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1 month ago | 
hbook.com | Nicholl Denice Montgomery |Julie Hakim Azzam |Jessica MacDonald |Grace Mckinney Beermann
The Gift of the Great Buffalo by Carole Lindstrom; illus. by Aly McKnightPrimary, Intermediate Bloomsbury 40 pp. 2/25 9781547606887 $18.99e-book ed. 9781547606979 $13.29Rose, her oshiimeyan (younger sister), and their parents gather with other Métis families for the biannual buffalo hunt.
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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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Nov 22, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Nicholl Denice Montgomery |Adrienne L. Pettinelli
Chooch Helped by Andrea L. Rogers; illus. by Rebecca Lee KunzPreschool, Primary Levine/Levine Querido 48 pp. 10/24 9781646144549 $18.99Narrator Sissy’s little brother Chooch is two and wants to help. When Elisi (grandmother) paints a mural, Chooch helps. When Etsi (mother) sews pucker-toe moccasins, he helps. When Etlogi (aunt) plants a garden, he helps. When he tries to help Sissy make a pinch pot, things do not go so well. Sissy yells, and Chooch cries.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Nicholl Denice Montgomery |Julie Hakim Azzam |Adrienne L. Pettinelli |Kitty Flynn
Black women librarians have been integral to the collection and preservation of Black literature and culture. Vivian Harsh, Chicago’s first Black librarian, curated an extensive collection of Black literature for the George Cleveland Hall Branch on Chicago's South Side. While Vivian Harsh was collecting Black literature for adults, Charlemae Hill Rollins was working to collect books for the youth.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Nicholl Denice Montgomery |Julie Hakim Azzam |Elisa Gall |Amanda Toledo
The Secret Library by Kekla MagoonIntermediate Candlewick 384 pp. 5/24 9781536230888 $18.99e-book ed. 9781536237498 $18.99Eleven-and-a-half-year-old Delilah “Dally” Peteharrington’s mother wants to prepare her to take over the family business. Every afternoon, she meets with tutors to learn “important business-ish things,” but what she really wants is to go on adventures like the ones her grandfather took her on before he died.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Nicholl Denice Montgomery |Patrick Gall |Christina Dorr |Jessica Agudelo
A Family Tree by Staci Lola Drouillard; illus. by Kate GardinerPrimary Clarion/HarperCollins 40 pp. 5/24 9780063242463 $19.99When Francis’s family plants Gaawaandagoonce (“little spruce” in Ojibwemowin) in her grandmother’s garden located alongside Gichigamiing (Lake Superior), the tree and baby Francis are almost the same height.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Nicholl Denice Montgomery |Cynthia K. Ritter |Sarah Ellis |Shelley Isaacson
Let’s Go! by Julie Flett; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Greystone Kids 40 pp. 5/24 9781771646109 $19.95Every day, a child watches other kids skateboarding past the window and wishes to join them. After receiving Mom’s old skateboard, the child can now practice at the skatepark for real. At first unsure about joining the other kids, our protagonist sits alone watching them on their boards. Two others sit down and watch, too; eventually all three decide to join in with the group.
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May 7, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Nicholl Denice Montgomery |Adrienne L. Pettinelli |Anita L. Burkam |Jennifer M. Brabander
Mission One: The Vice Principal Problem [Blue Stars]by Kekla Magoon and Cynthia Leitich Smith; illus. by Molly MurakamiIntermediate, Middle School Candlewick 176 pp. 3/24 9781536204995 $22.99Paper ed. 9781536228663 $12.99e-book ed. 9781536237368 $12.99In their first graphic novel collaboration, Magoon and Smith introduce readers to cousins Riley Halfmoon and Maya Dawn. Riley is used to being surrounded by her Muscogee cousins and aunties.
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Apr 24, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Nicholl Denice Montgomery
Vehicles are a staple of picture books, and Sylvie Kantorovitz’s new early-reader comic A New Car for Pickle (Holiday, 5–8 years), capitalizes on that favorite topic for readers who are speeding toward independence — and with plenty of humor and whimsical panel illustrations, it’s perfect for summer reading. See Kantorovitz’s March/April 2022 Horn Book Magazine article “Graphic Memoirs: Why We Read Them.
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Nicholl Denice Montgomery |Amanda Toledo |Martha V. Parravano |Michelle Lee
Bright Red Fruit by Safia ElhilloHigh School Make Me a World/Random 384 pp. 2/24 9780593381205 $19.99Library ed. 9780593381212 $22.99e-book ed. 9780593381229 $10.99Sixteen-year-old Samira feels restricted by the watchful eyes of her tight-knit Sudanese American community, especially those of her protective mother. The community has labeled her a “bad girl” because of a false rumor that a boy started years ago.
