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Review: Tiger Boy by Mitali Perkins, illustrated by Jamie Hogan

 

Tiger Boy, by Mitali Perkins, illustrated by Jamie Hogan (Charlesbridge, 2015)

 

Tiger Boy
written by Mitali Perkins, illustrated by Jamie Hogan
(Charlesbridge, 2015)

 

Mitali Perkins‘ latest novel Tiger Boy is beautifully crafted, the perfect …

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Review – After Ghandi: One Hundred Years of Nonviolent Resistance by Anne Sibley O’Brien and Perry Edmund O’Brien

After Gandhi: One Hundred Years of Nonviolent Resistance, by Anne Sibley O’Brien and Perry Edmond O’Brien (Charlesbridge, 2009)

After Gandhi: One Hundred Years of Nonviolent Resistance
by Anne Sibley O’Brien and Perry Edmond O’Brien
(Charlesbridge, 2009)

 
An extraordinarily …

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Review: Planting the Trees of Kenya by Claire A. Nivola

 

Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai, by Claire A. Nivola

Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai
by Claire A. Nivola
(Frances Foster Books; Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008)

 
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Review: Maya Saves the Day, Trouble with Magic, and The Vampire Boy – 3 Early Reader ‘Hole Books’ from Duckbill

3 'hOle Book' early readers from Duckbill (India) - The Vampire Boy; Maya Saves the Day; and Trouble with Magic

Maya Saves the Day
written by Meera Nair, illustrated by Priya Kuriyan

Trouble with Magic
written …

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Review: The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin

The Year of the Dog, by Grace Lin (Little, Brown & Co., 2006)

The Year of the Dog
by Grace Lin
(Little, Brown & Co., 2006)

 
This is Grace Lin’s first novel and she wrote it because ‘this …

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Review – The Great Race: The Story of the Chinese Zodiac, by Dawn Case and Anne Wilson

The Great Race: The Story of the Chinese Zodiac - written by Dawn Casey, illustrated by Anne Wilson (Barefoot Books, 2006)

The Great Race: The Story of the Chinese Zodiac
written by Dawn Casey, illustrated by Anne Wilson
…

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Review: 15 Things Not to Do with a Baby, by Margaret McAllister and Holly Sterling

 
15 Things Not to Do with a Baby, written by Margaret McAllister, illustrated by Holly Sterling (Janetta Otter-Barry Books, Frances Lincoln, 2015) 

15 Things Not to Do with a Baby
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Review – Ela: The Girl Who Entered the Unknown by Sampurna Chattarji

Ela: The Girl Who Entered the Unknown, by Sampurna Chattarji (Scholastic India, 2013)

Ela: The Girl Who Entered the Unknown
by Sampurna Chattarji
(Scholastic India, 2013)

Dreams, imagination and reality all merge in novelist, poet and translator Sampurna …

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Review – Puteri Tioman: The Green Turtle by Rossiti Aishah Rashidi and Farrah Ashiela Samsuri

Puteri Tioman: The Green Turtle, by Rossiti Aishah Rashidi, illustrated by Farrah Ashiela Samsuri (RainTree (Malaysia), 2011)

Puteri Tioman: The Green Turtle
Rossiti Aishah Rashidi, illustrated by Farrah Ashiela Samsuri
(RainTree (Malaysia), 2011)

 

Puteri Tioman is a turtle who …

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Review: Land Below the Wind by Awang Fadilah

Land Below the Wind by Awang Fadilah (Picture Book Art (Malaysia), 2011)

 

Land Below the Wind
by Awang Fadilah
(Picture Book Art (Malaysia), 2011)

 

It comes as no surprise to learn that the illustrations for Land …

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