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Akim Aliu: Dreamer by Akim Aliu with Greg Anderson Elysée; illus. by Karen De la Vega and Marcus Williams Middle School, High School Graphix/Scholastic 128 pp. 2/23 9781338787610 $24.99 Paper ed. 9781338787603 $14.99 Former NHL player Aliu made headlines in 2020 when he shared stories of the racism and hazing...
Who Will Win? [I Like to Read]by Arihhonni David; illus. by the authorPrimary Holiday 32 pp.4/23 9780823449484 $15.99e-book ed. 9780823455126 $9.99“Bear has fast legs. Turtle has a fast mind. Who will win the race?” An elder, Tota, tells a trickster story in a beginning reader that succeeds both as a...
The Tree and the River by Aaron Becker; illus. by the authorPrimary Candlewick 32 pp.3/23 9781536223293 $18.99Becker explores many big ideas—including war, humanity’s impact on the environment, and the resilience of nature over time—through a science-fiction lens. The wordless narrative focuses on an idyllic forested valley split by a river....
The Sky Is Not the Limit by Jérémie Decalf; illus. and trans. from French by the authorPrimary Eerdmans 64 pp.3/23 9780802856029 $18.99This lyrical picture book is a paean to the vastness of space and the human drive to explore. The Voyager 2 spacecraft, launched in 1977 and still traveling through...
Big by Vashti Harrison; illus. by the author Primary Little, Brown 64 pp. 5/23 9780316353229 $19.99 e-book ed. 9780316566223 $12.99 As Harrison writes in her author’s note, “In childhood, big is good. Big is impressive, aspirational. But somewhere along the way, the world begins to tell us something different: That...
Henry, like Always by Jenn Bailey; illus. by Mika SongPrimary Chronicle 48 pp.3/23 9781797213897 $14.99Henry, a boy on the autism spectrum (first introduced in the 2019 picture book A Friend for Henry, rev. 5/19), likes everything about school. Life in Classroom Ten is entirely predictable. Mrs. Tanaka posts the schedule...
My Baba’s Garden by Jordan Scott; illus. by Sydney SmithPreschool Porter/Holiday 32 pp.3/23 9780823450831 $18.99e-book ed. 9780823455157 $11.99This tender story from the author-artist team behind I Talk like a River (rev. 11/20) pays tribute to Scott’s Polish grandmother, whom he visited daily as a child. An opening note explains that...
Ancient Night by David Álvarez with David Bowles; illus. by David Álvarez Preschool, Primary Em Querido/Levine Querido 40 pp. 3/23 9781646142514 $18.99 Spanish ed. 9781646142545 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781646142859 $18.99 Rabbit keeps the moon shining brightly by trekking across the world to bring back aguamiel, “the precious, glowing nectar that...
We Go Way Back by Idan Ben-Barak; illus. by Philip BuntingPrimary Roaring Brook 40 pp.2/23 9781250850799 $18.99e-book ed. 9781250291868 $10.99Ben-Barak and Bunting have impressively produced a thought-provoking, scientifically precise, and accessible explanation of the origins of life and evolution across Earth’s history for a young audience. Ideas about life, time,...
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