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A charming celebration of nature and curiosity, this book offers a realistic, joyful depiction of a young adventurer and reflects the author’s experience as an outdoor educator. A standout debut that will inspire young readers to explore the outdoors.
Picture books seldom get more entertaining than this, turning very spare material into a friendship saga. Recommended.
A must-purchase for all libraries. Perfect for instilling the lesson of kindness towards animals and the importance of rescuing.
A powerful novel that breathes a fantasy world of dragons to life while balancing the dark realities of greedy rulers and society’s structural inequities; highly recommended for middle-grade collections.
2025 turned out to be a particularly good year for books for the newest of readers. Check out this array of talent!
In Kenny Ruiz's fun new manga, a young would-be hero first stumbles upon and then seeks to master the iconic weapon of the title...while on the run from The First Order.
Newbery winner Rebecca Stead is our guest on the latest episode of The Yarn podcast. We go behind the scenes of Stead’s latest middle grade novel, The Experiment. We also talk about how this year’s Newbery winner, The First State of Being (by Erin Entrada Kelly), was in part inspired by Stead’s 2010 Newbery winner […]
These books have something to say to kids, and not only are they unafraid to say it, they do it in the best possible way.
Lives are validated not through what reviewers often see as ‘gritty’ but a very nuanced layering of Black classicism. Even though she provides a fictitious urban setting, these teen’s reality isn’t directly about racism, income, or gender. It’s about the balancing act they do to survive every day.
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