Review Index
Board Books
Alphablock by Christopher Franceschelli/Illustrated by Peskimo
Fuzzy Yellow Ducklings by Matthew Van Fleet
It’s Ramadan, Curious George by Hena Khan/Illustrated by Mary O’Keefe Young
Joshua by the Sea by Angela Johnson/Illustrated by Rhonda Mitchell
Learn the Alphabet with Northwest Coast Native Art by Native Northwest
Mini Myths: Be Patient, Pandora! by Joan Holub/Illustrated by Leslie Patricelli
Music Is… by Brandon Stosuy/Illustrated by Amy Martin
My Heart Fills With Happiness by Monique Gray Smith/Illustrated by Julie Flett
Nosh, Schlep, Schluff: BabYiddish by Laurel Schyner/Illustrated by Tiphanie Beeke
Orange Pear Apple Bear by Emily Gravett
Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children by Sandra L. Pinkney/Photographs by Myles C. Pinkney
Strawberries Are Red by Petr Horáček
Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang
This is Not a Book by Jean Jullien
What Do You See? written by Kyla Ryman/Featuring artwork by Wangechi Mitu
We Sang You Home by Richard Van Camp/Illustrated by Julie Flett
Picture Books
Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine by Laurie Wallmark/Illustrated by April Chu
Ace Dragon LTD. by Russell Hoban/Illustrated by Quentin Blake
All the Way to Havana by Margarita Engle/Illustrated by Mike Curato
Always Anjali by Sheetal Sheth/Illustrated by Jessica Blank
The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch by Chris Barton/Illustrated by Don Tate
Apple Pie 4th of July by Janet S. Wong/Illustrated by Margaret Chodos-Irvine
Ask Me by Bernard Waber/Illustrated by Suzy Lee
At the Same Moment, Around the World by Clotilde Perrin
Auntie Yang’s Great Soybean Picnic by Ginnie Lo/Illustrated by Beth Lo
Awake Beautiful Child by Amy Krouse Rosenthal/Illustrated by Gracia Lam
The Bear Report by Thyra Heder
Bee-bim Bop! by Linda Sue Park
Before After by Anne-Margot Ramstein & Matthias Arégui
Bernice Gets Carried Away by Hannah E. Harrison
Beyond the Pond by Joseph Kuefler
A Bike Like Sergio’s by Maribeth Boelts/Illustrated by Noah Z. Jones
Billy and Goat at the State Fair by Dan Yaccarino
The Black Snowman by Phil Mendez/Illustrated by Carole Byard
Brick by Brick by Charles R. Smith Jr./Illustrated by Floyd Cooper
A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
Chicken in the Kitchen by Nnedi Okorafor/Illustrated by Mehrdokht Amini
The Circus Ship by Chris Van Dusen
City Shapes by Diana Murray/Illustrated by Bryan Collier
Dear Dragon by Josh Funk/Illustrated by Rodolfo Montalvo
Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin by Duncan Tonatiuh
Dim Sum for Everyone! by Grace Lin
Don’t Call Me Grandma by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson/Illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon
Drum Dream Girl by Margarita Engle/Illustrated by Rafael López
Everyone Loves Bacon by Kelly DiPucchio/Illustrated by Eric Wight
Exclamation Mark by Amy Krouse Rosenthal/Illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld
Fishing with Grandma by Susan Avingaq & Maren Vsetula/Illustrated by Charlene Chua
Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter
The Fox and the Star by Coralie Bickford-Smith
Freedom in Congo Square by Carole Boston Weatherford/Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras by Duncan Tonatiuh
The Girl with a Brave Heart: A Tale from Tehran by Rita Jahanforuz/Illustrated by Vali Mintzi
The Good Little Book by Kyo Maclear/Illustrated by Marion Arbona
Growing Up Pedro by Matt Tavares
Guess Who, Haiku by Deanna Caswell/Illustrated by Bob Shea
Happy to be Nappy by bell hooks/Illustrated by Chris Raschka
A Hat for Mrs. Goldman: A Story About Knitting and Love by Michelle Edwards/Illustrated
Have You Seen Elephant? by David Barrow
Here I Am by Patti Kim/Illustrated by Sonia Sánchez
Hiawatha and the Peacemaker by Robbie Robertson/Illustrated by David Shannon
Hermelin the Detective Mouse by Mini Grey
Hooray for Fish! by Lucy Cousins
Horrible Bear! by Ame Dyckman/Illustrated by Zachariah OHora
I Am Not a Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer/Illustrated by Gillian Newland
I Like Myself! by Karen Beaumont/Illustrated by David Catrow
I Need a Lunchbox by Jeannette Caines/Illustrated by Pat Cummings
If You Plant a Seed by Kadir Nelson
It’s Tough to Lose Your Balloon by Jarrett J Krosoczka
Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith/Illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña/Illustrated by Christian Robinson
Latkes, Latkes Good to Eat: A Chanukah Story by Naomi Howland
Leontyne Price: Voice of a Century by Carole Boston Weatherford/Illustrated by Raul Colón
Let’s Celebrate Diwali by Anjali Joshi/Illustrated by Tim Palin
A Letter for Leo by Sergio Ruzzier
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone by Katheryn Russell-Brown/Illustrated by Frank Morrison
Look What Brown Can Do! by T. Marie Harris/Illustrated by Neda Ivanova
Maddi’s Fridge by Lois Brandt/Illustrated by Vin Vogel
Martin de Porres: The Rose in the Desert by Gary D. Schmidt/Illustrated by David Diaz
Math Curse by Jon Scieszka/Illustrated by Lane Smith
Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines by Jeanne Walker Harvey/Illustrated by Dow Phumiruk
Milky Way by Mamta Nainy/Illustrated by Siddhartha Tripathi
Mission to Space by John Herrington
Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
My Blue is Happy by Jessica Young/Illustrated by Catia Chien
My Two Blankets by Irena Kobald/Illustrated by Freya Blackwood
New York is My Playground, Photographs by Jane Goodrich/Written by Bob Raczka
NightLights by Lorena Alvarez Gómez
Oh No, Astro! by Matt Roeser/Illustrated by Brad Woodard
Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak
A Piece of Home by Jeri Watts/Illustrated by Hyewon Yum
The Quickest Kid in Clarksville by Pat Zietlow Miller/Illustrated by Frank Morrison
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe
Ragweed’s Farm Dog Handbook by Anne Vittur Kennedy
Real Sisters Pretend by Megan Dowd Lambert/Illustrated by Nicole Tadgell
Remy and Lulu written by Kevin Hawkes/Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes and Hannah E. Harrison
Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey/Illustrated by Floyd Cooper
Salsa by Jorge Argueta/Illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh
The Sea Tiger by Victoria Turnbull
Shark Detective by Jessica Olien
Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story by Paula Yoo/Illustrated by Lin Wang
Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson/Illustrated by Sydney Smith
Skit-Scat Raggedy Cat Ella Fitzgerald by Roxane Orgill/Illustrated by Sean Qualls
So Much by Trish Cooke/Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury
Specs for Rex by Yasmeen Ismail
Surfer of the Century by Ellie Crowe/Illustrated by Richard Waldrep
Take a Picture of Me, James VanDerZee! by Andrea J. Loney/Illustrated by Keith Mallett
Take Away the A by Michaël Escoffier/Illustrated by Kris Di Giacomo
Teeny Tiny Toady by Jill Esbaum/Illustrated by Keika Yamaguchi
That Book Woman by Heather Henson/Illustrated by David Small
The Tea Party in the Woods by Akiko Miyakoshi
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy by Tony Medina and Various Artists
This Day in June by Gayle E. Pitman/Illustrated by Kristyna Litten
Today is the Day by Eric Walters/Illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes
Too Many Mangos by Tammy Paikai/Illustrated by Don Robinson
Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto/Illustrated by Ed Martinez
Town Is by the Sea by Joanne Schwartz/Illustrated by Sydney Smith
Toys Meet Snow by Emily Jenkins/Illustrated by Paul O. Zelinksy
Virgil and Owen by Paulette Bogan
Water is Water by Miranda Paul/Illustrated by Jason Chin
What Can You Do With a Paleta? by Carmen Tafolla/Illustrated by Magaly Morales
When Marian Sang by Pam Muñoz Ryan/Illustrated by Brian Selznick
When the Slave Esperança Garcia Wrote a Letter by Sonia Rosa/Illustrated by Luciana Justiniani Hees
Where Do We Go When We Disappear? by Isabel Minhós Martins/Illustrated by Madalena Matoso
Where’s Walrus? and Penguin? by Stephen Savage
Wiggle by Doreen Cronin/Illustrated by Scott Menchin
The World in a Second by Isabel Minhós Martins/Illustrated by Bernardo P. Carvalho
Zombie in Love by Kelly DiPucchio/Illustrated by Scott Campbell
Beginning Readers/Chapters
Ballet Cat: The Totally Secret Secret by Bob Shea
Ellie Ultra: An Extra-Ordinary Girl by Gina Bellisario/Illustrated by Jessika von Innerebner
Good Crooks: Missing Monkey! by Mary Amato/Illustrated by Ward Jenkins
The Great Pet Escape by Victoria Jamieson
Jasmine Toguchi: Mochi Queen by Debbi Michiko Florence/ Illustrated by Elizabet Vuković
Katie Fry Private Eye: The Lost Kitten by Katherine Cox/Illustrated by Vanessa Brantley Newton
Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same! by Grace Lin
Sarla in the Sky by Anjali Joshi/Illustrated by Lisa Kurt
The Stories Julian Tells by Ann Cameron/Illustrated by Ann Strugnell
Written and Drawn by Henrietta by Liniers
Middle Grade
A Handful of Stars by Cynthia Lord
Cakes in Space by Philip Reeve/Illustrated by Sarah McIntyre
Calvin Coconut: Trouble Magnet by Graham Salisbury/Illustrated by Jacqueline Rogers
Eagle Song by Joseph Bruchac/Illustrated by Dan Andreasen
Etched in Clay: The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet by Andrea Cheng
Ghost by Jason Reynolds/Jacket Illustrations by Vanessa Brantley Newton
The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart
Patina by Jason Reynolds/Jacket Illustrations by Vanessa Brantley Newton
Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
Young Adult
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans by Don Brown
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