashore (review)
  2. Kate Quealy-Gainer
  3. p. 8
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0579
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  1. The Losers Club by Andrew Clements (review)
  2. Rebecca Linares
  3. p. 9
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0580
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  1. Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert (review)
  2. Melanie Kirkwood
  3. p. 9
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0581
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  1. City Moon by Rachael Cole (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. p. 10
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0582
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  1. No Good Deed by Kara Connolly (review)
  2. Sarah Sahn
  3. p. 10
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0583
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  1. Cyclone by Doreen Cronin (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. p. 11
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0584
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  1. The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole by Michelle Cuevas (review)
  2. Sarah Sahn
  3. p. 11
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0585
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  1. Bonaparte Falls Apart by Margery Cuyler (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. p. 12
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0586
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  1. The Great Hibernation by Tara Dairman (review)
  2. Sarah Sahn
  3. p. 12
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0587
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  1. King of the Sky by Nicola Davies (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. p. 13
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0588
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  1. Right Where You Left Me by Calla Devlin (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. p. 13
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0589
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  1. Baabwaa & Wooliam by David Elliott (review)
  2. Karen Coats
  3. p. 14
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0590
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  1. La Princesa and the Pea by Susan Middleton Elya (review)
  2. Jeannette Hulick
  3. p. 14
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0591
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  1. Forest World by Margarita Engle (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. p. 15
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0592
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  1. Miguel’s Brave Knight: Young Cervantes and His Dream of Don Quixote by Margarita Engle (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. p. 15
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0593
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  1. A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars by Seth Fishman (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. pp. 15-16
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0594
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  1. Jasmine Toguchi: Mochi Queen by Debbi Michiko Florence (review)
  2. Sarah Sahn
  3. p. 16
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0595
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  1. When’s My Birthday? by Julie Fogliano (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. pp. 16-17
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0596
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  1. How to Survive as a Firefly by Kristen Foote (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. p. 17
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0597
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  1. Whobert Whover, Owl Detective by Jason Gallaher (review)
  2. Quinita Balderson
  3. pp. 17-18
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0598
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  1. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser (review)
  2. Rebecca Linares
  3. p. 18
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0599
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  1. Way Too Many Latkes: A Hanukkah in Chelm by Linda Glaser (review)
  2. Sarah Sahn
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  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0600
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  1. The Shape of the World: A Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright by K. L. Going, and: The World Is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid by Jeanette Winter (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. p. 19
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0601
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  1. Home in the Rain by Bob Graham (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. pp. 19-20
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0602
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  1. Wee Sister Strange by Holly Grant (review)
  2. Sarah Sahn
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  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0603
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  1. Invictus by Ryan Graudin (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. pp. 20-21
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0604
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  1. The Real Us by Tommy Greenwald (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. p. 21
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0605
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  1. Mighty Jack and the Goblin King by Ben Hatke (review)
  2. Kate Quealy-Gainer
  3. p. 21
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0606
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  1. Slider by Pete Hautman (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. p. 22
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0607
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  1. In the Middle of Fall by Kevin Henkes (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. p. 22
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0608
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  1. Giant Pumpkin Suite by Melanie Heuiser Hill (review)
  2. Melanie Kirkwood
  3. pp. 22-23
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0609
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  1. Ethan Marcus Stands Up by Michele Weber Hurwitz (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. p. 23
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0610
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  1. Beatrice Zinker, Upside Down Thinker by Shelley Johannes (review)
  2. Kate Quealy-Gainer
  3. pp. 23-24
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0611
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  1. The Library of Fates by Aditi Khorana (review)
  2. Sarah Sahn
  3. p. 24
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0612
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  1. When I Am Through With You by Stephanie Kuehn (review)
  2. Melanie Kirkwood
  3. pp. 24-25
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0613
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  1. Autoboyography by Christina Lauren (review)
  2. Rebecca Linares
  3. p. 25
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0614
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  1. Under the Bottle Bridge by Jessica Lawson (review)
  2. Jeannette Hulick
  3. pp. 25-26
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0615
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  1. Just Dance by Patricia MacLachlan (review)
  2. Kate Quealy-Gainer
  3. p. 26
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0616
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  1. Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters by Michael Mahin (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. p. 26
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0617
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  1. Philomena’s New Glasses by Brenna Maloney (review)
  2. Sarah Sahn
  3. p. 27
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0618
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  1. Things That Surprise You by Jennifer Maschari (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. p. 27
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0619
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  1. Sergeant Reckless: The True Story of the Little Horse Who Became a Hero by Patricia McCormick (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. pp. 27-28
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0620
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  1. Confessions from the Principal’s Kid by Robin Mellom (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. p. 28
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0621
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  1. Princess Kitty by Steve Metzger (review)
  2. Sarah Sahn
  3. pp. 28-29
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0622
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  1. The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore (review)
  2. Melanie Kirkwood
  3. p. 29
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0623
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  1. Mama Lion Wins the Race by Jon J. Muth (review)
  2. Jeannette Hulick
  3. p. 29
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0624
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  1. The Authentics by Abdi Nazemian (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. p. 30
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0625
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  1. Release by Patrick Ness (review)
  2. Karen Coats
  3. p. 30
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0626
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  1. One Mixed-Up Night by Catherine Newman (review)
  2. Karen Coats
  3. pp. 30-31
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0627
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  1. The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez (review)
  2. Melanie Kirkwood
  3. p. 31
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0628
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  1. You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. pp. 31-32
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0629
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  1. A Different Pond by Bao Perkins (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. p. 32
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0630
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  1. Who Killed Darius Drake? by Rodman Philbrick (review)
  2. Kate Quealy-Gainer
  3. pp. 32-33
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0631
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  1. 42 Is Not Just a Number: The Odyssey of Jackie Robinson, American Hero by Doreen Rappaport (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. p. 33
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0632
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  1. Big Machines: The Story of Virginia Lee Burton by Sherri Duskey Rinker (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. pp. 33-34
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0633
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  1. Henny, Penny, Lenny, Denny, and Mike by Cynthia Rylant (review)
  2. Sarah Sahn
  3. p. 34
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0634
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  1. Herbert’s First Halloween by Cynthia Rylant (review)
  2. Jeannette Hulick
  3. pp. 34-35
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0635
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  1. After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again by Dan Santat (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. p. 35
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0636
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  1. They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera (review)
  2. Karen Coats
  3. pp. 35-36
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0637
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  1. First We Were IV by Alexandra Sirowy (review)
  2. Karen Coats
  3. p. 36
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0638
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  1. The Agony of Bun O’Keefe by Heather Smith (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. pp. 36-37
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0639
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  1. Pattan’s Pumpkin: A Traditional Flood Story from Southern India by Chitra Soundar (review)
  2. Rebecca Linares
  3. p. 37
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0640
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  1. Wicked Bugs: The Meanest, Deadliest, Grossest Bugs on Earth by Amy Stewart (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. pp. 37-38
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0641
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  1. All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater (review)
  2. Karen Coats
  3. p. 38
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0642
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  1. Disappeared by Francisco X Stork (review)
  2. Rebecca Linares
  3. pp. 38-39
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0643
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  1. A Map for Wrecked Girls by Jessica Taylor (review)
  2. Karen Coats
  3. p. 39
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0644
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  1. Jack and the Beanstalk and the French Fries by Mark Teague (review)
  2. Rebecca Linares
  3. pp. 39-40
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0645
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  1. Danza!: Amalia Hernández and El Ballet Folklórico de México by Duncan Tonatiuh (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. p. 40
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0646
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  1. Apples for Little Fox by Ekaterina Trukhan (review)
  2. Karen Coats
  3. pp. 40-41
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0647
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  1. Here Comes Teacher Cat by Deborah Underwood (review)
  2. Rebecca Linares
  3. p. 41
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0648
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  1. The Glass Town Game by Catherynne M Valente (review)
  2. Karen Coats
  3. pp. 41-42
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0649
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  1. Wild Bird by Wendelin Van Draanen (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. p. 42
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0650
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  1. Super Max and the Mystery of Thornwood’s Revenge by Susan Vaught (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. pp. 42-43
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0651
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  1. Second Grade Holdout by Audrey Vernick (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. p. 43
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0652
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  1. Caleb and Kit by Beth Vrabel (review)
  2. Kate Quealy-Gainer
  3. pp. 43-44
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0653
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  1. The Memory Trees by Kali Wallace (review)
  2. Kate Quealy-Gainer
  3. p. 44
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0654
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  1. Absolutely Alfie and the Furry Purry Secret by Sally Warner (review)
  2. Quinita Balderson
  3. pp. 44-45
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0655
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  1. Karma Khullar’s Mustache by Kristi Wientge (review)
  2. Karen Coats
  3. p. 45
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0656
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  1. We Now Return to Regular Life by Martin Wilson (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
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  1. What George Forgot by Kathy Wolff (review)
  2. Quinita Balderson
  3. p. 46
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0658
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  1. American Gothic: The Life of Grant Wood by Susan Wood (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. p. 46
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0659
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  1. The Epic Crush of Genie Lo by F. C. Yee (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. p. 47
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0660
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  1. The Way to Bea by Kat Yeh (review)
  2. Rebecca Linares
  3. pp. 47-48
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0661
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  1. Professional Connections: Resources for Teachers and Librarians
  3. p. 48
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0662
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  1. Subject and Use Index
  3. pp. 49-51
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2017.0663
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