Five questions for Nikole Hannah-Jones, Renée Watson, and Nikkolas Smith
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson, illus. by Nikkolas Smith; Kokila/Penguin.

East Asian intergenerational picture books
I Dream of Popo by Livia Blackburne, illus. by Julia Kuo; Roaring Brook.
Dumplings for Lili by Melissa Iwai, illus. by the author; Norton.
Kiyoshi's Walk by Mark Karlins, illus. by Nicole Wong; Lee & Low.
The Big Bath House by Kyo Maclear, illus. by Gracey Zhang; Random.
Grandpa Across the Ocean by Hyewon Yum, illus. by the author; Abrams.

Difficult times for siblings
Breathing Underwater by Sarah Allen; Farrar.
Miosotis Flores Never Forgets by Hilda Eunice Burgos; Tu/Lee & Low.
Cuba in My Pocket by Adrianna Cuevas; Farrar.
The Losers at the Center of the Galaxy by Mary Winn Heider; Little, Brown.
How to Find What You're Not Looking For by Veera Hiranandani; Kokila/Penguin.
Red Stars: The Case of Viktor and Nadya's Notebooks by Davide Morosinotto, trans. from Italian by Denise Muir; Delacorte.

YA issues in verse
Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo; Make Me a World/Random.
Your Heart, My Sky: Love in a Time of Hunger by Margarita Engle; Atheneum.
Unsettled by Reem Faruqi; Harper/HarperCollins.
We Are the Ashes, We Are the Fire by Joy McCullough, illus. by Maia Kobabe; Dutton.

From the October 2021 issue of Notes from the Horn Book.