Five questions for Anthony Perry and Alexis Bunten
Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun’s Thanksgiving Story by Danielle Greendeer, Anthony Perry, and Alexis Bunten, illus. by Garry Meeches Sr.; Charlesbridge.  

Stories about storytelling
The Flamingo by Guojing; Random House Studio/Random.
The Book That Kibo Wrote by Mariana Ruiz Johnson, trans. from Spanish by Lawrence Schimel; Eerdmans.
Tell Me a Lion Story by Kara Kramer; Candlewick.
My Hands Tell a Story by Kelly Starling Lyons, illus. by Tonya Engel; Reycraft.
Telling Stories Wrong by Gianni Rodari, illus. by Beatrice Alemagna, trans. from Italian by Antony Shugaar; Enchanted Lion.

Quirky sci-fi
Brand New Boy by David Almond, illus. by Marta Altés; Candlewick.
The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza by Mac Barnett, illus. by Shawn Harris; Tegen/HarperCollins.
The Aquanaut by Dan Santat; Scholastic.
A Rover’s Story by Jasmine Warga; Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins.

Fascinating figures
Hanged!: Mary Surratt & the Plot to Assassinate Abraham Lincoln by Sarah Miller; Random House Studio/Random.
Einstein by Jim Ottaviani, illus. by Jerel Dye, color by Alison Acton; First Second.
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes, illus. by Dawud Anyabwile; Norton.
Pauli Murray: The Life of a Pioneering Feminist and Civil Rights Activist by Rosita Stevens-Holsey and Terry Catasús Jennings; Yellow Jacket.
It’s My Whole Life: Charlotte Salomon: An Artist in Hiding During World War II by Susan Wider; Norton.

From the November 2022 issue of Notes from the Horn Book.