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    Early chapter books

    Sweet Magic (Witchycakes #1) by Kara LaReau, illustrated by Ariane Moreira (Random House Books for Young Readers, 80 pages, grades 1-4). Young witch Blue is still working on their magical powers, but they love being involved of all aspects of their mother’s bakery. When they’re sent out on a...
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    Supernatural friends

    As You Wish by Nashae Jones (Aladdin, 272 pages, grades 5-8). Birdie and Deve have been best friends since the first day of kindergarten, but when Birdie tells Deve of her plans to be more “normal” in eighth grade by getting a boyfriend, Deve reacts coldly and before long they’re in a fight. A...
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    Digital Tools Every Coach Plans to Know

    Digital Tools Every Coach Plans to Know Digital Tools Every Coach Plans to Know According to HR Magazine, published by the U.S.-based Society for Human Resource Management, coaches get the best results from digital tools when they balance efficiency with strong ethics. The right tools will...
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    Ways to Create Social Impact in Your Community and Why It Matters. Part 2

    Ways to Create Social Impact in Your Community and Why It Matters. Part 2 Here is what 19 thought leaders had to say. I try to create a social impact by sharing my experience and knowledge with others. I don’t sell courses or position myself as an expert; I simply demonstrate how I overcame...
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    Something Like Home by Andrea Beatriz Arango

    Published by Random House Books for Young Readers Summary: Laura’s just arrived at her aunt’s house as this novel in verse opens. Her parents are in rehab following Laura’s 911 call, and she’s trying to deal with the fallout, including guilt for having made that call. Titi Silvia provides...
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    One of these things is not like the other, take 2

    Warrior on the Mound by Sandra W. Headen (Holiday House, 272 pages, grades 4-7). Cato loves baseball more than just about anything and aspires to join the Negro Leagues like his father, Daddy Mo, and his older brother Isaac. Daddy Mo died suddenly four years ago, and Cato is being raised by his...
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    Lost boys

    And Then, Boom! by Lisa Fipps (Nancy Paulsen Books, 256 pages, grades 4-7) and The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko (Knopf Books for Young Readers, 320 pages, grades 4-7). I read these two books back-to-back, and they are remarkably similar: both are written by Newbery Honor...
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    National Book Award longlist

    I’m nerdy enough to eagerly await the announcement of the National Book Award longlist, which this year happened on September 10 for young people’s literature. I read three of the books on the list and offer you my assessment of them here. Kareem Between by Shifa Saltagi Safadi (G. P...
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    And two final 2024 novels in verse

    Black Star by Kwame Alexander (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 384 pages, grades 5-8). In this sequel to The Door of No Return, Kofi is now Nana Kofi, grandfather to Charlene, a.k.a. Charley, who dreams of being the first Black female baseball player. She and her best friend Willie Green...
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    Novels in verse by award-winning authors

    It’s All or Nothing, Vale by Andrea Beatriz Arango (Random House Readers, 272 pages, grades 4-8). Vale is trying to get back to fencing after a serious motorbike accident that damaged one of her legs, possibly permanently. Despite the pain and weakness, Vale is driven to return to the one thing...
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    Horse Power

    The Trouble With Sunshine by Yamile Saied Méndez (Scholastic Press, 272 pages, grades 4-7). Dorani has gotten in trouble (again), this time for reading a banned book at school. But when her mother suffers a fatal heart attack on the way to pick her up, Dori is wracked by guilt and grief. Forced...
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    Two brave girls

    The Freedom Seeker by Ruchira Gupta (Scholastic Press, released August 5, 320 pages, grades 4-8). Simi has a happy life in Northern India, where she’s surrounded by friends and family who celebrate her accomplishments at school and on the hockey field. But when a right-wing group comes to power...
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    Learning Black history through historical fiction

    Radiant by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson (Dutton Books for Young Readers, 320 pages, grades 4-7). Fifth grader Cooper Dale is ashamed of the fact that she sometimes wishes she were white, but she can’t help feeling that it would make her life easier at school where she’s the only Black student. While...
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    Let’s visit the Goodreads 2026 Mock Newbery list!

    As you’ll see, I’ve been a little resistant to these three books, all of which are currently at or near the top of the Goodreads 2026 Mock Newbery list. I thought I’d dive into them during the last couple weeks of summer before school started. One that I did not get to, and probably won’t, is...
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    Home for the holidays

    Merry Christmas, Zoo by Lisa Eickholdt and Lola M. Schaefer, illustrated by Laura Watkins (Chronicle Books, 40 pages, ages 3-8). Inspired by “The Night Before Christmas,” this rhyming story shows how the zookeepers prep for Christmas, making gifts for the animals and decorating the zoo. When...
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    Home for the holidays, part 2

    At Our Table by Patrick Hulse, illustrated by Madelyn Goodnight (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 40 pages, ages 4-8). At our table, there is room for everything and everyone: old traditions, new friends, a crowd of people, but also quiet. There’s room for giving thanks for food and for...
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    ‘Tis the season

    Uri and the King of Darkness: A Hanukkah Story by Nati Bait, translated by Ilana Kurshan, illustrated by Carmel Ben Ami (Kalaniot Books, 32 pages, ages 4-8). Uri, his sister Shir, and their mom are awaiting Dad’s return home as it starts to get dark and rain is falling. Uri begins to worry about...
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    That holiday glow

    Winter Solstice Wish by Kate Allen Fox, illustrated by Elisa Paganelli (Beaming Books, 32 pages, ages 4-8). On the shortest day of the year, a group gathers on a beach to watch the sunset and build a bonfire. In the darkness, people long for light and the connection to each other. “Around the...
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    Two books with heart(s)

    Bigfoot’s Big Heart by Sarah Glenn Marsh, illustrated by Ishaa Lobo (Viking Books for Young Readers, 32 pages, ages 4-8). Bigfoot is a shy fellow who doesn’t like loud sounds, especially the noises people make when they see him. He keeps to himself, living in a cozy cave and writing to his...
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    Two books for Ramadan

    Almost Sunset by Wahab Algarmi (HarperAlley, 224 pages, grades 4-7). Hassan is fasting for Ramadan in this graphic novel, and, although it’s his third year doing so, this year seems harder than before. He’s going to the mosque for nightly prayers with his father for the first time, and there’s...

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