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How to Love the Whole World: A Story About Artist Agnes Martin by Henry Martin; illus. by Shelley HampePrimary Cameron/Abrams 40 pp.2/25 9781949480535 $19.99e-book ed. 9798887073415 $17.99Canadian American artist Agnes Martin (1912–2004) loved the natural world, feeling complete when a part of it: “Today I feel happiness. Today I feel...
Mighty: The Story of an Oak Tree Ecosystem by Henry Cole; illus. by the authorPrimary Peachtree 48 pp.2/25 9781682637333 $18.99e-book ed. 9781682637708 $11.99The life of an oak tree is beautifully depicted in this engaging informational picture book. It begins with a simple yet profound concept: “A blue jay drops an...
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The Keeper of Stories by Caroline Kusin Pritchard; illus. by Selina AlkoPrimary, Intermediate Simon 40 pp.2/25 9781665914970 $19.99e-book ed. 9781665914987 $10.99In 1966, a “trusted keeper [of stories]” (identified in the back matter as the library at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City) suffered a terrible fire, which destroyed...
Becoming Real: The True Story of the Velveteen Rabbit by Molly Golden; illus. by Paola EscobarPrimary Clarion/HarperCollins 48 pp.1/25 9780358681540 $19.99This tribute to The Velveteen Rabbit and the life of its author, Margery Williams (1881–1944), celebrates the benefits of dramatic play while exploring the intriguing connection between reality and imagination....
Seeds of Discovery: How Barbara McClintock Used Corn and Curiosity to Solve a Science Mystery and Win a Nobel Prize by Lori Alexander; illus. by Rebecca SantoIntermediate Clarion/HarperCollins 128 pp.1/25 9780063245990 $18.99e-book ed. 9780063246010 $9.99“It might seem unfair to reward a person for having so much pleasure over the years.”...
We Sing from the Heart: How The Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court by Mia Wenjen; illus. by Victor Bizar GómezIntermediate, Middle School Red Comet 48 pp.10/24 9781636550879 $19.99“We know you / fear change / it’s something / so strange.” Simon Tam, musician and activist,...
Are We There Yet?: The First Road Trip Across the USA by Stacy McAnulty; illus. by Elizabeth BaddeleyPrimary, Intermediate McElderry 48 pp.3/25 9781665937474 $19.99e-book ed. 9781665937481 $10.99In 1903, when Vermont doctor Horatio Nelson (1872–1955) began his attempt to cross the United States in an automobile he had yet to learn...
And She Was Loved: Toni Morrison’s Life in Stories by Andrea Davis Pinkney; illus. by Daniel MinterPrimary, Intermediate Little, Brown 48 pp.1/25 9780316182362 $18.99Toni Morrison (1931–2019), a gifted student, was the only Black girl in her Lorain, Ohio, first-grade class. She grew up to be a trailblazing book editor and...
Beacon of Hope: The Life of Barack Obama by Doreen Rappaport; illus. by Tonya EngelPrimary Little, Brown 48 pp.1/25 9780316397834 $19.99President Barack Obama’s path through life has been anything but linear. This picture-book biography in verse relates how “Barry” (as he was known in childhood), who was born to a...
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