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My January (tracked) reading. I'm chipping away at my backlog of modern children's books (I try to know what's out there to gift to friends' kids and also for fast URC solutions haha). The only book here I DO NOT recommend is “A River's Gifts“. It plays fast and loose with facts and assumes children are too stupid for nuance. It's also not written by Klallam people and it shows. The two queer romances are both @willaful's fault, thank you. ❤

A charming story about a young girl who doesn‘t want to miss Carnival in Saint Lucia. Beautiful illustrations!
#ReadingTheAmericas2023

What a beautiful book! The end papers are so much more colorful in person. This story about Carnival on St. Lucia includes Creole vocabulary with pronunciation and cultural information cached in a simple but calamitous tale about a girl who just doesn't want to miss the main event.