Recommendations for new children's books by Barbara Stein and Victoria Walton of the Prairie Lights Children's Department.

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BOARD BOOKS

Atinuke. B IS FOR BABY

Godwin, Jane. RED HOUSE, BROWN MOUSE

Heder, Thyra. HOW DO YOU DANCE?

Henkes, Kevin. SUMMER SONG

Jenkins, Steve. 100 ANIMALS: A LIFT-THE-FLAP PADDED BOARD BOOK

Saltzberg, Barney. ONE OF THESE IS NOT LIKE THE OTHERS

 

POETRY AND TRADITIONAL

Grimes, Nikki. LEGACY: WOMEN POETS OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE

Prelutsky, Jack. HARD-BOILED BUGS FOR BREAKFAST

Rosen, Michael. HONEY FOR YOU, HONEY FOR ME: A FIRST BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMES

Sidman, Joyce. HELLO, EARTH!: POEMS TO OUR PLANET

 

PICTURE BOOKS

Bynum, Janie. CHICK CHAT

Cooper, Elisha. YES & NO

de la Pena, Matt. MILO IMAGINES THE WORLD

Hirst, Daisy. I LIKE TRAINS

Hobbie, Holly. TOOT AND PUDDLE: HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?

John, Jory. SOMETHING'S WRONG!: A BEAR, A HARE, AND SOME UNDERWEAR

Klassen, Jon. THE ROCK FROM THE SKY

Light, Steve. ROAD TRIP! A WHISKERS HOLLOW ADVENTURE

Lil Nas X. C IS FOR COUNTRY

Maizes, Sarah. ATTICUS CATICUS

Paul, Pamela. RECTANGLE TIME

Pham, LeUyen. OUTSIDE, INSIDE

Pulford, Elizabeth. SEEKING AN AURORA

Quang, Phung Nguyen. MY FIRST DAY

Reinhardt, Jennifer Black. ALWAYS BY MY SIDE: A STUFFIE STORY

Rinker, Sherry. IT'S SO QUIET: A NOT-QUITE-GOING-TO-BED BOOK

Rosen, Sybil. CARPENTER'S HELPER

Usher, Sam. FREE

Weaver, Tess. FISHTASTIC!: A TALE OF MAGIC AND FRIENDSHIP

 

BIOGRAPHY

Coates, Ta-Nehisi. THE BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE: A MEMOIR ADAPTED FOR YOUNG ADULTS

Grimes, Nikki. KAMALA HARRIS: ROOTED IN JUSTICE

Marinov, Isabelle. THE BOY WHOSE HEAD WAS FILLED WITH STARS: A LIFE OF EDWIN HUBBLE

Menendez, Juliet. LATINITAS: CELEBRATING 40 BIG DREAMERS

Tentler-Krylov, Victoria. BUILDING ZAHA: THE STORY OF ARCHITECT ZAHA HADID

Williams, Alicia D. JUMP AT THE SUN: THE TRUE LIFE TALE OF UNSTOPPABLE STORYCATCHER ZORA NEALE HURSTON

 

NONFICTION

Brown, Don. A SHOT IN THE ARM!: BIG IDEAS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD #3

Davies, Nicola. GROW: SECRETS OF OUR DNA

Gladstone, James. JOURNEY AROUND THE SUN: THE STORY OF HALLEY'S COMET

Hillery, Tony. HARLEM GROWN: HOW ONE BIG IDEA TRANSFORMED A NEIGHBORHOOD

Hood, Susan. THE LAST STRAW: KIDS VS. PLASTICS

Jordan, Kelly. CHASE THE MOON, TINY TURTLE: A HATCHLING'S DARING RACE TO THE SEA

Martin, Jacqueline Briggs et al. BEGIN WITH A BEE

McAnulty, Stacy. MARS! EARTHLINGS WELCOME

McGinty, Alice B. THE WATER LADY: HOW DARLENE ARVISA HELPS A THIRSTY NAVAJO NATION

Meisel, Paul. MY TINY LIFE BY RUBY T. HUMMINGBIRD

Page, Robin. THE BEAK BOOK

Reynolds, Jason, Ibram X. Kendi & Sonja Cherry-Paul. STAMPED (FOR KIDS): RACISM, ANTIRACISM, AND YOU

Sis, Peter. NICKY & VERA: A QUIET HERO OF THE HOLOCAUST AND THE CHILDREN HE RESCUED

Sorell, Traci. WE ARE STILL HERE!: NATIVE AMERICAN TRUTHS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW

Woollard, Rebecca. THE NO-COOK COOKBOOK

 

READERS AND TRANSITIONAL CHAPTER BOOKS

Adler, David. RUN, MO, RUN!

Atinuke. TOO SMALL TOLA

Barrows, Annie. IVY & BEAN GET TO WORK!

Davies, Jacqueline. SYDNEY & TAYLOR EXPLORE THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD

Dominguez, Angela. STELLA DIAZ DREAMS BIG

Gardner, Sally. MR. TIGER, BETSY, AND THE SEA DRAGON

Henkes, Kevin. BILLY MILLER MAKES A WISH

Osborne, Mary Pope. DINOSAURS BEFORE DARK GRAPHIC NOVEL

Potter, Ellen. BIG FOOT AND LITTLE FOOT: THE GREMLIN'S SHOES

Snyder, Laurel. CHARLIE & MOUSE OUTDOORS

 

FICTION

AF Venable, Colleen. Katie the Catsitter

Alston, B. B. Amari and the Night Brothers

Chokshi, Rashani. ARU SHAH AND THE CITY OF GOLD

Chadda, Sarwat. CITY OF THE PLAGUE GOD

Cushman, Karen. WAR AND MILLIE MCGONIGLE

Fipps, Lisa. STARFISH

Gratz, Alan. GROUND ZERO

Green, Tim. GRAND SLAM: BASEBALL GENIUS

Holm, Jennifer. THE LION OF MARS

Kaufman, Amie. THE WORLD BETWEEN BLINKS

Khan, Hena. AMINA'S SONG

Kim, Graci. THE LAST FALLEN STAR

Lai, Remy. PAWCASSO

Levithan, David. THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF AIDEN S. (AS TOLD TO HIS BROTHER)

Lloyd, Megan Wagner. ALLERGIC

Medina, Meg. MERCI SUAREZ CAN'T DANCE

Milford, Kate. THE RACONTEUR'S COMMONPLACE BOOK: A GREENGLASS HOUSE STORY

Philbrick, Rodman. WILD RIVER

Prineas, Sarah. TROUBLE IN THE STARS

Reed, Dwayne. SIMON B. RHYMIN'

 

TEEN

Albertalli, Becky. KATE IN WAITING

Barnes, Rodney. QUINCREDIBLE VOLUME 1: QUEST TO BE THE BEST

Bouley, Angeline. FIREKEEPER'S DAUGHTER

Bowman, Erin. DUSTBORN

Brown, Waka. WHILE I WAS AWAY

Choi, Mary. YOLK

Elle, J. WINGS OF EBONY

Elhillo, Safia. HOME IS NOT A COUNTRY

Harris, Pamela. WHEN YOU LOOK LIKE US

Kemp, Laekan Zea. SOMEWHERE BETWEEN BITTER AND SWEET

Lo, Malinda. LAST NIGHT AT THE TELEGRAPH CLUB

Maldonado, Crystal. FAT CHANCE, CHARLIE VEGA

Morris, Brittney. THE COST OF KNOWING

Nix, Garth. THE LEFT-HANDED BOOKSELLERS OF LONDON

Schlitz, Laura. AMBER & CLAY

Shabazz, Ilyasah. THE AWAKENING OF MALCOLM X

Sullivan, Tara. TREASURE OF THE WORLD

Thomas, Angie. CONCRETE ROSE

Watson, Renee. LOVE IS A REVOLUTION

Werlin, Nancy. ZOE ROSENTHAL IS NOT LAWFUL GOOD