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Dec 11, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Nicholl Denice Montgomery |Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres |Jessica Agudelo |Eric Carpenter
Star Sailor: My Life as a NASA Astronaut by Charles F. Bolden Jr. and Tonya BoldenMiddle School Candlewick 112 pp. 10/24 9781536216325 $19.99Charles Bolden credits Ron McNair, NASA’s second Black astronaut, with encouraging him to apply to be an astronaut. Despite having been a Marine pilot and holding a master’s degree in a STEM subject, Bolden did not think NASA would consider a five-foot-seven Black man—but to his surprise he was accepted into the astronaut program.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Jonathan Hunt |Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres |Jessica Agudelo |Eric Carpenter
Golden Gate: Building the Mighty Bridge by Elizabeth Partridge; illus. by Ellen HeckPrimary, Intermediate Chronicle 56 pp. 10/24 9781452135144 $19.99“Cold winter winds rattle your window and the blast of the foghorn weaves into your morning dreams, warning ships away from the rocky cliffs behind you.” In a second-person narrative voice, Partridge (Parks for the People, rev.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Jessica Agudelo |Eric Carpenter |Marva Hinton |Jennifer M. Brabander
Doña Fela’s Dream by Monica Brown; illus. by Rose IbarraPrimary Little, Brown 48 pp. 9/24 9780316178358 $18.99Spanish ed. 9780316581660 $11.99A richly illustrated picture-book biography of Puerto Rico’s first female mayor, Felisa Rincón de Gautier (1897–1994), with a lively text. As a tropical storm batters San Juan at the start of the book, the fearful residents seek refuge in the home of their trusted local hero, lovingly called Doña Fela.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Patrick Gall |Brian Wilson |Pauletta Brown Bracy |Jessica Agudelo
The Next Scientist: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of the World’s Great Scientists by Kate Messner; illus. by Julia KuoPrimary, Intermediate Chronicle 64 pp. 8/24 9781452176963 $19.99This attractive, informative, and ambitious collective biography begins with a challenge: “Quick! Name the world’s greatest scientist.” Messner (The Next President, rev.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Brian Wilson |Pauletta Brown Bracy |Patrick Gall |Jessica Agudelo
Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos by Nathalie Alonso; illus. by Rudy GutierrezPrimary, Intermediate Calkins/Astra 40 pp. 8/24 9781635928112 $18.99e-book ed. 9781635928129 $11.99In engaging, economical, and colloquial prose, Alonso chronicles the ascent and career highs of legendary right fielder Clemente (1934–1972), who endured racism as a Spanish-speaking Black man while shattering records during his illustrious baseball career.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Pauletta Brown Bracy |Patrick Gall |Jessica Agudelo |Julie Hakim Azzam
Go, Wilma, Go!: Wilma Rudolph, from Athlete to Activist by Amira Rose Davis and Michael G. Long; illus. by Charnelle Pinkney BarlowPrimary Bloomsbury 40 pp. 7/24 9781547612093 $18.99e-book ed. 9781547612109 $13.29This inspiring biography of Rudolph (1940–1994), the three-time Olympic gold medalist in track, centers on her work as a civil rights activist.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Patrick Gall |Jessica Agudelo |Julie Hakim Azzam |Danielle Ford
Space: The Final Pooping Frontier by Annabeth Bondor-Stone and Connor White; illus. by Lars KensethPrimary, Intermediate Godwin/Holt 40 pp. 7/24 9781250222886 $19.99e-book ed. 9781250386663 $11.99The words “go boldly” are boldly recontextualized in this newest addition to the ever-growing collection of poop-focused nonfiction titles for kids.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Jessica Agudelo |Julie Hakim Azzam |Danielle Ford |Pauletta Brown Bracy
Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez by Belen Medina; illus. by Natalia Rojas CastroPrimary Atheneum 40 pp. 6/24 9781665931427 $18.99e-book ed. 9781665931434 $10.99This picture-book biography introduces readers to an extraordinary Indigenous ultramarathoner. Ramírez, born in 1995, is “a proud daughter of the Rarámuri,” a tribe from a remote region of Chihuahua in Mexico.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
slj.com | Juan Vidal |Jessica Agudelo
. Sept. 2024. 224p. Tr $18.99. ISBN 9780823457113. COPY ISBN Gr 7 Up–Still shaken by the sudden loss of his father, Marcos first copes by playing basketball nonstop. But after discovering an old copy of One Hundred Years of Solitude, he is inspired to write poetry, “trying to make sense/ of what I was feeling.” Soon after, he travels from Miami to Cartagena, Colombia, alongside his mother and younger sister to scatter Papi’s ashes in his hometown.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
slj.com | Jessica Agudelo
K-Gr 2–Daniela finds comfort in her abuela as she experiences difficult emotions. After hearing a big argument between her parents that results in her papa leaving home with a suitcase in hand, sad words (palabras tristes) and twisted up memories (recuerdos enredados) are making Daniela feel down. Abuela asks Daniela what’s wrong, but she struggles to share or even make sense of her complicated feelings.
