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While mom works multiple jobs, Jack has to look after his mostly mute sister. When he trades the car for packets of seeds, the resulting garden is anything but normal-it's dangerous! Then something evil rises out of the garden. Rec'd! @BenHatke @01FirstSecond
As she turns 13, half-witch Kiki sets off to find a town to call home for a year. In Koriko, Kiki & her cat Jiji set up a delivery service & are determined to make a success of it, despite challenges. Funny, whimsical, lovely novel by #EikoKadono Highly rec'd! @randomhousekids
Red, a squirrel, has always wanted to be a voyageur, so he stows away on a canoe to find adventure. Eventually, he discovers what the voyageurs are trading for in return & tries to change it. Funny, powerful, exciting. Highly rec'd! @MargiPreus @cheryl_pilgrim @HolidayHouseBks
Supijaq & grandmother Qunguliq are called to help a sick man who refuses to say what made him ill. They must travel past the giant husky guardian to Kannaaluk who lives Below to find answers. Adapted from the fab stop motion short film. #ZachariasKunuk @MK_MONTEITH @Inhabit_Media
A boy no longer likes his dad's clown job, but it's also strange when dad becomes a lawyer again. A tender story abt relationships change, how people struggle in them & how they grow & mature with new insight & understanding. Cary Fagan Milan Pavolović @GroundwoodBooks
Kim's mum is tough, but she's still in bed, refusing to sign the form & give money for a field trip. Kim is tough too, no matter what she's feeling inside. Sometimes being tough means accepting help. Powerful, vulnerable, tender. Rec'd!!! @LanaButton @carmenmokstudio @TundraBooks
While others have big eyes & long lashes, a girl proudly exclaims that she has "eyes that kiss in the corners & glow like warm tea," just like her Mama's, her Amah's, & her Mei-Mei's. Beautiful poetic text @JoannaHoWrites Gorgeous illios by Dung Ho Highly rec'd! @HarperChildrens
After their mother's mysterious death & their father's later debauchery, Dahut & Rozenn grow apart, 1 learning their mother's magic, the other becoming a hermit until secrets are revealed & sacrifices made. Great retelling of Breton folktale. @_MTAnderson Jo Rioux @01FirstSecond
When a boy tries to talk, a pine tree sticks out from his lips & a crow caws from inside his throat. After a visit to the river, where the water whirls & churns, he realizes he talks like a river. Powerful, poignant story! Highly rec'd! @jscottwrites @Sydneydraws @HolidayHouseBks
Whale's song brings "happiness and hope" to those around him. But there's no song to fill his own empty heart. His deep sigh turns into a wish that is carried by the ocean to someone who responds to his need. Poetic, poignant, beautiful book by Anna Pignataro @PhilomelBooks