11 Outstanding Titles, Including Picture Book Biographies of Augusta Baker and Fannie Farmer | Web Starred Reviews, March 2024

by SLJ Reviews
Mar 31, 2024 | Filed in News & Features

Two picture books starring buses lead this list of top titles, which includes Rajani LaRocca's middle grade fantasy.

The Yellow Bus (Long) ©2024 by Loren Long
The Yellow Bus (Long) ©2024 by Loren Long

 

Picture Books - Elementary

Archer, Micha. What’s New, Daniel? Penguin/Nancy Paulsen. 

Hannigan, Jess. Spider in the Well. HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen. 

Hernández, Karol. I Am La Chiva!: The Colorful Bus of the Andes. illus. by Lorena Alvarez Gómez. Penguin/Dial. 

Long, Loren. The Yellow Bus. Roaring Brook.

 

Middle Grade

Carter, Caela. The World Divided by Piper. HarperCollins/Quill Tree. 

LaRocca, Rajani. Sona and the Golden Beasts. HarperCollins/Quill Tree. 

 

YA 

Weston, Kate. Diary of a Confused Feminist. S. & S. 

 

Nonfiction Elementary

Eaton III, Maxwell. Looking for Peppermint: Or Life in the Forest. illus. by Maxwell Eaton III. Holiday House/Neal Porter. 

Iverson, Christine. Santiago Saw Things Differently: Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Artist, Doctor, Father of Neuroscience. illus. by Luciano Lozano. Candlewick/MIT Kids Pr. 

McDaniel, Breanna J. Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller. illus. by April Harrison. Dial. 

Smith, Emma Bland. The Fabulous Fannie Farmer: Kitchen Scientist and America’s Cook. illus. by Susan Reagan. Astra/Calkins Creek. 

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