Mary Lyn

Aug 31, 2024 | slj.com | Kate Fox |Jenny Arch |Nessa Diab |Mary Lyn

K-Gr 3–A diverse group of family members and friends gather on a West Coast beach to celebrate the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, with a bonfire and good company.

Aug 27, 2024 | slj.com | Nessa Diab |Mary Lyn |Chelsea Clinton

Gr 4-6–This comprehensive guide will empower all kids to turn their frustrations with injustice into action. Through colorful graphics, easy-to-comprehend charts, and informational sections, Rocha and Leatherdale take typically complex information and break it down into a middle grade-friendly format. Pulling from her experience as a youth activist, Rocha combines personal experience with brief interviews from other young activists to encourage readers that they can make a difference.

Aug 27, 2024 | slj.com | Elisabeth LeBris |Nessa Diab |Mary Lyn |Chelsea Clinton

by (text) & illus. by Ruth Chan . Sept. 2024. 288p. Tr $22.99. ISBN 9781250855336. COPY ISBN Gr 4-8–Chan perfectly captures the voice of her 13-year-old self in this graphic memoir. Moving from Toronto to Hong Kong sends Ruth into a panic. She will be leaving her very best friends, she barely speaks any Cantonese, and her brother won’t be there. Her father’s job will take him to China for long stretches, leaving Ruth the sole target for her mother’s high expectations.

Aug 27, 2024 | slj.com | Lynne Stover |Nessa Diab |Mary Lyn

. (She Persisted). Sept. 2024. 96p. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9780593623565. COPY ISBN Gr 1-4–This enlightening biography focuses on Dolores Huerta, who was born in 1930 in New Mexico. From a young age, Huerta exhibited a visionary spirit, recognizing the importance of helping others in her community. Despite being the only Mexican American in her college classes, she pursued her education and became a teacher, setting the stage for a lifelong dedication to advocacy.

Aug 27, 2024 | slj.com | Laura Ellis |Nessa Diab |Mary Lyn |Helena Haraštová

PreS-Gr 2–Veronica’s parents host a party as they are expecting twins. It’s a time of great celebration. Veronica looks and sees all the people who have come to express their happiness for her family; she has all types of feelings, but happiness is not one of them. She looks around; some of the people she knows, and some she doesn’t. She notices that there are families that are not like hers. Most of all, Veronica has a lot of questions that she isn’t sure how to ask.