Five questions for Christian Robinson
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña, illus. by Christian Robinson, Putnam, 5–8 years.

Hooray for Grandma!
Use Your Words, Sophie! by Rosemary Wells, Viking, 2–5 years.
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner, illus. by Christopher Silas Neal, Chronicle, 5–8 years.
Sunday Shopping by Sally Derby, illus. by Shadra Strickland, Lee & Low, 5–8 years.
Grandma in Blue with Red Hat by Scott Menchin, illus. by Harry Bliss, 5–8 years.

They've got the beat
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music by Margarita Engle, illus. by Rafael López, Houghton, 5–8 years.
How Jelly Roll Morton Invented Jazz by Jonah Winter, illus. by Keith Mallett, Roaring Brook/Porter, 5–8 years.
Talkin’ Guitar: A Story of Young Doc Watson by Robbin Gourley, Clarion, 7–10 years.
Elvis: The Story of the Rock and Roll King by Bonnie Christensen, Holt/Ottaviano, 7–10 years.

Deliciously creepy fantasy
Nightbird by Alice Hoffman, Random House/Lamb, 9–12 years.
Cuckoo Song by Francis Hardinge, Abrams/Amulet, 12–14 years.
The Boy Who Lost Fairyland by Catherynne M. Valente, illus. by Ana Juan, Feiwel, 12–14 years.
Illusionarium by Heather Dixon, Greenwillow, 12–14 years.

Teens meet history
Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth Wein, Hyperion, 12 years and up.
Deep Sea by Annika Thor, trans. by Linda Schenck, Delacorte, 14 years and up.
X: A Novel by Ilyasha Shabazz and Kekla Magoon, Candlewick, 14 years and up.
The Tight-Rope Walkers by David Almond, Candlewick, 14 years and up.

These titles were featured in the May 2015 issue of Notes from the Horn Book.