Joy Shioshita

Harris, Quartez. Go Tell It: How James Baldwin Became a Writer. Gordon C. James, Illus. Hachette/Little, Brown, 01/2025. [40]pp. Biography. Trade $18.99. 978-0-3164-8393-3. GRADES Kindergarten–3. HIGH ADDITIONAL.    This biography of James Baldwin features outstanding artwork [continue reading]

Hardinge, Frances. Forest of a Thousand Eyes, The. Emily Gravett, Illus. Abrams/Amulet, 08/2025. 120pp. Fiction. Trade $19.99. 978-1-4197-7778-3. GRADES 4–6. HIGH ADDITIONAL.        Set in a dystopian world where the plant kingdom has evolved to become [continue reading]

Fries-Gaither, Jessica. So Rude! Animals Behaving Badly. Millbrook, 10/2025. [32]pp. Nonfiction. PLB $31.99. 979-8-7656-7104-7. GRADES 2–4. ADDITIONAL.         This stand-alone nonfiction title shows off twenty animals who misbehave and do rude things, at least when viewed [continue reading]

Fenske, Jonathan. Stop That Mop! Ready to Read. Jonathan Fenske, Illus. Simon & Schuster/Simon Spotlight, 01/2025. [32]pp. Reader. Trade $18.99. 978-1-6659-3272-1. GRADES Preschool–1. OUTSTANDING.     The mop has had it with the slop and glop that [continue reading]

Fang, X. Broken. X. Fang, Illus. Tundra, 10/2025. 48pp. Picture Book. Trade $18.99. 978-1-774-88200-9. GRADES Preschool–3. OUTSTANDING. Every patch and every repair tells a story, and every page of heartfelt illustrations perfectly portrays this tender, [continue reading]

Stevenson, ND. Scarlet Morning. ND Stevenson, Illus. Scarlet Morning; bk. 1. Quill Tree, 09/2025. 426pp. Fiction. Trade $19.99. 978-0-0-6321034-9. GRADES 5–8. OUTSTANDING.    Teenage best friends Viola and Wilmur embark on adventures involving pirates, magic, monsters, [continue reading]

Sawyerr, Hannah V. Truth Is. Amulet/Abrams, 09/2025. 461 [+14]pp. Fiction. Trade $21.99. 978-1-4197-7683-0. GRADES 10–12. OUTSTANDING.           Black high school senior Truth Bangura uses her poetry journal to chronicle a difficult school year, one in which [continue reading]

McBride, Amber. Leaving Room, The. Feiwel & Friends, 10/2025. 224pp. Fiction. Trade $19.99. 978-1-2509-0808-7. GRADES 10–12. OUTSTANDING. Taking place over four minutes, The Leaving Room is the lyrically stunning, first-person narrative of Gospel, a Keeper [continue reading]