Glitter Everywhere!: Where It Came From, Where It’s Found & Where It’s Going by Chris Barton; illus. by Chaaya PrabhatPrimary Charlesbridge 48 pp.6/23 9781623542528 $19.99Barton explores glitter, a source of fascination (and frustration), diving into the science, history, and entrepreneurship that created the material we know today. He doesn’t shy...
How Tiny Broadwick Created the Parachute Rip Cord by Candy Dahl; illus. by Maithili JoshiPrimary Little Bee 40 pp.10/23 9781499813944 $18.99Dahl’s introduction to a little-known pioneer in aviation history tells the story of a determined, diminutive young woman in the male-dominated world of early-twentieth-century trick flying. After seeing an aeronaut...
by Helen Taylor; illus. by Stevie LewisPrimary Little, Brown 40 pp.10/23 9780316367745 $18.99Tapping into a source of fascination for many kids, Taylor explores the complicated, potentially messy, and sometimes gross process of eating and drinking as an astronaut on a space station—from what food choices are available and how they’re...
Tee Time on the Moon: How Astronaut Alan Shepard Played Lunar Golf by David A. Kelly; illus. by Edwin FotheringhamPrimary Calkins/Astra 40 pp.7/23 9781662680175 $18.99e-book ed. 9781662680182 $11.99Although the book offers a factual recounting of the Apollo 14 moon landing, its true focus is astronaut Alan Shepard Jr.’s personal experiment...
The Last Plastic Straw: A Plastic Problem and Finding Ways to Fix It [Books for a Better Earth] by Dee Romito; illus. by Ziyue Chen Primary Holiday 40 pp. 2/23 9780823449491 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780823455133 $11.99 A fascinating history of straws morphs into a call to action. The first two-thirds...
A Girl Can Build Anything by e.E. Charlton-Trujillo and Pat Zietlow Miller; illus. by Keisha MorrisPreschool, Primary Viking 32 pp.4/23 9780593463741 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593463758 $10.99This joyful depiction takes readers throughout the creative design and construction processes, from imagining and planning all the way up to large-scale buildings. Simple, rhythmic text...
How Dinosaurs Went Extinct: A Safety Guide by Ame Dyckman; illus. by Jennifer HarneyPrimary Little, Brown 40 pp.4/23 9780316593298 $17.99On a family visit to the natural history museum, a high-energy kid wearing a dinosaur suit asks how the dinosaurs went extinct. Mom’s scientific explanation quickly gives way to Dad’s imaginative...
The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music by Roberta Flack with Tonya Bolden; illus. by Hayden Goodman Primary Schwartz/Random 40 pp. 1/23 9780593479872 $18.99 Library ed. 9780593479889 $21.99 e-book ed. 9780593479896 $11.99 This engaging picture-book memoir by multiple-Grammy-winner Flack, known for such 1970s megahits as “The First Time Ever...
Beaky Barnes: Egg on the Loose by David Ezra Stein; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Penguin Workshop 128 pp. 1/23 9780593094761 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780593225110 $10.99 How can a single egg lead to a whole town in chaos? Stein’s offbeat early graphic novel full of slapstick comedy explores just...