Meg Fleming, illus. by Lucy Ruth Cummins. Dial, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-593-10832-1
In this rousing picture book, an unnamed collective “we” begins a call and response, asking the reader to join in: “We say BOOK, you say BAG.” Beneath, a handwritten font spells out “BOOK! BAG! BOOK! BAG!” Emphasizing common school elements that...
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Meg Fleming, illus. by Lucy Ruth Cummins. Dial, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-593-10835-2
The runaway rhythm and bouncing energy of an elementary school classroom’s vote for class pet foregrounds communal involvement—and genuine excitement—around the voting process. Fleming’s rhymes focus on characteristics instead of specific candidates—
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Meg Fleming, illus. by Sarah Jane Wright. Beach Lane, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4424-8895-3
Fleming coaxes remarkable emotion out of three-word sentences in a lovely debut, constructing poetic mini-narratives involving parent-child pairs. Most of those pairs are animals: the first pages show a young rabbit racing back to the family den...
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Meg Fleming, illus. by Diana Sudyka. Beach Lane, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4814-5918-1
Playing children and snow-covered evergreens illuminate verse by Fleming (Ready, Set, Build) that celebrates play throughout the seasons. The writer’s telegraphic lines (“Sometimes splashing. Yellow sun”) let Sudyka (The Secret Keepers) convey the...
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Meg Fleming, illus. by Luke Flowers. Little Bee, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4998-0533-8
A roly-poly turtle and a take-charge tiger make for enthusiastic boaters in this cheery rhyming exploration of sailing. With their life jackets zipped and compass in hand, the two discover an island, swim among welcoming sea creatures (even the...
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Meg Fleming, illus. by Richard Jones. Beach Lane, $18.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-5344-4935-0
Encouraging readers to wonder “out the window,” “down a pathway,” “with a paddle,” and beyond, Fleming’s mixed rhymes braid themes of discovery and nature, while Jones’s acrylic and digital art employs chromatic, imaginative depictions that amplify...
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Meg Fleming, illus. by Brandon James Scott. HarperCollins, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-315721-7
Pups, calves, chicks, cubs, and other young announce themselves to comedic effect in this polished picture book, which tugs at the seeming illogic of nomenclature. Starting with a human child with dark brown skin, different youths present themselves
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Meg Fleming, illus. by Chuck Groenink. Beach Lane, $19.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-6659-2487-0
Twining the fantasy of an unfettered childhood adventure with the majestic reality of an ancient redwood forest, Fleming (Rock That Vote) and Groenink (Whales in the City) offer an outdoors variation on a classic children’s rhyme: “This is the...
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