Alonso, Nathalie. Take Me Out to the Ball Game! Naida Mazzenga, Illus. Barefoot Singalongs. Barefoot, 03/2025. [32]pp. Picture Book. Trade $16.99. 979-8-88859-370-7. GRADES Preschool–3. ADDITIONAL.         This rhyming salute to baseball includes information on how some [continue reading]

Agee, Jon. George & Lenny Are Always Together. Jon Agee, Illus. Rocky Pond, 05/2025. [40]pp. Picture Book. Trade $18.99. 978-0-593-85773-1. GRADES Preschool–2. HIGH ADDITIONAL.        Best friends George (a bear) and Lenny (a rabbit) are playing [continue reading]

Danneburg, Julie. Teacher Jitters. Judy Love, Illus. Charlesbridge, 08/2025. [28]pp. Picture Book. Trade $17.99. 978-1-62354-434-8. GRADES Preschool–1. ADDITIONAL.      Mrs. Hartwell tells her class that she is very nervous about going to a class for teachers tomorrow, so her students give her ways to calm her jitters. Verbal [continue reading]

Clendenan, Megan. Just In Case: Saving Seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Brittany Cicchese, Illus. Charlesbridge, 10/2025. [32]pp. Nonfiction. Trade $17.99. 978-1-62354-480-5. GRADES 1–3. ADDITIONAL.   What is the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, in Norway, and why is it important? This informational picture book provides a glimpse [continue reading]

Burgess, Matthew. Fireworks. Cátia Chien, Illus. Clarion, 05/2025. [44]pp. Picture Book. Trade $19.99. 978-0-0632-1672-3. GRADES Preschool–3. OUTSTANDING.        A dazzling presentation of an idyllic summer day, from the joy of morning’s first light to a night of impressive fireworks. Beautifully paced poetic language comes vividly alive through [continue reading]

Ancrum, K. Corruption of Hollis Brown, The. Harper, 04/2025. 377 [3]pp. Fiction. Trade $19.99. 978-0-0632-8583-5. GRADES 9–12. HIGH ADDITIONAL.          Hollis Brown lives in a town that is slowly dying, looks forward to a very limited future, and makes himself small and predictable because life is [continue reading]

Albee, Sarah. Zero! The Number That Almost Wasn’t. Chris Hsu, Illus. Charlesbridge, 03/2025. [38]pp. Nonfiction. Trade $17.99. 978-1-62354-432-4. GRADES 2–4. ADDITIONAL.          Discover how the number zero (“0”) came to be used, after many centuries of not being needed. Albee traces the history of numbering systems and mathematics [continue reading]

Kelly, Erin Entrada. On Again, Awkward Again. Addl. Creator Kwame Mbalia. Amulet, 04/2025. 261pp. Fiction. Trade $19.99. 978-1-4197-7563-5. GRADES 7–10. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Personal interactions of any type can be awkward at any age, but when [continue reading]