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    Foreword Reviews: In My Dreams Starred Review

    The nature of dreams is explored in this book of few words with stunning illustrations. A young girl describes the strange nature of her dreams, ever-changing apart from the last one that brings her back to consciousness. The dreams are illustrated in grayscale pencil apart from a single element on every page—a pink umbrella, a school of orange fish—until the girl peels back the corner of her dream and lets in the light and colors of the day.

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    Foreword Reviews: A Gift for Amma

    A Gift for Amma: Experience the colorful chaos of market day in India as a young girl shops for something special among the stalls. Forget boring brown and black: here you’ll find terracotta and cardamom, charcoal and kebabs. “A Gift for Amma” is a brilliant…

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    Foreword Reviews: The Fort

    The Fort: Imagination and a love of fantasy transform an old fort in the woods into a grand castle one day and a pirate ship the next. A young prince and feisty pirate lass are at odds until they put their differences aside and join forces, embarking on the…

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    Foreword Reviews: The Rhythm of the Rain

    The Rhythm of the Rain: Emptying a jar of water into a mountain pool, Issac imagines the journey it might take as it flows into tranquil streams, winding rivers, city canals, and murky ocean depths, or as it mists into a cloudy sky and falls down to earth in drops of…

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    Foreword Reviews: MY BIG BEAR, MY LITTLE BEAR, AND ME

    My Big Bear, My Little Bear, and Me / Mi oso grande, mi oso pequeño y yo: In this story available in both English and Spanish, a little girl enjoys a snowy day outside, one hand clutching her small teddy tightly, the other lifted up to reach her big bear’s mittened paw, as she contemplates the love she has for both….