Our latest acquisitions in Children's and Young Adult Literature, as well as Teacher Resources, are featured here.
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Picture Book
By Andrea Beaty
Recommended: Grades K to 3
Pages: 32
Summary: "When Miss Greer asks each child in the class to write a story, second-grader Aaron creates a story using pictures." --From Publisher's Description
Picture Book
By Vera Ahiyya
Recommended: Ages 4 to 8
Pages: 32
Summary: "Leo ends up having a great first day of kindergarten when he makes a kindness pledge and discovers he knows a lot about being kind to others."--From Publisher's Description
Picture Book
By Andrea L. Rogers
Recommended: Grades K to 2
Pages: 32
Summary: "Sissy's younger brother, Chooch, isn't a baby anymore. So she introduces him to their family's Cherokee traditions... begrudgingly." --From Publisher's Description
Picture Book
By Marty Wilson-Trudeau
Recommended: Grades 1 to 3
Pages: 32
Summary: "Phoenix loves to play with dolls and dance. He struggles with feeling different, but his family is proud of him."
--From Publisher's Description
Picture Book
By Diana Murray
Recommended: Grades K to 3
Pages: 32
Summary: "The unicorns are celebrating their favorite day of the year. But when an impostor (a horse with a fake horn) arrives, will the party continue with all its glittery glory?" --From Publisher's Description
Picture Book
By Stephanie Seales
Recommended: Grades PreK to 3
Pages: 32
Summary: "A young girl and her father greet their horses and ride together through the waking city streets." --From Publisher's Description
Picture Book
By Robert Raczka
Recommended: Ages 5 to 9
Pages: 32
Summary: "Niko loves to draw his world. But no one understands the abstract pictures he makes until a new friend sees the thoughts and feelings within his shapes and forms." --From Publisher's Description
Picture Book
By Jenna Beatrice
Recommended: Grades K to 3
Pages: 32
Summary: "When loud-voiced Penelope becomes student-librarian, she is determined to prove she is perfect for the job." --From Publisher's Description
Picture Book
By Cynthia Harmony
Recommended: Grades PreK to 3
Pages: 32
Summary: "While he spends the summer months working on faraway farms, Lucía watches the skies for signs of the monarchs' --and her papá's--return." --From Publisher's Description
Beginning Chapter Book
By Kate DiCamillo
Recommended: Grades K to 3
Pages: 72
Summary: "Can Orris the rat rescue Timble the owl, despite the fact that owls and rats are natural enemies?" --From Publisher's Description
Poetry
By Lindsay H. Metcalf (Ed.)
Recommended: Ages 5 to 9
Pages: 32
Summary: "14 poems honor young activists who have stepped up to make change in their community and country." --From Publisher's Description
Poetry
By Kirsten Hall
Recommended: Ages 4 to 8
Pages: 32
Summary: "A cento poem that celebrates the beauty of our forests and encourages readers to respect, honor, and be in awe of their natural wonders." --From Publisher's Description
Nontiction
By Shane Jordan
Recommended: Grades K to 3
Pages: 28
Summary: "
During a pride parade, a young child and their supportive father meet and help a non-binary child feel comfortable in their own skin." --From Publisher's Description
Nonfiction
By Monique Gray Smith
Recommended: Grades PreK-2
Pages: 32
Summary: "Gves examples of how children can be kind and how kindness can make us feel." --From Publisher's Description
Nonfiction
By Livia Blackburne
Recommended: Ages 7 to 11
Pages: 40
Summary: "Illuminates a tragic episode in our nation's past, when on October 24, 1871 in Los Angeles, 18 Chinese men were murdered in a racist attack." --From Publisher's Description
Nonfiction
By John Micklos Jr.
Recommended: Grades 4 to 8
Pages: 32
Summary: "Learn facts about the Southeast United States, including its history, culture, geography, major cities, and everyday life." --From Publisher's Description
Biography
By Jonathan Eig
Recommended: Ages 12 to 18
Pages: 246
Summary: "A young readers' adaptation of Jonathan Eig's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Martin Luther King, Jr." --From Publisher's Description
Nonfiction
By Maile Carpenter
Recommended: Grades 3 to 7
Pages: 192
Summary: "More than 100 photographed recipes for everyday and special-occasion baked favorites." --From Publisher's Description
Nonfiction
By George M. Johnson
Recommended: Ages 14 to 18
Pages: 133
Summary: "An illuminating set of profiles of Black and Queer writers, performers, and activists from the Harlem Renaissance." --From Publisher's Description
Nonfiction
By Elaine Kamarck
Recommended: Grades 10 and Up
Pages: 160
Summary: "This is a book for concerned citizens who want to recognize disinformation, understand it, and protect themselves and others." --From Publisher's Description
Nonfiction
By Deanna F. Cook
Recommended: Ages 8 to 12
Pages: 143
Summary: "Kids gain practical kitchen skills through preparing breakfasts, drinks, snacks, dinners, and desserts from around the world." --From Publisher's Description
Nonfiction
By Melissa Blake
Recommended: Grades 10 and Up
Pages: 256
Summary: "A frank, illuminating memoir and a call to action for disabled people and allies." --From Publisher's Description
Nonfiction
By Sally M. Walker
Recommended: Ages 10 to 14
Pages: 288
Summary: "Explores the extraordinary lives of the brave soldiers who served with honor in the line of duty, despite enduring broken treaties, loss of tribal lands, and racism." --From Publisher's Description
Nonfiction
By Rosanne Tolin
Recommended: Grades 4 to 7
Pages: 130
Summary: "The first biography about the writer behind the beloved series reveals how he poured his personal feelings about the events of his era into the story." --From Publisher's Description
Graphic Novel
By Wahab Algarmi
Recommended: Ages 8 to 12
Pages: 215
Summary: "Hassan faces a hectic month of homework, soccer and gaming while fasting every day for the holy month of Ramadan." --From Publisher's Description
Graphic Novel
By Jose Pimienta
Recommended: Grades 4 to 8
Pages: 237
Summary: "Ave must adjust to a new country, a new school, and a new family dynamic when their mom and younger brother move to Kansas while their father and older sister stay in Mexico during the parents' divorce." --From Publisher's Description
Graphic Novel
By Meredith McClaren
Recommended: Ages 8 to 12
Pages: 187
Summary: "Emily, her mom, and her aunt Gina have a very special magical power: They can bake emotions into desserts. There is only one rule: Never bake a bad feeling..." --From Publisher's Description
Graphic Novel
By Kyle Starks
Recommended: Ages 14 to 18
Pages: 154
Summary: "From prom to the after-party to graduation, Don and Sam will have to fight their way through a gauntlet of opponents, all in the name of love." --From Publisher's Description
Graphic Novel
By Ursula Murray Husted
Recommended: Ages 8 to 12
Pages: 255
Summary: "Though girls can't be official apprentices to artists in Florence, Mella has been secretly teaching herself to paint while tending to artist Sandro Botticelli's chickens." --From Publisher's Description
Graphic Novel
By Cameron Mukwa
Recommended: Grades 3 to 7
Pages: 175
Summary: "Anang is two-spirit and wants to make a ribbon skirt, a piece of clothing typically worn by women in the Anishinaabe tradition, for an upcoming powwow." --From Publisher's Description
Graphic Novel
By Dave Roman
Recommended: Ages 8 to 12
Pages: 203
Summary: "The first few years of Brian Reyes' life were unremarkable. Then one day, a bump appeared on his head, and it grew until it was a full-blown, sparkling, unicorn horn. Soon weird occurrences start stacking up, and Brian has to embrace his fate to rescue his best friend." --From Publisher's Description
Graphic Novel
By Shaina Lu
Recommended: Ages 8 to 12
Pages: 216
Summary: "Momo has lived in the same town her entire life. She knows where to get the best meal: Noodle & Bao. But now rent is becoming unaffordable, and the restaurant has been edged out of its storefront. Can Momo protect her town from "beautification?" --From Publisher's Description
Graphic Novel
By Jeremy Whitley
Recommended: Ages 15 and Up
Pages: 220
Summary: "When new students Neesha and Gabby discover they like the same manga series, they become friends and set out on a mission to find the remaining books." --From Publisher's Description
Graphic Novel
By Zachary Sterling
Recommended: Ages 8 to 12
Pages: 228
Summary: "When creatures from Filipino folklore appear in their town and threaten their family, JJ and Althea realize that the myths their parents have always told them may be more real than they'd suspected." --From Publisher's Description
Graphic Novel
By Molly Knox Ostertag
Recommended: Grades 10 to 12
Pages: 470
Summary: "High school senior Magdalena has a deadly secret hidden in the dark of the basement, one that drains her of energy and could kill if it ever got out." --From Publisher's Description
Novel in Verse
By Ann Clare LeZotte
Recommended: Ages 10 to 14
Pages: 209
Summary: "With a family who refuses to learn sign language, 12-year-old Effie is mostly cut off from human communication; only her interpreter is willing to fight to provide her with a safe home." --From Publisher's Description
Novel in Verse
By Lesa Cline-Ransome
Recommended: Grades 3 to 7
Pages: 296
Summary: "Three women narrate a perilous wagon journey westward that could set them free--or cost them everything they have--in this intergenerational verse novel that explores the history of the Black homesteader movement." --From Publisher's Description
Fiction
By Ibi Zoboi
Recommended: Grades 9 to 12
Pages: 387
Summary: "15-year-old Marisol, a reluctant fireball witch, and 17-year-old Genevieve, haunted by a mysterious hunger and family secrets, uncover a powerful connection that threatens to ignite their fragile existence." --From Publisher's Description
Fiction
By Jonny Garza Villa
Recommended: Grades 9 to 12
Pages: 338
Summary: "When a mariachi star transfers schools, he expects to be handed his new group's lead vocalist spot. What he gets instead is a tenacious current lead with a very familiar, very kissable face." --From Publisher's Description
Fiction
By Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Recommended: Grades 9 to 12
Pages: 434
Summary: "A collection of novellas and short stories set before, during, and after the Inheritance Games series." --From Publisher's Description
Fiction
By Malia Maunakea
Recommended: Grades 3 to 7
Pages: 298
Summary: "12-year-old Anna must dig deep into her Hawaiian roots in order to save her best friend and her island from an angry fire goddess." --From Publisher's Description
Fiction
By Kristiana Kahakauwila
Recommended: Grades 4 to 8
Pages: 273
Summary: "When she attains the ability to hear what boys are thinking, Clara hopes to reverse her ex-best friend's betrayal but ends up making a mess of everything." --From Publisher's Description
Fiction
By Maya Van Wagenen
Recommended: Grades 7 and Up
Pages: 310
Summary: "Dolores was recently diagnosed with a chronic condition. The painful disease isn't life threatening, but it IS threatening to ruin her life." --From Publisher's Description
Fiction
By Kelly Yang
Recommended: Ages 8 to 12
Pages: 339
Summary: "10-year-old Lina wants to create a viral video to help her mom's business, but as she navigates the online world, she must find the courage to stay true to her authentic self. --From Publisher's Description
Fiction
By NoNieqa Ramos
Recommended: Grades 9 to 12
Pages: 361
Summary: "16-year-old Yuiza, a proud queer Boricua who loves to make horror movies, finds themself living in one when they are sent to an elite boarding school with sinister secrets." --From Publisher's Description
Fiction
By Andrew Clements
Recommended: Ages 8 to 12
Pages: 198
Summary: "Josh and his friends can't stand Mr. N's ELA class; it's a strict no-tech zone. When he discovers a secret, Josh is determined to solve the mystery of Mr. N's past." --From Publisher's Description
Fiction
By Kwame Mbalia
Recommended: Grades 4 to 8
Pages: 405
Summary: "Tristan is supposed to be keeping an eye on his younger cousin when he sees his archenemy, King Cotton, and a mysterious girl grabs his magic cellphone." --From Publisher's Description
Fiction
By Cornelia Funke
Recommended: Grades 4 to 8
Pages: 297
Summary: "Five years after the events of Inkdeath, Orpheus has found an unexpected way to seek vengeance against his greatest adversary." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2025 John Newbery Medal
By Erin Entrada Kelly
Recommended: Ages 8 to 12
Pages: 253
Summary: "It's August 1999. For 12-year-old Michael Rosario, life in Delaware is as ordinary as ever. But then a disoriented teenage boy named Ridge appears out of nowhere, claiming to be the world’s first time traveler." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2025 Caldecott Award
By Andrea L. Rogers
Recommended: Grades K-2
Pages: 32
Summary: "Sissy's younger brother, Chooch, isn't a baby anymore. So she introduces him to their family's Cherokee traditions... begrudgingly." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2025 Printz Award
By Samuel Teer; Mar Julia (Illustrator)
Recommended: Ages 14 and Up
Pages: 315
Summary: "Almudena has always wondered about the dad she never met. Now, with her mother away on a trip, she's left alone with her Guatemalan father Xavier for an entire summer. Will they finally get to know each other?" --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2025 Robert F. Sibert Award
By Lynn Brunelle
Recommended: Ages 4 to 8
Pages: 32
Summary: "Follow a blue whale's enormous body to the bottom of the ocean, where it sets the stage for a bustling new ecosystem to flourish." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2025 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
By Stephanie Seales; C. G. Esperanza (Illustrator)
Recommended: Ages 4 to 8
Pages: 32
Summary: "A young Panamanian-American girl and her father share 'just-us' time on an early morning horseback ride around their town while he tells her cowboy stories." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2025 Coretta Scott King Author Award
By Jason Reynolds
Recommended: Grades 10 to 12
Pages: 239
Summary: "In a series of moments spanning two years, 17-year-old Neon navigates the progression of his relationship with Aria as the two intend to take the next big step in their relationship." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2025 Pura Belpre Illustrator Award
By Marcelo Verdad, illustrator
Recommended: Grades PreK to 3
Pages: 32
Summary: "As he and Abuelito work in the hot Oaxacan sun, Miguel has one simple wish: to have his parents by his side." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2025 Pura Belpre Children's Author Award
By Karla Arenas Valenti
Recommended: Ages 8 to 12
Pages: 247
Summary: "10-year-old Lola journeys to the magical land of Floresta to find the key to healing her sick brother." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2025 Pura Belpre Young Adult Award
By Carolina Ixta
Recommended: Grades 9 to 12
Pages: 349
Summary: "Belén wants the normal stuff, but nothing is normal in East Oakland. Her father left her family, she's at risk of not graduating, and her best friend is pregnant. What future is there for girls like her?" --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2025 Asian/Pacific American Picture Book Award
By Kaylin Melia George
Recommended: Grades K to 3
Pages: 32
Summary: "When Ano begins to dance hula, a storytelling dance form of the Hawaiian people, Ano comes to understand the true meaning of Aloha." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2025 Asian/Pacific American Children's Literature Award
By Kathy MacLeod
Recommended: Ages 8 to 12
Pages: 206
Summary: "Kathy lives in two different worlds and struggles to fit in. She just wants to find a place where she truly belongs, but she's not sure if it's in America, Thailand... or anywhere." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2025 Asian/Pacific American Young Adult Literature Award
By Randy Ribay
Recommended: Grades 7 and Up
Pages: 264
Summary: "Set in the 1930s to today, four generations of Filipino American boys grapple with identity, masculinity, and father-son relationships." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2025 Sydney Taylor Picture Book Award
By Deborah Bodin Cohen
Recommended: Grades K to 3
Pages: 32
Summary: "Rachel and her family anxiously await Papa's return home with the most perfect etrog for Sukkot." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2025 Sydney Taylor Middle-Grade Book Award
By Estelle Nadel
Recommended: Ages 10 to 14
Pages: 244
Summary: "A heartrending graphic memoir about a young Jewish girl's fight for survival in Nazi occupied Poland and finding hope when facing the unimaginable." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2025 Sydney Taylor Young Adult Book Award
By A. R. Vishny
Recommended: Grades 9 to 12
Pages: 356
Summary: "Two estries--owl-shifting female vampires from Jewish tradition--face New York's monstrous underworld to save the girl one of them loves before they are all lost forever." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2025 Schneider Family Picture Book Award
By Sarah Kurpiel
Recommended: Grades K to 3
Pages: 32
Summary: "A young girl and her mother visit and ice festival and find that the artists have created sparkling, glorious sculptures." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2025 Schneider Family Middle-Grade Book Award
By Rob Harrell
Recommended: Grades 4 to 8
Pages: 269
Summary: "Seventh grader Andrew tries to get through Picture Day while grappling with his anxiety and OCD as one thing after another goes wrong." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2025 Schneider Family Young Adult Book Award
By Maya Van Wagenen
Recommended: Grades 7 and Up
Pages: 310
Summary: "Dolores was recently diagnosed with a chronic condition. The painful disease isn't life threatening, but it IS threatening to ruin her life." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2025 Stonewall Children's Literature Award
By Jes and Cin Wibowo
Recommended: Ages 8 to 12
Pages: 240
Summary: "Indu, a boy from the moon, finds friendship in unlikely places and discovers that home is more than where you come from." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2025 Stonewall Young Adult Literature Award
By Jonny Garza Villa
Recommended: Grades 9 to 12
Pages: 338
Summary: "When a mariachi star transfers schools, he expects to be handed his new group's lead vocalist spot. What he gets instead is a tenacious current lead with a very familiar, very kissable face." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2025 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
By Ame Dyckman
Recommended: Grades PreK to 2
Pages: 32
Summary: "When friends and roommates Bat, Cat, and Rat decide to take a vacation, they have trouble agreeing on a destination." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2025 Sibert Medal
By Lynn Brunelle
Recommended: Ages 4 to 8
Pages: 32
Summary: "Follow a blue whale's enormous body to the bottom of the ocean, where it sets the stage for a bustling new ecosystem to flourish." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2025 Morris Award
By Meredith Adamo
Recommended: Ages 14 and Up
Pages: 438
Summary: "When Jo-Lynn Kirby 's former best friend--pretty, nice Maddie Price--comes to her claiming to be in trouble, Jo assumes it's some kind of joke. But then Maddie is gone..." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2025 Orbis Pictus Award
By Dan SaSuWeh Jones
Recommended: Ages 9 to 12
Pages: 284
Summary: "The author chronicles his family's time at the Chilocco School, starting with his grandmother Little Moon's arrival when the school first opened and ending with him working to shut it down nearly one hundred years later." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2025 Charlotte Huck Award
By Antwan Eady
Recommended: Ages 4 to 8
Pages: 32
Summary: "A little boy is excited to work alongside his Papa at their stand in the farmer's market, but when Papa cannot make it to the stand, his community gathers around him, with dishes made of his own produce." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2025 Walter Dean Myers Award for Children's Literature
Schneider Family Book Award Honor Book
By Sherri Winston
Recommended: Grades 4 to 8
Pages: 292
Summary: "7th-grader Sharkita 'Kita' embarks on a tumultuous journey to keep her family together while handling the consequences of her mother's alcoholism." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2025 Walter Dean Myers Award for Teen Literature
Coretta Scott King Award Honor Book
By Renée Watson; Ekua Holmes (Illustrator)
Recommended: Grades 7 to 9
Pages: 81
Summary: Using a variety of poetic forms, from haiku to free verse, Watson shares recollections of her childhood in Portland, tender odes to the Black women in her life, and urgent calls for Black girls to step into their power." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2025 Ezra Jack Keats Writer Award
Coretta Scott King Award Honor Book
By Breanna J. McDaniel
Recommended: Grades K to 3
Pages: 32
Summary: "A biography about librarian and storyteller Augusta Baker, the first Black coordinator of children's services at all branches of the New York Public library." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2025 Ezra Jack Keats Illustrator Award
By X. Fang
Recommended: Grades K to 3
Pages: 32
Summary: "Three mysterious visitors crash-land in Mr. Li's field. No, there's nothing strange about these guests at all..." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2025 Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award
By Nancy White Carlstrom
Recommended: Ages 4 to 8
Pages: 44
Summary: "Lyrical text celebrates the rhythms of the Alaskan tundra and its inhabitants." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2024 John Newbery Medal
By Dave Eggers
Recommended: Grades 4 to 8
Pages: 249
Summary: "Free dog Johannes' job is to observe everything that happens in his urban park and report back to the park's three bison elders, but changes are afoot." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2024 Caldecott Medal
Written and Illustrated by Vashti Harrison
Recommended: Grade K to 3
Pages: 32
Summary: "Praised for acting like a big girl when she is small, 'big' becomes a word of criticism as she grows." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2024 Coretta Scott King Author Award
By Ibi Zoboi
Recommended: Grades 8 and Up
Pages: 369
Summary: "Nigeria has been raised by her father as part of the Movement. But when her mother disappears, she finds herself stepping into a role she doesn't want." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2024 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
By Kwame Alexander; Dare Coulter (Illustrator)
Recommended: Grades K to 3
Pages: 32
Summary: "This is the story of American slavery, a story that needs to be told and understood by all of us." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2024 Schneider Family Book Award for Young Children
By Jenn Bailey; Mika Song (Illustrator)
Recommended: Ages 6 to 9
Pages: 40
Summary: "Henry, a first grader on the autism spectrum, attempts to navigate friendships and sudden changes in classroom routines." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2024 Schneider Family Book Award for Middle Grades
By Sally J. Pla
Recommended: Grades 4 to 8
Pages: 324
Summary: "Follows 13-year-old neurodivergent Maudie during an eventful summer in California with her father, where she struggles with whether to share a terrible secret about life with her mom and stepdad." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2024 Schneider Family Book Award for Teens
By Mariama J. Lockington
Recommended: Grades 10 to 12
Pages: 398
Summary: "When 16-year-old Sadie, a queer Black girl, develops agoraphobia the summer before her junior year, she relies on her best friend, family, and therapist to overcome her fears." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2024 Pura Belpre Awards for Author and Illustrator
By Pedro Martín
Recommended: Ages 10-14
Pages: 309
Summary: "Pedro Martin's grown up in the U.S. hearing stories about his legendary abuelito. Then, during a family road trip to Mexico, he learns more about his own Mexican identity in this moving and hilarious graphic memoir." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2024 Pura Belpré Award and the 2024 Walter Dean Myers Award for Young Adults
By Ari Tison
Recommended: Grades 10 to 12
Pages: 312
Summary: "When brothers Max and Jay help a classmate in trouble, they struggle with the consequences of their actions and turn to their Bribri roots to find their way forward." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2024 Robert F. Sibert Award
By Nicholas Day
Recommended: Ages 8 to 12
Pages: 276
Summary: "On a hot August day in Paris in 1911, the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre museum. This book traces the secret at the heart of the most famous painting in the world." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2024 Theodore "Seuss" Geisel Award
By Corey R. Tabor
Recommended: Grades K to 1
Pages: 32
Summary: "Fox has a not-so-new problem, and all the other animals must come together with the ultimate fix." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2024 William C. Morris Award and the 2024 American Indian Youth Literature Award for Young Adults
By Byron Graves
Recommended: Ages 13 and Up
Pages: 357
Summary: "Tre sees making the Red Lake Reservation high school basketball team as the first step toward his dream of playing in the NBA, no matter how much the odds are stacked against him." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2024 Charlotte Huck Award
By Sarah Everett
Recommended: Ages 8 to 12
Pages:
Summary: "11-year-old Kemi, who loves scientific facts and probability, assembles a time capsule to save her family's truth from an asteroid that will collide with the Earth." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2024 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction
By Dashka Slater
Recommended: Ages 12 to 18
Pages: 480
Summary: "A high school student started a private Instagram account that used racist and sexist memes to make his friends laugh. In the end, no one was laughing." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2024 Asian/Pacific American Award for Children's Literature
By Christina Li
Recommended: Ages 8 to 12
Pages: 288
Summary: "13-year-old Ruby retraces her late Ye-Ye's scavenger hunt maps of San Francisco in an attempt to find a way out of her grief." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2024 Sydney Taylor Picture Book Award
By Chana Stiefel
Recommended: Grades K-3
Pages: 32
Summary: "There once was a girl named Yaffa who loved helping her Grandma Alte in her photography studio. Later she would use these photos to build the Tower of Faces, a permanent exhibit in the US Holocaust Memorial Museum." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2024 Sydney Taylor Book Award for Middle Grades
By Mari Lowe
Recommended: Grades 3 to 7
Pages: 162
Summary: "12-year-old Orthodox Jewish girl Shaindy must figure out how to stop her next-door neighbor from setting up what she thinks are harmless pranks before she becomes the next target." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2024 Sydney Taylor Book Award for Young Adults
By Elana K. Arnold
Recommended: Ages 14 and Up
Pages: 390
Summary: "Being a Jew is dangerous for Astra. When war breaks out in her town in Romania, she must decide whether holding on to her life might mean letting go of everything else that has ever mattered." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2024 Walter Dean Myers Award for Younger Readers
By Jacqueline Woodson
Recommended: Grades 5 and Up
Pages: 178
Summary: "While Sage prefers to spend her time shooting hoops with the guys, she's also still trying to figure out her place inside the circle of girls she's known since childhood." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2024 American Indian Youth Literature Award, Picture Book
By Kim Rogers
Recommended: Ages 4 to 8
Pages: 32
Summary: "Ever since the day Mom and Dad brought their car home from the dealership, Bob has been a part of Katie's family." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2024 American Indian Youth Literature Award, Middle Grade
By Christine Day
Recommended: Ages 8 to 12
Pages: 239
Summary: "Wesley's hopeful plans for Indigenous Peoples' Day (and asking her crush to the dance) go all wrong until she finds herself surrounded by the love of her Indigenous family and community." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2023 John Newbery Medal
Winner of the 2023 Coretta Scott King Author Award
By Amina Luqman-Dawson
Recommended: Ages 8-12
Pages: 403
Summary: "After fleeing the plantation where they were enslaved, siblings Ada and Homer discover the secret community of Freewater, and work with freeborn Sanzi to protect their new home from the encroaching dangers of the outside world." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2023 Caldecott Medal
By Doug Salati
Recommended: Ages 4-8
Pages: 32
Summary: "This hot dog has had enough of summer in the city! When he plops down in the middle of a crosswalk, his owner endeavors to get him the breath of fresh air he needs." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2023 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
By Carole Boston Weatherford; Frank Morrison (Illustrator)
Recommended: Grades 1-4
Pages: 32
Summary: "The popular spiritual has been reworked to chronicle the milestones, struggles, tragedies, and triumphs of African American people and their history. The text and illustrations of this inspirational book are informative reminders of yesterday, hopeful images for today, and aspirational dreams of tomorrow." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2023 Printz Award
By Sabaa Tahir
Recommended: Ages 14 and Up
Pages: 374
Summary: "Sal scrambles to run the family business as his mother's health fails. Noor, meanwhile, walks a harrowing tightrope between working at her uncle's liquor store and the fact that she's applying to college so she can escape him. He and Noor must ask themselves what friendship is worth." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2023 Schneider Family Book Award for Young Children
By Shannon Stocker; Devon Holzwarth (Illustrator), 2022
Recommended: Ages 4-8
Pages: 40
Summary: "A nonfiction picture book biography celebrating Evelyn Glennie, a deaf woman, who became the first full-time solo percussionist in the world." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2023 Schneider Family Book Award for Middle Grades
By C. C. Harrington, 2022
Recommended: Ages 8-12
Pages: 324
Summary: "Twelve-year-old Maggie's stutter causes her much heartache and only her menagerie of pets, with whom she can speak with fluidly, provide her comfort. But when she finds Rumpus, an abandoned snow leopard, in a forest in Cornwall, their chance encounter will change their lives forever." -Provided by Publisher
Winner of the 2023 Schneider Family Book Award for Young Adults
By Erin Stewart
Recommended: Ages 12 and Up
Pages: 387
Summary: "When sixteen-year-old Lily Larkin's older sister, Alice, begins to struggle with her mental health, Lily attempts to keep everything together and perfect, despite her own growing anxiety." 12 and Up
--From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2023 Mildred L. Batchelder Award
By Lia Levi
Recommended: Ages 8-12
Pages: 135
Summary: "Six-year-old Lia loves to build sandcastles at the beach, and her biggest problem is her shyness and quiet, birdlike voice. Then prime minister Mussolini joins forces with Hitler in World War II, and everything changes. Will she ever be 'just a girl' again?" --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2023 Pura Belpré Illustrator Award
By Xelena González; Adriana M. Garcia (Illustrator)
Recommended: Ages 5-10
Pages: 32
Summary: "Three girls follow their grandmother into her garden, where they examine her collection of rocks, crystals, shells, and meteorites and learn about the marvels they reveal. Gathered together, Grandma and the girls let their surroundings spark their imaginations." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2023 Pura Belpré Author Award
By Claribel A. Ortega; Rose Bousamra (Illustrator)
Recommended: Grades 4-8
Pages: 212
Summary: "Marlene doesn't understand why her curls are not considered pretty by those around her. With a few hiccups, a dash of embarrassment, and the much-needed help of her best friend Camila and cool Tía Ruby, she slowly starts to appreciate and proudly wear her curly hair." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2023 Pura Belpre Award for Young Adults
By Vincent Tirado
Recommended: Grades 10-12
Pages: 338
Summary: "When an urban legend rumored to trap people inside subway tunnels seems to be behind mysterious disappearances in the Bronx, sixteen-year-old Raquel and her friends team up to save their city--and confront a dark episode from history in the process." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2023 Sibert Award
By Elizabeth Partridge; Lauren Tamaki (Illustrator)
Recommended: Ages 8-12
Pages: 123
Summary: "Three legendary photographers document life at Manzanar, an incarceration camp in the California desert, through words and images." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2023 Stonewall Book Award for Children
By Charlotte Sullivan Wild; Charlene Chua (Illustrator)
Recommended: Ages 6-8
Pages: 32
Summary: "Of all the kids in Violet's class, only one leaves her speechless: Mira. But every time Violet tries to tell Mira how she feels, Violet goes shy. As Valentine's Day approaches, Violet is determined to tell Mira just how special she is." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2023 Stonewall Book Award for Young Adults
Winner of the 2023 Sydney Taylor Book Award for Young Adults
By Sacha Lamb
Recommended: Grades 7-12
Pages: 400
Summary: "Uriel the angel and Little Ash the demon are the only two supernatural creatures in their shtetl. When one of the young people from the village goes missing, Uriel and Little Ash set off to find her. But there are obstacles ahead of them as difficult as what they've left behind." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2023 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
By Michael Emberley
Recommended: Ages 4-8
Pages: 32
Summary: "A little creature tries again and again to learn to ride a bicycle, and all their friends help with supportive words of encouragement." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2023 William C. Morris Award
By Isaac Blum, 2022
Recommended: Grades 8 and Up
Pages: 218
Summary: "Hoodie Rosen's entire Orthodox Jewish community has just picked up and moved to a quiet, mostly non-Jewish town, but life isn't that bad. That is, until he meets and falls for the daughter of the obstinate mayor trying to keep Hoodie's community out of the town. Hoodie finds himself caught between his first love and the only world he's ever known." --Provided by Publisher
Winner of the 2023 YALSA Nonfiction Award
By Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes
Recommended: Grades 8 and Up
Pages: 200
Summary: "On the podium at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, gold medalist Tommie Smith raised a black-gloved fist to protest racial injustice inflicted upon African Americans. Smith looks back on his childhood growing up in rural Texas through to his stellar athletic career, culminating in his historic victory." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2023 Asian/Pacific American Picture Book Award
By Kao Kalia Yang; Rachel Wada (Illustrator)
Recommended: Ages 5-9
Pages: 32
Summary: "The true story of a young girl who has never known life outside a Hmong refugee camp and a father determined to help her dream beyond the fences that confine them." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2023 Asian/Pacific American Award for Middle Grades
By Lisa Yee, 2022
Recommended: Ages 8-12
Pages: 276
Summary: "11-year-old Maizy Chen visits her estranged grandparents, who own and run a Chinese restaurant in Last Chance, Minnesota, for the first time. As her stay unexpectedly lengthens, she makes new discoveries about her family's history. And when a beloved family treasure goes missing, Maizy decides it's time to find the answers." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2023 Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adults
By Harmony Becker
Recommended: Ages 14-18
Pages: 374
Summary: "Nao returns to Tokyo to reconnect with her Japanese heritage. At the Himawari sharehouse, she meets two other girls who came to Japan to freely forge their own paths. The trio become fast friends, but will they be able to hold one another up as life tests them with the challenges of being fish out of water?" --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2023 Sydney Taylor Picture Book Award
By Chana Stiefel; Susan Gal (Illustrator)
Recommended: Ages 6-8
Pages: 32
Summary: "Yaffa is a spirited young girl who grows up in a once vibrant town in Poland. She survives World War II, becomes America's foremost Holocaust expert, and creates an exhibit for the National Holocaust Museum using her grandmother's photos." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2023 Sydney Taylor Award for Middle Grades
By Mari Lowe
Recommended: Grades 3-7
Pages: 171
Summary: "A long ago 'accident.' An isolated girl named Aviva. A community that wants to help, but doesn't know how. And a ghostly dybbuk, that no one but Aviva can see. That is the setting for this suspenseful novel of a girl who seems to have lost everything." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2023 Walter Dean Meyers Award for Teens
By Andrea Rogers, 2022
Recommended: Grades 8 and Up
Pages: 315
Summary: "Follows one extended Cherokee family across the centuries, from the tribe’s homelands in Georgia in the 1830s to World War I, the Vietnam War, our own present, and well into the future, as they encounter predators of all kinds in each time period." --From Publisher's Description
Winner of the 2023 Walter Dean Meyers Award for Young Children
By Angela Joy; Janelle Washington (Illustrator)
Recommended: Grades 2-5
Pages: 32
Summary: "The story of the mother of Emmett Till, and how she channeled grief over her son's death into a call to action for the civil rights movement." --From Publisher's Description
