Kallie George, illus. by Birgitta Sif. Candlewick, $14.99 (64p) ISBN 978-1-5362-1463-5
Giggling instead of cackling, skipping instead of slinking, and sporting a black hat with a big crimson bow, young Crimson Twill is portrayed as hardly witch-“typical.” When the pale-skinned witch travels with her mother from their Cackle County...
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Kallie George, illus. by Stephanie Graegin. Schwartz & Wade, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-553-52481-9
After Santa drops a package in the woods, a quartet of animals attempts to deliver the gift to its proper destination, in a tender story set in a hushed forest. George (Duck, Duck, Dinosaur) succinctly sketches personalities for her heroes—Rabbit is
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Kallie George, illus. by Stephanie Graegin. Disney-Hyperion, $14.99 (176p) ISBN 978-1-4847-3161-1
Seeking shelter in a storm, a mouse named Mona stumbles on the Heartwood Hotel, a swanky getaway for woodland animals located within a tree, then gets hired as a maid. In this compassionate and comforting first book in the Heartwood Hotel series,...
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Kallie George, illus. by Paola Zakimi. Random/Schwartz & Wade, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-101-93893-5
As this pensive story opens, a girl sits curled up by a window; her dog gazes out at the garden, where rain falls. “I know lots of secrets,” the girl says, addressing readers. “Like... Secrets are for whispering.” A page turn shows her out in the...
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Kallie George, illus. by Joelle Murray. Cartwheel, $7.99 (24p) ISBN 978-1-338-80393-8
Arts-and-crafts and resilience help set the stage for a special Valentine’s Day surprise in George’s amusing rhyming story. Many a scissors-wielding creator will understand the frustration of Black-presenting child “little friend” as they try to...
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Kallie George, illus. by Alexandra Boiger. Disney-Hyperion, $14.99 (144p) ISBN 978-1-4231-8382-2
The Magical Animal Adoption Agency series gets off to a promising start, introducing a girl named Clover whose self-professed bad luck shows signs of improving when she snags a volunteer gig with an agency devoted to finding good homes for cursed...
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Kallie George, illus. by Genevieve Cote. Simply Read (Ingram, dist.), $12.95 (44p) ISBN 978-1-927018-24-8
Children who are forever being cautioned to "Be careful" will instantly empathize with Spark, the young dragon who stars in this early reader from George (The Melancholic Mermaid), first in the Tiny Tails series. Like all dragons, Spark quickly...
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