Brown, Carron. Starting School. Stef Murphy, Illus. Picture Book. Shine a Light: My World Series. Kane Miller, 01/2022. [36]pp. $12.99. 978-1-68464-283-0. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES PRE-2. Several children representing different ethnicities are shown getting ready for [continue reading]

Beccia, Carlyn. 10 at 10: The Surprising Childhoods of Ten Remarkable People. Carlyn Beccia, Illus. Biography. Carolrhoda, 04/2022. 56pp. $19.99. 978-1-5415-4500-7. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 3-6. Ten people from various countries and cultures are profiled in [continue reading]

Bushy, Cylin. White House Cat, The.  Neely Daggett, Illus. Picture Book. Balzer & Bray, 02/2022. [32]pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-313886-5. ADDITIONAL. GRADES PRE-1  Discover interesting tidbits about the White House through a tour given by a house [continue reading]

Browne, Mahogany L. Vinyl Moon. Fiction. Crown, 01/2022. 172pp. $18.99. 978-0-593-17643-6. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 9-12  When Angel is transplanted from Northern California to Brooklyn, New York, she begins by remembering everything she has lost. “I didn’t [continue reading]

Brown, Meredith Crandall. Milk and Juice: A Recycling Romance. Picture Book. Meredith Crandall Brown, Illus. Balzer & Bray, 12/2021. [32]pp. $18.99. 978-0-06-302185-3. ADDITIONAL. GRADES PRE-1 A plastic jug of milk and plastic bottle of juice [continue reading]

Tokuda-Hall, Maggie. Love in the Library. Yas Imamura, Illus. Picture Book. Penguin/Random, 02/2022. [32]pp. $18.99. 978-1-5362-0430-8. OUTSTANDING GRADES 1-4.  Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s beautiful, spare writing pairs perfectly with Yas Imamura’s gouache-and-watercolor illustrations to tell the story [continue reading]

Barton, Chris. How to Make a Book (About My Dog). Sarah Horne, Illustrator. Picture Book. Millbrook, 10/2021. [42]pp. $19.99. 978-1-5415-8128-9. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES K-3. Author Chris Barton explains the entire book-making process, from an author’s [continue reading]