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

BOARD BOOKS:

Collins, Ross. WHAT DOES AN ANTEATER EAT?

Seeger, Laura. WHY?

Srinivasan, Divya. LITTLE OWL'S SNOW

Teckentrup, Britta. MR. LION DRESSES UP!

Wood, Don and Audrey. THE LITTLE MOUSE, THE RED RIPE STRAWBERRY & THE BIG HUNGRY BEAR

 

POETRY AND TRADITIONAL:

Elya, Susan Middleton. THE THREE BILLY GOAT'S BUENOS

Harris, Chris. I'M JUST NO GOOD AT RHYMING

Nye, Naomi Shihab. EVERYTHING COMES NEXT

Pinkney, Jerry. THE LITTLE MERMAID

 

PICTURE BOOKS:

Averbeck, Jim. LOVE BY SOPHIA

Barnett, Mac. A POLAR BEAR IN THE SNOW

Blackall, Sophie. IF YOU COME TO EARTH

Brett, Jan. COZY

Cummings, Troy. I FOUND A KITTY!

Cornwall, Gaia. JABARI TRIES

Deedy, Carmen. RITA AND RALPH'S ROTTEN DAY

Detlefsen, Lisl H. ON THE GO AWESOME

Farrell Holler, Sue. RAVEN, RABBIT, DEER

Flood, Nancy Bo. I WILL DANCE

Gay, Marie-Louise Gay. THE THREE BROTHERS

Henkes, Kevin. SUN FLOWER LION

Henkes, Kevin. LILLY & FRIENDS: A PICTURE BOOK TREASURY

Jameson, Karen. WOODLAND DREAMS

Love, Jessica. JULIAN AT THE WEDDING

McGinty, Alice. A STORY FOR SMALL BEAR

Reinhardt, Jennifer Black. PLAYING POSSUM

Thompkins-Bigelow, Jamilah. YOUR NAME IS A SONG

Verdick, Elizabeth. SMALL WALT SPOTS DOT

 

BIOGRAPHY

Brown, Monica. SHARUKO: EL ARQUEOLOGO PERUANO JULIO C. TELLO

Burgess, Matthew. DRAWING ON WALLS: A STORY OF KEITH HARING

Kerley, Barbara. ELEANOR MAKES HER MARK: HOW ELEANOR ROOSEVELT REACHED OUT, SPOKE UP AND CHANGED THE WORLD

Kunkel, Angela Burke. DIGGING FOR WORDS: JOSE ALBERTO GUTIERREZ & THE LIBRARY HE BUILT

Skeers, Linda. DINOSAUR LADY: THE DARING DISCOVERIES OF MARY ANNING, THE FIRST PALEONTOLOGIST

Slade, Suzanne. EXQUISITE: THE POETRY AND LIFE OF GWENDOLYN BROOKS

Tate, Don. WILLIAM STILL AND HIS FREEDOM STORIES: THE FATHER OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

 

NONFICTION

Brown, Don. MACHINES THAT THINK!

Bryant, Jen. ABOVE THE RIM: HOW ELGIN BAYLOR CHANGED BASKETBALL

Chin, Jason. YOUR PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE

Food Network Magazine. THE BIG, FUN KIDS COOKBOOK

Jenkins, Steve. TINY MONSTERS: THE STRANGE CREATURES THAT LIVE ON US, IN US, AND AROUND US

McGill, Erin. IF YOU WANT A FRIEND IN WASHINGTON

Messner, Kate. OVER AND UNDER THE RAINFOREST

Salyer, Hannah. PACKS: STRENGTH IN NUMBERS

Smith, Emma. CLAUDE: THE TRUE STORY OF A WHITE ALLIGATOR

Yang, Gene Luen. DRAGON HOOPS: FROM SMALL STEPS TO GREAT LEAPS

 

TRANSITIONAL CHAPTER BOOKS AND READERS

Beaty, Andrea. SOFIA VALDEZ AND THE VANISHING VOTE

Burnell, Cerrie. HARPER AND THE CIRCUS OF DREAMS

Ferry, Beth. FOX & RABBIT: MAKE BELIEVE

Gallagher, John. MAX MEOW: CAT CRUSADER

Green, John. INVESTIGATORS: TAKE THE PLUNGE

Harper, Charise, PEPPER & BOO: A CAT SURPRISE!

Potter, Ellen. THE BOG BEAST: BIG FOOT AND LITTLE FOOT 4

Song, Mika. DONUT FEED THE SQUIRRELS

Timberlake, Amy. SKUNK AND BADGER

 

FICTION

Alexander, Kwame & James Patterson. BECOMING MUHAMMAD ALI

Andrews, Christiane. SPINDLEFISH AND STARS

Barron, Rena. MAYA AND THE RISING DARK

Bowling, Dusti. THE CANYON'S EDGE

Callender, Kacen. KING AND THE DRAGONFLIES

Cervantes, J.C. THE SHADOW CROSSER (STORM RUNNER #3)

Chokshi, Roshani. ARU SHAH AND THE TREE OF WISHES

Craft, Jerry. CLASS ACT

Cullum, Jared. KODI BOOK 1

Feinstein, John. GAME CHANGERS

Giles, Lamar. THE LAST MIRROR ON THE LEFT: A LEGENDARY ALSTON BOYS ADVENTURE

Hobbs, Will. CITY OF GOLD

Jung, Mike. THE BOYS IN THE BACK ROW

Kadohata, Cynthia. SAUCY

Lai, Remy. FLY ON THE WALL

LaMotte, Lily. MEASURING UP

Lowry, Lois. THE WILLOUGHBYS RETURN

Mbalia, Kwame. TRISTAN STRONG DESTROYS THE WORLD

McKay, Hilary. THE TIME OF GREEN MAGIC

Mejia, Tehlor Kay. PAOLA SANTIAGO AND THE RIVER OF TEARS

Peirce, Lincoln. MAX AND THE MIDKNIGHTS: BATTLE OF THE BODKINS

Ramee, Lisa. SOMETHING TO SAY

Robertson, David A. THE BARREN GROUNDS

Woodson, Jacqueline. BEFORE THE EVER AFTER

 

TEENS

Ahmadi, Arvin. HOW IT ALL BLEW UP

Caletti, Deb. GIRL, UNFRAMED

Chee, Traci. WE ARE NOT FREE

Colbert, Brandy. THE VOTING BOOTH

De Leon, Jennifer. DON'T ASK ME WHERE I'M FROM

Deonn, Tracy. LEGENDBORN

Iloh, Candice. EVERY BODY LOOKING

Johnson, Kim. THIS IS MY AMERICA

Kannon, Malavika. THE BOOKWEAVER'S DAUGHTER

Khorram, Adib. DARIUS THE GREAT DESERVES BETTER

Mendez, Yamile. FURIA

Mendoza, Paola. SANCTUARY

Nguyen, Trung Le. THE MAGIC FISH

Philippe, Ben. CHARMING AS A VERB

Reynolds, Justin. EARLY DEPARTURES

Reynolds, Jason. A LONG WAY DOWN: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL

Stone, Nic. DEAR JUSTYCE

Tamani, Liara. ALL THE THINGS WE NEVER KNEW

Thomas, Aiden. CEMETERY BOYS

Wein, Elizabeth. THE ENIGMA GAME

Yoon, David. SUPER FAKE LOVE SONG

Zoboi, Ibi and Yusef Salaam. PUNCHING THE AIR