Melissa McAvoy

Podesta, Lena. I Am Not Boring: The True-Life Story of a Log. Lena Podesta, Illus. Ten Speed, 05/2026. [40]pp. Picture Book. Trade $17.99. 978-0-5938-3829-7. GRADES Kindergarten–2. OUTSTANDING.        A confident but unreliable narrator and an opinionated [continue reading]

Pizzoli, Greg. When the Sun Goes Down. Greg Pizzoli, Illus. Penguin Random House, 04/2026. [34]pp. Picture Book. Trade $18.99. 978-0-593-64980-0. GRADES Kindergarten–1. HIGH ADDITIONAL.            A young girl with light skin and brown hair wonders where [continue reading]

Smith, Niki. Midsummer Sisters. Niki Smith, Illus. Scholastic /Graphix, 06/2026. 272pp. Graphic. Trade $14.99. 978-1-5461-2894-6. GRADES 4–7. HIGH ADDITIONAL.        Stepsisters Kenzie and Quinn spend a magical summer with their grandmother, while wondering if their sisterhood [continue reading]

Szamosi, Sofia. Bad Kid: My Life as a “Troubled Teen.” Little, Brown, 03/2026. 385pp. Graphic. Trade $25.99. 978-1-5235-2738-0. GRADES 9–12. ADDITIONAL.      As the very apt title says, this autobiographical memoir illustrates the author’s difficult teen [continue reading]

Krossing, Karen. Cloud That Stuck, The. Dorothy Leung, Illus. Charlesbridge, 04/2026. [32]pp. Picture Book. Trade $17.99. 978-1-62354-572-7. GRADES Kindergarten–3. HIGH ADDITIONAL.           Tansy is frustrated and annoyed with the cloud that hangs over her head and [continue reading]

Agostini, Alliah L. Love That Baby Hair! Sawyer Cloud, Illus. Charlesbridge, 03/2026. [32]pp. Picture Book. Trade $17.99. 978-1-62354-668-7. GRADES Baby/Toddler–Kindergarten. HIGH ADDITIONAL. This celebration of baby hair uses a jaunty rhyme and repetitive text to [continue reading]

Rotner, Shelley. Let’s Camp. Lerner/Millbrook, 03/2026. [30]pp. Nonfiction. PLB $31.99. 979-8-7656-7047-7. Paper $10.99. 979-8-7656-7048-4. GRADES Preschool–1. ADDITIONAL.    See some of the activities that kids do when they go camping via this photograph-rich title designed to [continue reading]

Pinkney Barlow, Charnelle. Two Artists, Grandad and Me. Charnelle Pinkney Barlow, Illus. Random House/Doubleday, 01/2026. [29]pp. Biography. Trade $18.99. 978-0-5935-7122-4. GRADES Preschool–3. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Written by the late artist’s granddaughter, Two Artists, Grandad and Me [continue reading]