Cathy DeCampli, Haddonfield P.L., NJ

This season, publishers are enabling youth to make a difference in their world by equipping them with insights into pressing concerns and ways to address them.

Readers will delve into their surroundings this fall, embarking on a continuous learning journey to discover diverse cultures, both local and distant.

Publishers continue to respond to the need for diversity in the social sciences and young readers are better off for it.

There is a broad range of topics in this section and they will help readers better understand themselves and the world around them.

This season, publishers have books for readers looking for something creepy, fanciful, or mythological.

Curious readers can learn about the cultures around them, the world’s major religions, and North America’s Native population.

Gods, monsters, farm animals, and bitcoin: There is a unique selection of series to choose from this season with an extra helping of mysterious and creepy titles for readers who want to learn about alien abductions, haunted locations, near-death experiences, or the Bermuda Triangle.

These selections seem to represent the current state of American’s minds, including children. They are ready to focus on something other than the pandemic. These series will help with that.