Five questions for Renée Watson and Ekua Holmes
Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renée Watson, illus. by Ekua Holmes; Kokila/Penguin.

At home with poetry
How to Write a Poem by Kwame Alexander and Deanna Nikaido, illus. by Melissa Sweet; Quill Tree/HarperCollins. 
Welcome to the Wonder House by Rebecca Kai Dotlich and Georgia Heard, illus. by Deborah Freedman; Wordsong/Astra.
At the Poles by David Elliott, illus. by Ellen Rooney; Candlewick. 
What You Need to Be Warm by Neil Gaiman, illus. by various artists; Quill Tree/HarperCollins. 
Home by Isabelle Simler; illus. by the author; trans. from French by Vineet Lal; Eerdmans.

Awareness of the world around us
Something About the Sky by Rachel Carson, illus. by Nikki McClure; Candlewick Studio. 
Viewfinder by Christine D. U. Chung and Salwa Majoka, illus. by the authors; Tundra.  
The Remarkable Rescue at Milkweed Meadow by Elaine Dimopoulos, illus. by Doug Salati; Charlesbridge.
Ant Story by Jay Hosler, illus. by the author; HarperAlley/HarperCollins.
The Monarchs of Winghaven by Naila Moreira; Walker US/Candlewick.
Saving H’Non: Chang and the Elephant by Trang Nguyễn and Jeet Zdũng, illus. by Jeet Zdũng; Dial.
A Horse Named Sky by Rosanne Parry, illus. by Kirbi Fagan; Greenwillow.

Visual learning
Run and Hide by Don Brown, illus. by the author; Clarion/HarperCollins.
Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story by Sarah Myer, illus. by the author; First Second.
Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust by Neal Shusterman, illus. by Andrés Vera Martínez; Graphix/Scholastic.
The Bodyguard Unit: Edith Garrud, Women’s Suffrage, and Jujitsu by Clément Xavier, illus. by Lisa Lugrin, color by Albertine Ralenti; trans. from French by Edward Gauvin; Graphic Universe/Lerner.  

From the March 2024 issue of Notes from the Horn Book.