32 Exceptional Titles, Including Picture Books from Sophie Blackall and Carole Boston Weatherford | Web Starred Reviews, June 2024

by SLJ Reviews
Jun 30, 2024 | Filed in News & Features

Poetry from Naomi Shihab Nye, historical fiction from Jennifer A. Nielsen, a YA novel from Joseph Coelho, and more round out this month's starred reviews.

Rocket Ship, Solo Trip (Colombi) ©2024 by Scott Magoon
Rocket Ship, Solo Trip (Colombi) ©2024 by Scott Magoon

 

Picture Books 

Abbas, Marzieh. Awe-samosas! illus. by Bhagya Madanasinghe. HarperCollins/Clarion.

Awan, Jashar. Towed by Toad. illus. by author. Tundra.

Antrobus, Raymond. Terrible Horses: A Story of Sibling Conflict and Companionship. illus. by Ken Wilson-Max. Candlewick. 

Becker, Aaron. The Last Zookeeper. illus. by author. Candlewick. 

Blackall, Sophie. Ahoy! illus. by author. Random/Anne Schwartz. 

Camacho-Church, Adriana. Grandma’s Hair Is Ankle Length/El cabello de Abuela le llega hasta los tobillos. illus. by Carmen Lop. Piñata Bks. BL

Cecil, Randy. The Spaceman. illus. by author. Candlewick. 

Colombi, Chiara. Rocket Ship, Solo Trip. illus. by Scott Magoon. Viking. 

DeShaw, Nicholas. Loaf the Cat Goes To The Powwow. illus. by Tara Audibert. Penguin/Nancy Paulsen. 

Drouillard, Staci Lola. A Family Tree. illus. by Kate Gardiner. HarperCollins/Clarion. 

Fan, Terry & others. Barnaby Unboxed! Tundra.

Gill, Nikita. Animal Tales from India: Ten Stories from the Panchatantra. illus. by Chaaya Prabhat. Nosy Crow. 

Killian, Alex. This Table. illus. by Brooke Smart. Greystone. 

Mo, Cherry. Home in a Lunchbox. illus. by author. Penguin Workshop. 

Redniss, Lauren. Heatwave. illus. by author. Random House Studio. 

Santos, Paola. How to Eat a Mango. illus. by Juliana Perdomo. Holiday House/Neal Porter. 

Smith, Monique Gray. Circle of Love. illus. by Nicole Neidhardt. HarperCollins/Heartdrum. 

Weatherford, Carole Boston. Bros. illus. by Reggie Brown. Candlewick. 

 

 

Middle Grade

Larson, Kirby & Quinn Wyatt. Gut Reaction. Scholastic. 

Nielsen, Jennifer A. Uprising. Scholastic.

 

YA 

Coelho, Joseph. The Boy Lost in the Maze. illus. by Kate Milner. Candlewick. 

Hubbard, Matthew. The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge. Delacorte. 

Liang, Ann. I Hope This Doesn’t Find You. Scholastic. 

Park, Patricia. What’s Eating Jackie Oh? Crown. 

Shukairy, Ream. Six Truths and a Lie. Little, Brown. 

 

YA Graphic Novels

Tynion, James, IV & Tate Brombal. The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos Volume 1. illus. by Isaac Goodhart. Dark Horse. 

 

Nonfiction Elementary

Carson, Rachel. Something About the Sky. illus. by Nikki McClure. Candlewick. 

Davis, Amira Rose & Michael G. Long. Go, Wilma, Go!: Wilma Rudolph, from Athlete to Activist. illus. by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow. Bloomsbury. 

Frost, Helen. The Mighty Pollinators. illus. by Rick Lieder. Candlewick. 

Hevron, Amy. City of Leafcutter Ants: A Sustainable Society of Millions. illus. by author. Holiday House/Neal Porter.

Venkat, Srividhya. Seeker of Truth: Kailash Satyarthi’s Fight to End Child Labor. illus. by Danica da Silva Pereira. little bee. 

 

Poetry

Nye, Naomi Shihab. Grace Notes: Poems about Families. Greenwillow. 

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