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This season’s series introduce myriad work paths and opportunities, with most blending practical information about certain jobs with visuals that affirm most aspects of diversity across industries, vocations, and professions. Essential workers take the spotlight, with those in the health care, food and grocery, and delivery sectors getting a well-earned and long-overdue nod.

The latest landmarks and locations series provide enchanting sights and facts for readers. Most offer detailed text supplemented with colorful photographs to help readers build vocabulary and make connections.

Bigfoot. The Chupacabra. Atlantis. We can learn a lot about civilizations from their folklore and mythologies and this selection of series gives readers a great variety to choose from. Our world may feel small right now but these books will open up minds to great possibilities.

A deep connection to the natural world and how it is evolving around us permeates this season’s natural science series. There is a major focus on visual literacy, presenting a variety of media from forecast data generated by weather software to crisp animal photography. 

Our current consciousness remains focused on social injustices in the world. While issues such as immigration and climate change have been in the forefront for a while, the injustice of underrepresented groups is now receiving more attention. Each of these series will open readers’ minds to the world around them and expand their knowledge.

The world seems like an increasingly complicated place. These series help children put the world in order by breaking society into manageable chunks. They cover musical instruments, cultural holidays, current events, and nations around the world.

This season’s astronomy series feature new planet sets with individual titles for each of the eight planets in our solar system, fun-fact themed sets filled with high interest space trivia, introductory sets for independent readers or with adult-directed text, and a set full of the latest cutting-edge space technology projects. 

There’s a lot to get excited about this season, including quality translations and excellent artwork in most of these books. While finding quality books for children in Spanish remains a challenge, this season delivers value, choice, and new perspectives that foster literacy and social-emotional development.

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