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Cover: Papa, Daddy, and Riley
Starred Review & Award Count 1 1
Spring 2025

Papa, Daddy, and Riley

Riley is Papa's princess and Daddy's dragon. She loves her two fathers! When Riley's classmate asks her which dad is her real one, Riley is confused. She doesn't want to have to pick one or… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2020
Cover: Stitch by Stitch: Cleve Jones and the AIDS Memorial Quilt
Starred Review & Award Count 2
Spring 2025

Stitch by Stitch: Cleve Jones and the AIDS Memorial Quilt

From the blanket that his great-grandmother made for him as a boy, to the friends he gathered together in San Francisco as a young man, to the idea for a monument sewn of fabric and thread,… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2021
Cover: The Homework Squad's ADHD Guide to School Success
Starred Review & Award Count 1
Spring 2025

The Homework Squad's ADHD Guide to School Success

The Homework Squad is here for kids with ADHD! This easy-to-use guide will help with key study skills to improve reading, writing, math, listening, memorization, concentration, and more!… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2021
Cover: The Mother of a Movement: Jeanne Manford —  Ally, Activist, and Founder of PFLAG
Starred Review & Award Count 1
Spring 2025

The Mother of a Movement: Jeanne Manford — Ally, Activist, and Founder of PFLAG

Discover the story of Jeanne Manford, the founder of PFLAG (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays). When Jeanne Manford's son Morty was beaten by New York City officials for… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: You'll Find Me
Starred Review & Award Count 1
Spring 2025

You'll Find Me

Loss becomes remembrance in this book that offers tender ways to pay tribute to, and meaningfully incorporate, a loved one's lost presence into present and future life experiences. Be it… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2020
Cover: Second Strike: Book 2
Starred Review & Award Count 1
Fall 2024

Second Strike: Book 2

From the Series Power Button

Mismatched cousins Kaz and Truly barely survived their first alien invasion. When the villainous Horde Empire returns, the space conquerors look twice as dangerous. This time, Maximo… Read More →

  • Dewey: 741.5/973
  • Copyright: 2024
Cover: The Doll Test: Choosing Equality
Starred Review & Award Count 1
Fall 2024

The Doll Test: Choosing Equality

Four dolls. Two psychologists. One landmark court case. During the first half of the twentieth century, schoolchildren in many parts of the United States were segregated—Black children and… Read More →

  • Dewey: 370.15
  • Copyright: 2024
Cover: A Deathly Compendium of Poisonous Plants: Wicked Weeds and Sinister Seeds
Starred Review & Award Count 2 3
Fall 2024

A Deathly Compendium of Poisonous Plants: Wicked Weeds and Sinister Seeds

"Should you encounter any of the plants in this book, do not treat them lightly. They can kill you. Or cause you unbearable agony. Or land you in jail. Consider yourself warned." Explore the… Read More →

  • Dewey: 581.6/59
  • Copyright: 2024
Cover: Call the Bee Doctor!: How Science Is Saving Honey Bees
Starred Review & Award Count 1
Fall 2024

Call the Bee Doctor!: How Science Is Saving Honey Bees

From the Series Sandra Markle's Science Discoveries

Honey bees are among the world’s most important insects. They help pollinate many of the crops we depend on for food. Without them, the global food supply would be in great danger. In 1998, Read More →

  • Dewey: 638/.1
  • Copyright: 2025
Cover: One Wise Sheep: An Untraditional Christmas Story
Starred Review & Award Count 2
Fall 2024

One Wise Sheep: An Untraditional Christmas Story

Tonight, the sheep can't sleep. The pasture is floodlit by a strange new star and their shepherds have disappeared. They must have been kidnapped by a UFO—or perhaps they've gone to meet the Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2024
Cover: Slippery, Spicy, Tingly: A Kimchi Mystery
Starred Review & Award Count 1
Fall 2024

Slippery, Spicy, Tingly: A Kimchi Mystery

Keo loves kimchi! And he loves Halmoni, his grandmother! But when Halmoni unexpectedly comes to visit and digs a big hole in the backyard, he's not sure what's going on. Could Halmoni be… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2024
Cover: The Mistakes That Made Us: Confessions from Twenty Poets
Starred Review & Award Count 2 3
Fall 2024

The Mistakes That Made Us: Confessions from Twenty Poets

Scoring a goal against your own team. Copying a classmate's schoolwork. Accepting a dare to jump down the stairs . . . and getting hurt. This engrossing poetry anthology explores making… Read More →

  • Dewey: 811/.608
  • Copyright: 2024
Cover: Oy, Santa!: Or, There's a Latke to Learn about Hanukkah
Starred Review & Award Count 1
Fall 2024

Oy, Santa!: Or, There's a Latke to Learn about Hanukkah

Oliver Overstreet tries to get Santa to understand how special Hanukkah is. Even though Santa knows some things—like Oliver's friend Ibrahim also doesn't celebrate Christmas—Oliver loses… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2024
Cover: The Brighter I Shine
Starred Review & Award Count 1
Fall 2024

The Brighter I Shine

Mama always tells me stories on my birthday. She tells me the story of how I arrived in this world. They say I first came to them in a quiet dream and that I was a gift from our ancestors. For Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2024
Cover: Defending Nature: How the US Military Protects Threatened and Endangered Species
Starred Review & Award Count 1
Fall 2024

Defending Nature: How the US Military Protects Threatened and Endangered Species

The United States Department of Defense has more than four hundred military bases across the country. They are used to house and train personnel, keep watch of enemies, support allies, and .… Read More →

  • Dewey: 591.6809759/99
  • Copyright: 2025
Cover: Starlight Symphony
Starred Review & Award Count 2
Fall 2024

Starlight Symphony

Eee-oh-lay! Chirp-a-chirp! Rat-a-tat! Nature is full of music. Listen in as a wood thrush, a cricket, a woodpecker, and many other animals perform a symphony under the stars. Rhyming verse… Read More →

  • Dewey: 591.59/4
  • Copyright: 2025
Cover: The Remarkables: The Most Incredible Children I've Met — So Far!
Starred Review & Award Count 1
Fall 2024

The Remarkables: The Most Incredible Children I've Met — So Far!

Meet 38 extraordinary children: an electric child, a flying child, elastic, invisible, miniature, a child made of cake. The Remarkables is a big book of fantasy and humor that entertains and Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2024
Cover: We Shall Not Be Denied: A Timeline of Voting Rights and Suppression in America
Starred Review & Award Count 1
Fall 2024

We Shall Not Be Denied: A Timeline of Voting Rights and Suppression in America

If you're under 18, you might be thinking, "Why do voting rights matter to me? I'm too young to vote." Voting is how our country chooses government leaders to make important decisions that… Read More →

  • ATOS: 5.7
  • Dewey: 324.6/20973
  • Copyright: 2025
Cover: Inkflower
Starred Review & Award Count 1 1
Fall 2024

Inkflower

Inspired by a true story . . . Lisa's father has six months to live and a story to tell about a boy sent to Auschwitz—a boy who lost everything and started again. It's a story he has kept… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2024
Cover: The Gender Binary Is a Big Lie: Infinite Identities around the World
Starred Review & Award Count 1
Fall 2024

The Gender Binary Is a Big Lie: Infinite Identities around the World

From the Series Queer History Project

What if you discovered that the whole concept of a gender binary is an illusion? While many people identify as men or women, that is not all there is. The idea that all humans fall into one… Read More →

  • Dewey: 305.3
  • Copyright: 2024
Cover: The Rule of Three
Starred Review & Award Count 1
Fall 2024

The Rule of Three

When the rules no longer apply, how do you keep your head in the game? Wyatt has a three-part Plan for Life, and it starts now, at the beginning of seventh grade, with tryouts for his local… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2024
Cover: Ballpark Legends: The Legacy of the Negro Leagues
Starred Review & Award Count 1
Fall 2024

Ballpark Legends: The Legacy of the Negro Leagues

From the Series Black Trailblazers in Sports (Read Woke ™ Books)

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a diverse sport played by athletes from around the world. But in the late 1800s and the first half of the 1900s, MLB was mostly segregated. Black players and… Read More →

  • Dewey: 796.357/640973
  • Copyright: 2025
Cover: Hoops Heroes: The Untold Story of Black Basketball
Starred Review & Award Count 1
Fall 2024

Hoops Heroes: The Untold Story of Black Basketball

From the Series Black Trailblazers in Sports (Read Woke ™ Books)

When much of the US was segregated, Black athletes were not allowed to play alongside white athletes. Black athletes started their own sports leagues, including the Black Fives. Learn about… Read More →

  • Dewey: 796.323
  • Copyright: 2025
Cover: Indigenous Cultures Today: Protecting Native Families and Practicing Cultural Traditions
Starred Review & Award Count 1
Fall 2024

Indigenous Cultures Today: Protecting Native Families and Practicing Cultural Traditions

From the Series Native Rights (Alternator Books ®)

On June 15, 2023, Native American Nations celebrated a victory. The Supreme Court of the United States decided to uphold the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), first passed in 1978. The act… Read More →

  • ATOS: 5.7
  • Dewey: 305.897
  • Copyright: 2025