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Dec 20, 2023 | 
hbook.com | Sam Bloom |Danielle Ford |Pauletta Brown Bracy |Sarah Rettger
Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story by Sarah Myer; illus. by the authorHigh School First Second 272 pp. 6/23 9781250268792 $25.99Paper ed. 9781250268808 $17.99e-book ed. 9781250337238 $11.99Myer’s graphic memoir is a welcome transracial adoption story told from the adoptee’s point of view. Adopted from South Korea by a white couple, Sarah (who now uses they/them pronouns) basically knows nothing about their birth parents and wonders: “Did they WANT me?
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Dec 13, 2023 | 
hbook.com | Luann Toth |Danielle Ford |Pauletta Brown Bracy |Sarah Rettger
I’m Gonna Paint: Ralph Fasanella, Artist of the People by Anne Broyles; illus. by Victoria Tentler-KrylovPrimary, Intermediate Holiday 48 pp. 10/23 9780823450060 $18.99e-book ed. 9780823457380 $11.99In this engaging and child-friendly overview of Fasanella’s (1914–1997) life and evolution as a self-taught, working-class artist, Broyles highlights the man’s “rambunctious,” resilient, and independent nature, even as a child.
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Dec 6, 2023 | 
hbook.com | Danielle Ford |Pauletta Brown Bracy |Sarah Rettger |Jessica Agudelo
Thank You, Moon: Celebrating Nature’s Nightlight by Melissa Stewart; illus. by Jessica LananPrimary Knopf 48 pp. 10/23 9780593435076 $18.99Library ed. 9780593435083 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593435090 $11.99An offstage narrator speaks directly to the moon, expressing thanks for the light it provides, and sometimes doesn’t, to the inhabitants of Earth at night.
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Nov 29, 2023 | 
hbook.com | Pauletta Brown Bracy |Sarah Rettger |Jessica Agudelo |Jonathan Hunt
Coretta’s Journey: The Life and Times of Coretta Scott King by Alice Faye Duncan; illus. by R. Gregory ChristieIntermediate Calkins/Astra 48 pp. 9/23 9781662680045 $18.99e-book ed. 9781662680052 $11.99In a sophisticated, poetic picture-book biography, Duncan alternates double-page spreads featuring prose or poems in a variety of forms that highlight Coretta Scott King’s accomplishments.
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Nov 22, 2023 | 
hbook.com | Sarah Rettger |Jessica Agudelo |Jonathan Hunt |Betty Carter
The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity by Nicholas Day; illus. by Brett HelquistIntermediate, Middle School Random House Studio/Random 288 pp. 9/23 9780593643846 $19.99Library ed. 9780593643853 $22.99e-book ed. 9780593643860 $11.99The Mona Lisa wasn’t the world’s most famous painting when it disappeared from the Louvre in 1911.
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Sep 20, 2023 | 
hbook.com | Laura Koenig |Jonathan Hunt |Betty Carter |Sarah Rettger
Glitter Everywhere!: Where It Came From, Where It’s Found & Where It’s Going by Chris Barton; illus. by Chaaya PrabhatPrimary Charlesbridge 48 pp. 6/23 9781623542528 $19.99Barton explores glitter, a source of fascination (and frustration), diving into the science, history, and entrepreneurship that created the material we know today.
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Sep 13, 2023 | 
hbook.com | Jonathan Hunt |Betty Carter |Sarah Rettger |Laura Koenig
83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary by Don Brown; illus. by the authorHigh School Clarion/HarperCollins 128 pp. 5/23 9780063311565 $22.99e-book ed. 9780063311589 $10.99Here’s a rare chronicle of a contemporary, ongoing war. This comic-format “war diary” isn’t told from the viewpoint of any one person, although individual perspectives are plentifully represented and woven throughout the narrative in a cohesive fashion.
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Sep 6, 2023 | 
hbook.com | Betty Carter |Sarah Rettger |Laura Koenig |Jonathan Hunt
The Book of Turtles by Sy Montgomery; illus. by Matt PattersonPrimary, Intermediate Clarion/HarperCollins 40 pp. 5/23 9780358458074 $19.99“Sometime around 240 million years ago—about the time of the first dinosaurs, and 9 million years before the first crocodile—the shell invented the turtle.” With this cheekily thought-provoking opening sentence, acclaimed science writer Montgomery introduces turtles to young readers.
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Sep 3, 2023 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Sarah Rettger
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Aug 30, 2023 | 
hbook.com | Sarah Rettger |Laura Koenig |Jonathan Hunt |Julie Danielson
Not a Monster by Claudia Guadalupe Martínez; illus. by Laura GonzálezPrimary Charlesbridge 32 pp. 5/23 9781623543037 $17.99e-book ed. 9781632899446 $9.99In this picture book, Martínez seamlessly blends legend and science to expand readers’ understanding of axolotls.
