Dim Sum Palace by X. Fang; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Tundra 48 pp.9/23 9781774881989 $18.99e-book ed. 9781774881996 $10.99Liddy’s excitement about a family trip to the Dim Sum Palace keeps her wide awake. “Is it a real palace? Will I meet an empress?” Getting out of bed, she follows a...
Mouseboat by Larissa Theule; illus. by Abigail HalpinPrimary Viking 40 pp.3/23 9780593327357 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593327371 $10.99Faye and her father arrive at a cabin by a lake. Her first-person narration addresses someone who’s not there: “Your chair is empty…The quilt you made smells like you.” Faye doesn’t identify her mother, but...
A Tulip in Winter: A Story About Maud Lewis by Kathy Stinson; illus. by Lauren SoloyPrimary Greystone Kids 40 pp.3/23 9781771649513 $18.95Maud Lewis (1903–1970) was a Nova Scotian folk artist who lived with rheumatoid arthritis. Despite physical and economic challenges, she never let her passion for art fade away. As...
This Is Not My Home by Eugenia Yoh and Vivienne Chang; illus. by the authorsPrimary Little, Brown 48 pp.2/23 9780316377102 $18.99In this unique second-generation reverse immigration story, a girl named Lily and her mother move from the United States back to her mother’s home—Taiwan—to help care for Ah Ma, Lily’s...
Rainbow Shopping by Qing Zhuang; illus. by the authorPrimary Holiday 40 pp.2/23 9780823449774 $18.99A young girl’s family has recently moved from China to New York City, where things become very different for her. Everyone is busy: Mom is always working at the factory, Dad is out delivering food, and Grandma...
Clover by Nadine Robert ; illus. by Qin Leng ; trans. from French by Nick Frost and Catherine Ostiguy Primary Milky Way 64 pp. g9/22 978-1-9902-5214-3 $19.99 “I simply can’t decide what I want to do.” Standing frozen on the doorstep, young Clover struggles to choose—should...
The Best Kind of Mooncake by Pearl AuYeung ; illus. by the author Primary Page Street 32 pp. g10/22 978-1-6456-7556-3 $18.99 As a girl helps her family set up their stall on “beeping, bickering, and bartering” Tai Yuen Street in Hong Kong, she complains that every...
I’ll Say Goodbye by Pam Zollman; illus. by Frances IvesPrimary Eerdmans 40 pp. g3/22 978-0-8028-5499-5 $17.99“It’s not fair. I never got to say goodbye.” This first-person account of bereavement is narrated by a child helping to care for a beloved uncle who is undergoing cancer treatment. When Uncle Mike is...
Telling Stories Wrong by Gianni Rodari; illus. by Beatrice Alemagna; trans. from Italian by Antony ShugaarPrimary Enchanted Lion 40 pp. g6/22 978-1-59270-360-9 $17.95“Once upon a time, there was a girl who was called Little Yellow Riding Hood.” “No, red!” “…Her mother said: Now go to Aunt Hildegard’s house and take...