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Jennifer Krauss Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Jennifer Krauss is a children's book editor. @NYTimes Children's Books Editor

9 books
Book Cover for: Book of Questions, Pablo Neruda

Book of Questions

Pablo Neruda
Jennifer KraussJennifer Krauss

Gorgeous, dreamlike illustrations add dimension to 70 of the Nobel Prize-winning poet’s 320 questions, presented in picture-book form for the first time.

Hardcover, 2022

$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Mac Barnett

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

Mac Barnett
Jennifer KraussJennifer Krauss

The troll is as hungry for language as he is for goats, and the soft pink, brown and gray pictures feel born of the oldest soil, in this wry retelling of the Norwegian folk tale.

Hardcover, 2022

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Shuna's Journey, Hayao Miyazaki

Shuna's Journey

Hayao Miyazaki
Jennifer KraussJennifer Krauss

First published in Japan in 1983 and finally translated into English, this picture book from the fabled animator is eerie, enchanting and surpassingly strange.

Hardcover, 2022

$27.99$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Patchwork, Matt de la Peña

Patchwork

Matt de la Peña
Jennifer KraussJennifer Krauss

The spongework that overlays these portraits of children elucidates the author’s liberating theme: We are not indelibly drawn at birth; our identities shift, blend and bloom.

Hardcover, 2022

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Emile and the Field, Kevin Young

Emile and the Field

Kevin Young
Jennifer KraussJennifer Krauss

From its exquisite endpapers, awash with wildflowers, and its sublime first words, this book about the profound love between a boy and a field captivates.

Hardcover, 2022

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Every Night: Billionaire Sweet & Steamy Romance, Lexy Timms

Every Night: Billionaire Sweet & Steamy Romance

Lexy Timms
Jennifer KraussJennifer Krauss

This is a story about one line. "Every night," writes @remytumin, "I find a new and creative way to tell our readers to have a good evening." https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/08/reader-center/briefings-have-a-good-evening.html

Paperback, 2017

$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Summer of Diving, Sara Stridsberg

The Summer of Diving

Sara Stridsberg
Jennifer KraussJennifer Krauss

In this child’s-eye view of a father’s depression, evocative language and lush, color-saturated art show how a girl’s imagination helps her swim through loss and heal.

Hardcover, 2022

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Lizzy and the Cloud, Terry Fan

Lizzy and the Cloud

Terry Fan
Jennifer KraussJennifer Krauss

The brilliant Fan brothers once again show us the miraculous in the ordinary, but unlike the colorful marble in “It Fell From the Sky,” this book’s wonder is the meh-est of the meh: your (gloriously) average “cloudy” day.

Hardcover, 2022

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Unstoppable Us, Yuval Noah Harari

Unstoppable Us

Yuval Noah Harari
Jennifer KraussJennifer Krauss

In the first of four planned volumes, Harari simplifies the provocative ideas about human history that drove his 2015 best seller, “Sapiens,” without dumbing them down.

Paperback, 2024

$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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