Smithsonian BookDragon Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Author Rick Louis and artist Lara Antal prove to be symbiotically paired, affirming a beloved presence despite a tragic absence. Review for @ShelfAwareness https://t.co/SYcmOeqMYO

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Debut author Kimberly Garza skillfully links brilliantly crafted episodes to create an unforgettable community in Galveston, TX. A fabulous foursome narrates. Starred review of audio for @ALA_Booklist https://t.co/mC1Pf7bGXM

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Summer is a sighing, dreamy pleasure. Han captures Belly’s achingly feeling-full, most-important-summer-of-her-life with an alternating lightness and aching depth. Closing that final page, you can’t help but take an especially long exhalation, as if you’ve been holding your breath for a long time.

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The still-quinquagenarian Deanna Raybourn’s invincible golden girls might be making their maiden, or rather, matron voyage for now, but loyal audiences can hope (demand?) that their ship sails for decades to come. Review of audio for @Booklist https://t.co/nhohsAqysR

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Each chapter is a do-over that begins and ends with the protagonist as the same disgruntled junior who’s been abetted, misled, and ruined in varying situations by a recurring cast. Review for @ALA_Booklist https://t.co/0F3sM1iaaI

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Size matters in 2022 Caldecott Medalist Jason Chin’s The Universe in You, a brilliant companion to his 2020 picture book, Your Place in the Universe. Review for @ShelfAwareness Pro https://t.co/eHOpPSixES

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Susan Bonito reads crisply, with a heightened awareness acknowledging that Jhumpa Lahiri has chosen every word with absolute intention. Review of audio for @ALA_Booklist https://bit.ly/3zLl4iJ

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Andrew Sean Greer’s many can’t-be-called-minor characters become showcases for narrator Robert Petkoff’s impressive characterizations. Review of audio for @ALA_Booklist https://t.co/gvIHyh5VUa

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The first of the Edmund White's classic autobiographical, iconic trilogy is made artfully new, transformed into an impressive, dazzling graphic novel. Review for @ShelfAwareness https://t.co/Pfz7Roboea

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Despite Esther’s youth, terrorism, racism, and politics (as president, she’d never take Trump’s calls) are all quotidian details of her growing maturity. Starred review for @ALA_Booklist https://t.co/yFukyDMXXH

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