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A Kirkus Reviews Best Book 2025 in the Picture Book About Families category!

Congratulations to Hen&ink's Maureen Shay Tajsar and Midnight Motorbike illustrator Ishita Jain!

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-lists/best-picture-books-2025-about-families/

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Midnight Motorbike by Maureen Shay, illustrated by Ishita Jain. Neal Porter/Holiday House.

★ "The dreamlike visuals complement the lyrical text, engaging readers’ senses and showcasing the gentle, loving relationship between mother and child... A visual feast...."

— Kirkus Reviews

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/maureen-shay-tajsar/midnight-motorbike/

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Maureen Shay Tajsar's MIDNIGHT MOTORBIKE, in which a mother lulls a daughter to sleep with a mesmerizing motorbike ride through the splendor of a South Indian jungle, illustrated by Ishita Jain, to Taylor Norman at Neal Porter Books, for publication in spring 2025, by Erzsi Deak at Hen&ink for the author, and by Eryn Kalavsky at Salky Literary Management for the illustrator (world).

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