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My Tree by Hope Lim; illus. by Il Sung Na Primary Porter/Holiday 32 pp. g 5/21 978-0-8234-4338-3 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-0-8234-5055-8 $11.99 A young boy from Korea moves to America and finds a “tall, crooked, quiet” old plum tree in his new backyard that reminds him of his persimmon tree...
Dream Street by Tricia Elam Walker; illus. by Ekua Holmes Primary, Intermediate, Middle School Schwartz/Random 32 pp. g 11/21 978-0-525-58110-9 $17.99 Library ed. 978-0-525-58111-6 $20.99 e-book ed. 978-0-525-58112-3 $10.99 Dream Street: a microcosm of the African Diaspora where relationships matter and dreams thrive. It’s “the best street in the world,”...
The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Eugene Yelchin; illus. by the author Intermediate, Middle School Candlewick 208 pp. g 10/21 978-1-5362-1552-6 $16.99 When it becomes clear that unathletic Yevgeny is not going to follow in the footsteps of his figure-skating-whiz older brother Victor, their...
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson; illus. by Nikkolas Smith Primary, Intermediate Kokila/Penguin 48 pp. g 11/21 978-0-593-30735-9 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-0-593-30737-3 $11.99 The book begins with a premise many African American families know well: a child gets an assignment at school that...
Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon High School Delacorte 304 pp. g 6/21 978-1-5247-1896-1 $19.99 Library ed. 978-1-5247-1897-8 $22.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5247-1898-5 $10.99 When her parents get a divorce due to her dad’s infidelity, Evie is thoroughly disillusioned with the notion of love. A chance encounter while disposing of her...
Cows that go boo? Vampenguins? Poultrygeist? While our annual roundup of recommended picture books for the season features some unusual characters, we’ve also got plenty of pumpkins, ghouls, and treats to set the eerie mood. For more spooktacular reads, visit hbook.com/HalloweenBooks. Trick or Treat, Crankenstein by Samantha Berger; illus. by...
Bright Star by Yuyi Morales; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Porter/Holiday 40 pp. g 9/21 978-0-8234-4328-4 $18.99 Spanish ed. 978-0-8234-4784-8 $18.99 Morales’s (Dreamers, rev. 9/18) latest sensitive and evocative picture book opens with a wide-eyed whitetail fawn curled up in a creosote bush, guilelessly peeking up at the reader....
Is Was by Deborah Freedman; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Atheneum 40 pp. g 5/21 978-1-5344-7510-6 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-7511-3 $10.99 Freedman’s ethereal picture book tackles the slippery nature of impermanence through simple observations of the natural world. A small yellow bird flits across a pale blue sky and...
Have You Ever Seen a Flower? by Shawn Harris; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Chronicle 48 pp. g 5/21 978-1-4521-8270-4 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-4521-8292-6 $11.99 The child in Harris’s pencil illustrations first appears as a bright patch of color within a grayscale cityscape and then emerges into a rainbow...
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