42 Stellar Titles | June 2017

M.T. Anderson presents sci-fi with hard-hitting social commentary; Martha Brockenbrough profiles Alexander Hamilton, a Founding Father who's having a moment; and Lian Tanner concludes her compelling "Icebreaker" trilogy.

Picture Books

Andros, Camille. Charlotte the Scientist Is Squished. illus. by Brianne Farley. Clarion. Mar. 2017. p. 66.

DaCosta, Barbara. Mighty Moby. illus. by Ed Young. Little, Brown. Aug. 2017. p. 70.

Engle, Margarita. All the Way to Havana. illus. by Mike Curato. Holt. Aug. 2017. p. 71.

Jackson, Richard. This Beautiful Day. illus. by Suzy Lee. S. & S./Atheneum. Aug. 2017. p. 73.

John, Jory. The Bad Seed. illus. by Pete Oswald. HarperCollins/Harper. Aug. 2017. p. 73.

Jullien, Jean. Before & After. illus. by author. Phaidon. Mar. 2017. p. 65.

Luyken, Corinna. The Book of Mistakes. illus. by author. Dial. Apr. 2017. p. 74.

Pendziwol, Jean E. Me and You and the Red Canoe. illus. by Phil. Groundwood. Aug. 2017. p. 77.

Portis, Antoinette. Now. illus. by author. ­Roaring Brook/Neal Porter Bks. Jul. 2017. p. 77.

Sidman, Joyce. Round. illus. by Taeeun Yoo. HMH. Mar. 2017. p. 66.

Turnbull, Victoria. Pandora. illus. by author. Clarion. Apr. 2017. p. 81.

Middle Grade

Applegate, Katherine. Wishtree. Feiwel & Friends. Sept. 2017. p. 84. POP

Clements, Andrew. The Losers Club. Random. Aug. 2017 p. 87.

English, Karen. It All Comes Down to This. Clarion. Jul. 2017. p. 88.

Odhiambo, Eucabeth. Auma’s Long Run. ­Carolrhoda. Sept. 2017. p. 94.

Pérez, Celia C. The First Rule of Punk. Viking. Aug. 2017. p. 95.

Tanner, Lian. Battlesong. Feiwel & Friends. Aug. 2017. p. 96.

YA

Anderson, M.T. Landscape with Invisible Hand. Candlewick. Sept. 2017. p. 104.

Colbert, Brandy. Little & Lion. Little, Brown. Aug. 2017 p. 105.

Fowley-Doyle, Moïra. Spellbook of the Lost and Found. Penguin/Kathy Dawson Bks. Aug. 2017. p. 107.

Hutton, Keely. Soldier Boy. Farrar. Jun. 2017. p. 108.

Lockhart, E. Genuine Fraud. Delacorte. Sept. 2017. p. 109.

Ormsbee, Kathryn. Tash Hearts Tolstoy. ­ S. & S. Jun. 2017. p. 112.

Roat, Sharon Huss. How To Disappear. Harper Collins/HarperTeen. Aug. 2017. p. 102.

Graphic Novels

Butler, Octavia E. Kindred. adapted by ­Damian Duffy. illus. by John Jennings. Abrams ComicArts. Jan. 2017. p. 114.

Clanton, Ben. Super Narwhal and Jelly Jolt. illus. by author. Tundra. May 2017. p. 83. POP

Metaphrog. Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid. illus. by author. Papercutz. Apr. 2017. p. 100.

Nonfiction

Brockenbrough, Martha. Alexander Hamilton, Revolutionary. Feiwel & Friends. Sept. 2017. p. 127.

Markel, Michelle. Balderdash!: John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children’s Books. ­illus. by Nancy Carpenter. Chronicle. Apr. 2017. p. 122.

Otheguy, Emma. Martí’s Song for Freedom/Martí y sus versos por la libertad. illus. by ­Beatriz Vidal. Lee & Low. May 2017.p. 123. BL

Robinson, Anthony & Annemarie Young . Young Palestinians Speak: Living Under Occupation. photos by Anthony Robinson. Interlink. Jul. 2017. p. 130.

Roy, Katherine. How To Be an Elephant. illus. by author. Roaring Brook/David Macaulay ­Studio. Sept. 2017. p. 124.

Sayre, April Pulley. Full of Fall. photos by ­author. S. & S./Beach Lane. Aug. 2017. p. 125.

Siy, Alexandra. Voyager’s Greatest Hits: The Epic Trek to Interstellar Space. Charlesbridge. Jun. 2017. p. 131.

Adult Books 4 Teens

Khadivi, Laleh. A Good Country. Bloomsbury. May 2017. p. 116.

Reference

Bausum, Ann. Our Country’s Presidents: A ­Complete Encyclopedia of the U.S. Presidency. National Geographic. Jan. 2017. p. 60.

DVD

Good Morning Yoga.

Good Night Yoga.

Dreamscape. 2017. p. 54.

Heidi. Omnibus Entertainment. 2017. p. 54.

Right Footed. Nick Spark Productions. 2015. p. 56.

Wolfie the Bunny. Weston Woods. 2017. p. 55.

Audio

NIX, Garth. Frogkisser! Listening Library. Feb. 2017. p. 58.

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