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"From two-time Caldecott Honor recipient Marla Frazee" over the covers of her books All the World, Bossy Baby, and The Farmer and the Clown... "Discover the wonder in every moment, big and small In Every Life" The text is illuminated with sunstrokes emerging from behind in all around as it shines on above the scent of a child running open armed towards the right in the direction of an older gentleman sitting on a bench. A mother-figure walking behind with a stroller follows the child. Around them are yellow and green foliage.

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The Reading List: A Novel By Sara Nisha Adams Cover Image
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By Sara Nisha Adams
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The Spanish Daughter: A Gripping Historical Novel Perfect for Book Clubs By Lorena Hughes Cover Image
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The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer By Janelle Monáe Cover Image
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Last Summer on State Street: A Novel By Toya Wolfe Cover Image
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Afterparties: Stories By Anthony Veasna So Cover Image
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On Rotation: A Novel By Shirlene Obuobi Cover Image
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Act Your Age, Eve Brown: A Novel (The Brown Sisters #3) By Talia Hibbert Cover Image
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The Wedding Crasher: A Novel By Mia Sosa Cover Image
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A Minor Chorus: A Novel By Billy-Ray Belcourt Cover Image
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The Family Chao: A Novel By Lan Samantha Chang Cover Image
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Woman, Eating: A Literary Vampire Novel By Claire Kohda Cover Image
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    Love, Z By Jessie Sima, Jessie Sima (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Count to LOVE! (A Bright Brown Baby Board Book) By Andrea Pinkney, Brian Pinkney (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • This Is Not a Valentine: (Valentines Day Gift for Kids, Children's Holiday Books) By Carter Higgins, Lucy Ruth Cummins (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Little Blue Truck's Valentine: A Valentine's Day Book For Kids By Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Love By Robert Sabuda, Robert Sabuda (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • From Archie to Zack By Vincent Kirsch Cover Image
  • Love, Escargot By Dashka Slater, Sydney Hanson (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Grumpy Monkey Valentine Gross-Out By Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Amor de Colores By Melanie Romero, Citlali Reyes (Illustrator) Cover Image

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The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh By Helen Rutter Cover Image

The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh (Hardcover)

By Helen Rutter
$17.99

Helen Rutter’s sparkling debut – The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh – is a heartwarming and yes, laugh out loud contemporary middle grade about 6th grader Billy Plimpton who dreams of being a comedian. He has a few roadblocks in his way – mainly his stutter and inability to get past his own anxieties. Working through these blockades with him, he has a great support group – his lunchtime friend Skyla, Mr. Osho his homeroom teacher and musical mentor, his grandmother Granny Bread, among others. However, his relationship with friends and a bully named Blackmore give this resilient, and ultimately self-aware young man the courage to be himself. Readers will be rooting for Billy through the last page of this uplifting tale. Terrific!

(Contemporary Novel, ages 9+) - Reviewed by Maureen


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