Illustration by Nguyen Quang and Kim Lien, from The Floating Field.

The following books will receive starred reviews in the May/June 2021 Horn Book Magazine:

Yes & No; written and illustrated by Elisha Cooper (Roaring Brook).

The Night Walk; written and illustrated by Marie Dorléans; trans. from French by Polly Lawson (Floris).

We All Play; written and illustrated by Julie Flett (Greystone Kids).

America My Love, America My Heart; written and illustrated by Daria Peoples-Riley (Greenwillow).

The Ramble Shamble Children; by Christina Soontornvat; illus. by Lauren Castillo (Paulsen/Penguin).

Someone Builds the Dream; by Lisa Wheeler; illus. by Loren Long (Dial).

Firekeeper’s Daughter; by Angeline Boulley (Holt).

Ophie’s Ghosts; by Justina Ireland (Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins).

Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey; written and illustrated by Erin Entrada Kelly (Greenwillow).

Merci Suárez Can’t Dance; by Meg Medina (Candlewick).

The One Thing You’d Save; by Linda Sue Park; illus. by Robert Sae-Heng (Clarion).  

Tag Team and Training Day; written and illustrated by Raúl the Third; color by Elaine Bay (Versify/Houghton).

A Sitting in St. James; by Rita Williams-Garcia (Quill Tree/HarperCollins).

The Floating Field: How a Group of Thai Boys Built Their Own Soccer Field; by Scott Riley; illus. by Nguyen Quang and Kim Lien (Millbrook).

Dear Treefrog; by Joyce Sidman; illus. by Diana Sudyka (Houghton).

Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued; written and illustrated by Peter Sís (Norton).

We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know; by Traci Sorell; illus. by Frané Lessac (Charlesbridge).

From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial That Galvanized the Asian American Movement; by Paula Yoo (Norton).