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Cover: Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport
Starred Review & Award Count 3 6

Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport

"A not-to-be-missed, inspirational book about courage, heart, and the necessity of caring for others."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Stars of the Night recounts the powerful true story of… Read More →

  • Dewey: 940.53/18083
  • Copyright: 2023
Cover: The Bear and the Wildcat
Starred Review & Award Count 2 3

The Bear and the Wildcat

A picture book with delicate illustrations that explains the path of grief, ending with the uplifting new beginning of a budding friendship based on understanding. A Kirkus Reviews Best… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2011
Cover: Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H. L. Hunley
Starred Review & Award Count 2 5

Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H. L. Hunley

Winner of the Sibert Medal, Secrets of a Civil War Submarine is a fascinating look at the world's first combat sub. On February 17, 1864, the H. L. Hunley made history as the first submarine… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1060
  • ATOS: 8.2
  • Dewey: 973.7'57
  • Copyright: 2005
Cover: I Am Hava: A Song's Story of Love, Hope & Joy
Starred Review & Award Count 1

I Am Hava: A Song's Story of Love, Hope & Joy

Experience the story of the world's most famous Jewish song, as told by the song herself. In her spare, poetic text, Freda Lewkowicz has personified the song of Hava Nagila and made her the… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2021
Cover: Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Starred Review & Award Count 3 4

Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Drawing from her experiences as an Indigenous scientist, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer demonstrated how all living things—from strawberries and witch hazel to water lilies and lichen—provide… Read More →

  • Lexile: 980
  • Dewey: 305.8
  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: Not Done Yet: Shirley Chisholm's Fight for Change
Starred Review & Award Count 1 2

Not Done Yet: Shirley Chisholm's Fight for Change

Shirley Chisholm was a natural-born fighter. She didn’t like to be bossed and she wanted things to be fair. Brooklyn-born Shirley Chisholm was smart and ambitious. She poured her energy into… Read More →

  • Lexile: 590
  • Dewey: 328.73/092 [B]
  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: Notes from a Sickbed
Starred Review & Award Count 1 1

Notes from a Sickbed

In 2009, Tessa Brunton experienced the first symptoms of myalgic encephalomyelitis (also known as chronic fatigue syndrome). She spent much of the next eight years unwell, in a medical… Read More →

  • Lexile: 590
  • Dewey: 741.5/973 [B]
  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: Torch
Starred Review & Award Count 4 4

Torch

Three teens struggle to carve out futures for themselves under a totalitarian regime. Czechoslovakia, 1969 Seventeen-year-old Pavol has watched his country's freedoms disappear in the wake of Read More →

  • Lexile: 760
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: Mwikali and the Forbidden Mask
Starred Review & Award Count 1

Mwikali and the Forbidden Mask

From the Series The Intasimi Warriors

12-year-old Mwikali is moving to a new school in Nairobi and just wants her life to be normal. But when she meets Soni, Odwar and Xirsi who reveal that she is descended from an ancient… Read More →

  • Lexile: 730
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: I Could Not Do Otherwise: The Remarkable Life of Dr. Mary Edwards Walker
Starred Review & Award Count 1 2

I Could Not Do Otherwise: The Remarkable Life of Dr. Mary Edwards Walker

Grateful American Book Prize Book of Honorable Mention As a teenager, Mary Edwards Walker determined she would no longer wear the confining corsets and long skirts society dictated women… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1180
  • Dewey: 610.92 [B]
  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: Kimchi, Kimchi Every Day
Starred Review & Award Count 1 1

Kimchi, Kimchi Every Day

Whether round and crunchy like a kimchi pancake or pinched and plump like a kimchi dumpling, there are so many ways to enjoy this Korean traditional dish. Explore the different ways to eat… Read More →

  • Lexile: 310
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: Let's Play, Little Rabbit
Starred Review & Award Count 1

Let's Play, Little Rabbit

From the Series Little Rabbit

From the author of the worldwide bestseller Tickle My Ears comes an interactive board book that will have toddlers, adults and rabbits all playing together. Join Little Rabbit, playing all… Read More →

  • Lexile: 140
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: The Lady and the Octopus: How Jeanne Villepreux-Power Invented Aquariums and Revolutionized Marine Biology
Starred Review & Award Count 2 2

The Lady and the Octopus: How Jeanne Villepreux-Power Invented Aquariums and Revolutionized Marine Biology

Born in a small village in eighteenth-century France, Jeanne Villepreux wasn’t expected to transform marine science. Curious, creative, and clever, Jeanne ventured to Paris by foot as a… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1220
  • Dewey: 578.77092 [B]
  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: Where We Come From
Starred Review & Award Count 1 2

Where We Come From

"Outstanding in all ways, this title deserves a place in most collections and adds a wonderful opportunity for upper elementary students (and higher!) to unpack our complicated… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1000
  • Dewey: 811/.6
  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: Yuck, You Suck!: Poems about Animals That Sip, Slurp, Suck
Starred Review & Award Count 1 1

Yuck, You Suck!: Poems about Animals That Sip, Slurp, Suck

Warning: this book sucks! It bites, slurps, and sticks too. Dare to open these pages and you'll find ticks, mosquitos, stingrays, elephants, jellyfish, and the particularly sucky lamprey.… Read More →

  • Lexile: 650
  • Dewey: 590
  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: Gold
Starred Review & Award Count 1 1

Gold

From the Series The Fairy-Tale Color Collection

This wordless picture book plays with our assumptions about family. What do we think we see as we turn the pages and how is the ending not at all what we expected? This fractured retelling… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: Maybe You Might
Starred Review & Award Count 1

Maybe You Might

From the Series Lantana Global Picture Books

They said I couldn't change the world; it wasn't worth the fight. But in my head, a small voice said...maybe you might. A young girl makes a choice to plant a seed by a long dead riverbed.… Read More →

  • Lexile: 520
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: Wonderful Hair: The Beauty of Annie Malone
Starred Review & Award Count 1 1

Wonderful Hair: The Beauty of Annie Malone

Forgotten today, Annie Turnbo Malone was an influential Black business leader in the early 20th century. She turned her personally developed hair care products into a successful industry,… Read More →

  • Lexile: 870
  • Dewey: 759.13
  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: A River's Gifts: The Mighty Elwha River Reborn
Starred Review & Award Count 2 5

A River's Gifts: The Mighty Elwha River Reborn

A mighty river. A long history. For thousands of years, the Elwha River flowed north through the Pacific Northwest, sharing its gifts with the animals, plants, and people along its banks.… Read More →

  • Lexile: 950
  • Dewey: 639.909797/99
  • Copyright: 2023
Cover: Lionel Poops
Starred Review & Award Count 1 1

Lionel Poops

From the Series Lionel

A positive and practical board book that encourages potty training with humor and affirmation. Featuring a mischievous little lion called Lionel. In this pithy board book series, the… Read More →

  • Lexile: 210
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: Amazona
Starred Review & Award Count 1 4

Amazona

This socially conscious thriller from graphic novelist Canizales examines the injustices of his home country in a stark, distinctive style. Andrea, a young Indigenous Colombian woman, has… Read More →

  • Lexile: 430
  • Dewey: 741.5/9861
  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: Attention Hijacked: Using Mindfulness to Reclaim Your Brain from Tech
Starred Review & Award Count 1

Attention Hijacked: Using Mindfulness to Reclaim Your Brain from Tech

Technology surrounds us every day: a phone alarm wakes us up, an electronic calendar tracks assignment deadlines, GPS directs us to the new dentist’s office, social media keeps us connected… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1020
  • Dewey: 153.7/33
  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: Gold Mountain
Starred Review & Award Count 1 1

Gold Mountain

Working on the Transcontinental Railroad promises a fortune—for those who survive. Growing up in 1860s China, Tam Ling Fan has lived a life of comfort. Her father is wealthy enough to… Read More →

  • Lexile: 960
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: How to Be a Difficult Bitch: Claim Your Power, Ditch the Haters, and Feel Good Doing It
Starred Review & Award Count 1

How to Be a Difficult Bitch: Claim Your Power, Ditch the Haters, and Feel Good Doing It

In the past, being a "difficult bitch" was bad. Girls weren't supposed to call people out for their BS, stand up for themselves, or do their own thing..….not anymore! This book embraces the… Read More →

  • Lexile: 970
  • Dewey: 305.242/2
  • Copyright: 2022