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Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues: The Extraordinary Life of James Baldwin by Michelle Meadows; illus. by Jamiel LawPrimary, Intermediate Harper/HarperCollins 48 pp.1/24 9780063273474 $19.99In this picture-book biography, Meadows’s expressive free verse beautifully contributes to an engaging narrative about Baldwin’s (1924–1987) literary prowess and staunch activism, making his story accessible to young...
All That Grows by Jack Wong; illus. by the authorPrimary Groundwood 32 pp.3/24 9781773068121 $19.99e-book ed. 9781773068138 $16.99Nature walks and gardening result in an introspective child thinking small (and big) thoughts about the natural world in this quiet, poetic account, effectively told in the first person. The narrator’s sister, experienced...
Hello: How Nüwa Created the World by Viola Wang; illus. by the author Primary Little Bee 40 pp. 2/24 9781499814927 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781499814934 $9.99 This story (inspired by the Chinese myth of Nüwa, who crafted humankind) takes readers and listeners on a journey back to a time “when the...
Green: The Story of Plant Life on Our Planet by Nicola Davies; illus. by Emily Sutton Primary Candlewick 40 pp. 3/24 9781536231410 $18.99 Davies showcases the important role that plants play on Earth as consumers of carbon, producers of oxygen, and mitigators of the effects of human-induced global warming. The...
Next Stop by Debbie Fong; illus. by the authorIntermediate, Middle School RH Graphic/Random 272 pp.3/24 9780593425206 $21.99Library ed. 9780593425213 $24.99Paper ed. 9780593425183 $13.99e-book ed. 9780593425190 $8.99Fong’s deeply moving graphic novel opens with an intriguing premise: Pia Xing, a reserved and lonely middle schooler, says goodbye to her father and embarks...
The First Day of May by Henrique Coser Moreira; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Levine Querido 40 pp.3/24 9781646143825 $15.99First published in Portugal, this wordless book celebrates—with abundant style—the blossoming of spring. Most spreads convey the action in a series of four or six small, square panels. In the opening...
Climbing the Volcano: A Journey in Haiku by Curtis Manley; illus. by Jennifer K. MannPrimary Porter/Holiday 40 pp.1/24 9780823451661 $18.99e-book ed. 9780823457458 $11.99Manley offers a child’s point of view of a day-long hike up a mountain (identified in the back matter as the South Sister in Oregon’s Cascade Mountain Range)....
Barracoon: Adapted for Young Readers by Zora Neale Hurston; adapted by Ibram X. Kendi; illus. by Jazzmen Lee-JohnsonIntermediate, Middle School Amistad/HarperCollins 208 pp.1/24 9780063098336 $18.99e-book ed. 9780063098350 $10.99In 1860, more than fifty years after the United States outlawed the slave trade, the ship Clotilda journeyed back to Alabama from West...
Henry and the Something New by Jenn Bailey; illus. by Mika SongPrimary Chronicle 56 pp.3/24 9781797213903 $14.99In his second early-chapter-book outing (Henry, like Always, rev. 3/23), Henry—a sensitive child who presents as being on the autism spectrum—is ambivalent about a field trip to the natural history museum. “Henry was excited....