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  Review by Ronica Wahi Bernice Takes a Plunge By Ann Harth First published: March 5, 2020, Odyssey Books. Kindle Edition Pages: 103.  ASIN: B084H76VYD Naughty, overtly imaginative, sharp, observant, courageous, rash, impulsive, awkward, annoying, and lovable. That’s Bernice Peppercorn, the hero of Ann Harth’s Bernice Takes a Plunge. Hero indeed for the little girl braves a storm to solve a crime! Because her imagination has, in the past, made Bernice draw inferences that had no touch with reality, people are not inclined to hear her out when there’s actually something she’s discovered. When she insists on going to the police with her latest finding, her mother tells her, “Bernice, you really will be an author one day. Your imagination is amazing!” Bernice really is on that route. She jots down what she sees, collects materials for the adventure she is penning, makes notes on what to be careful of, does free-writing to get her thoughts in order, and cooks up ...

  Review by Ronica Wahi Bald is Beautiful: A Letter for A Fabulous Girl Writer: Carola Schmidt Illustrator and Designer: Dian Ovieta First published: September 15, 2019, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. Kindle Edition published: May 10, 2020. Pages: 24.  ASIN: B088GRZTKP The title itself asserts that bald is beautiful; lack of hair doesn’t take away a girl’s beauty and fabulousness, for these lie in her strength, cheerfulness, and smiling face in times both good and bad. By not naming the girl, the letter speaks to not one but to each and every girl, regardless of whether she is bald at the moment she reads it. The letter begins, “Hey, girl, You’re beautiful….” and with an illustration alongside showing little locks of hair on the floor. The next page says, “And LOVED !” and shows the bald girl. So, right at the start, the book shows that loss of hair is not loss of beauty or worth. Written simply and lucidly for the benefit of young...