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Richie's Picks
great new and upcoming books for children and young adults
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I AM STUCK by Julia Mills, HarperCollins/Clarion, September 2023, 48p., ISBN: 978-0-35-869533-2
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| ACCOUNTABLE: THE TRUE STORY OF A RACIST SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT AND THE TEENAGERS WHOSE LIVES IT CHANGED by Dashka Slater, Macmillan/Farrar Straus & Giroux, August 2023, 496p., ISBN: 978-0-374-31434-7 |
| MORE THAN A DREAM: THE RADICAL MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM by Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long, Macmillan/Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, August 2023, 272p., ISBN: 978-0-374-39174-4 |
| GRANDPA IS HERE! by Tanya Rosie and Chuck Groenink, ill., Candlewick, August 2023, 40p., ISBN: 978-1-5362-3126-7 |
| HIDDEN SYSTEMS: WATER, ELECTRICITY, THE INTERNET, AND THE SECRETS BEHIND THE SYSTEMS WE USE EVERY DAY by Dan Nott, Penguin Random House/RH Graphic, March 2023, 272p., ISBN: 978-1-9848-9604-9 |
| THE PROBABILITY OF EVERYTHING by Sara Everett, HarperCollins/Clarion, June 2023, 336p., ISBN: 978-0-06-325655-2 |
| UPS AND DOWNS: A BOOK OF EMOTIONS by Mike Wohnoutka, Candlewick, September 2023, 32p., ISVN: 978-1-5362-2737-6 |
| HOW DOES SANTA GO DOWN THE CHIMNEY? by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen, ill., Candlewick, September 2023, 32p., ISBN: 978-1-5362-2376-7 |
| THE FIRE, THE WATER, AND MAUDIE MCGINN by Sally J. Pla, HarperCollins/Quill Tree, July 2023, 336p., ISBN: 978-0-06-326879-1 |
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IN THE BLUE by Erin Hourigan, Little Brown, May 2022, 40p., ISBN: 978-0-316-49762-6
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| WE ARE YOUR CHILDREN TOO: BLACK STUDENTS, WHITE SUPREMACISTS, AND THE BATTLE FOR AMERICA’S SCHOOLS IN PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, VIRGINIA by P. O’Connell Pearson, Simon and Schuster, January 2023, 288p., ISBN: 978-1-6659-0139-0 |
| 100 MIGHTY DRAGONS ALL NAMED BROCCOLI by David LaRochelle and Lian Cho, ill., Penguin Random House/Dial, April 2023, 40p., ISBN: 978-0-525-55544-5 |
| ANCESTORY by Hannah Salyer, HarperCollins/Clarion, April 2023, 48p., ISBN: 978-0-350846984-1 |
| FISH AND WORM (I Can Read! Comics, Level 1) by Sergio Ruzzier, Harper Alley, May 2023, 48p., ISBN: 978-0-06-329035-8 |
| THE MANY ASSASSINATIONS OF SAMIR, THE SELLER OF DREAMS by Daniel Nayeri and Daniel Miyares, ill., Levine Querido, March 2023, 224p., ISBN: 978-1-64614-303-0 |
| SIMON AND THE BETTER BONE by Corey R. Tabor, HarperCollins/Balzer+Bray, May 2023, 40p., ISBN: 978-0-06-327555-3 |
| WHAT MY DADDY LOVES by Raissa Figueroa, HarperCollins/Clarion, May 2023, 32p., ISBN: 978-0-35-858877-1 |
| I AM NOT ALONE by Francisco X. Stork, Scholastic Press, July 2023, 320p., ISBN: 978-1-338-73626-7 |
| HANDS by Torrey Maldonado, Penguin Random House/Nancy Paulsen, January 2023, 144p., ISBN: 978-0-593-32379-3 |
| THE LABORS OF HERCULES BEAL by Gary D. Schmidt, HarperCollins/Clarion, May 2023, 352p., ISBN: 978-0-358-65963-1 |
| JUST JERRY: HOW DRAWING SHAPED MY LIFE by Jerry Pinkney, Little Brown, January 2023, 160p., ISBN: 978-0-316-38385-1 |
| A LONG TIME COMING: A LYRICAL BIOGRAPHY OF RACE IN AMERICA FROM ONA JUDGE TO BARACK OBAMA by Ray Anthony Shepard and R. Gregory Christie, ill., Astra/Calkins Creek, August 2023, 336p., ISBN: 978-1-6626-8066-3 |
| IMPOSSIBLE ESCAPE: A TRUE STORY OF SURVIVAL AND HEROISM IN NAZI EUROPE by Steve Sheinkin, Roaring Brook, August 2023, 256p., ISBN: 978-1-250-26572-2 |
| BIG TREE by Brian Selznick, Scholastic Press, April 2023, 528p., ISBN: 978-1-338-18063-3 |
| SIMON SORT OF SAYS by Erin Bow, Disney/Hyperion, January 2023, 320p., ISBN: 978-1-36808285-3 |
| THE GREATEST KID IN THE WORLD by John David Anderson, HarperCollins/Walden Pond Press, May 2023, 368p., ISBN: 978-0-06-298603-0 |
| HOW DO YOU SPELL UNFAIR? MACNOLIA COX AND THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE by Carole Boston Weatherford and Frank Morrison, ill., Candlewick, April 2023, 40p., ISBN: 978-1-5362-1554-0 |
| WHAT HAPPENED TO RACHEL RILEY? by Claire Swinarski, HarperCollins/Quill Tree, January 2023, 352p., ISBN: 978-0-06-321309-8 |
| FINALLY SEEN by Kelly Yang, Simon & Schuster, February 2023, 304p., ISBN: 978-1-5344-8833-5 |
| HOT DOG by Doug Salati, Random House/Alfred A. Knopf, May 2022, 40p., ISBN: 978-0-593-30843-1 |
| IN EVERY LIFE by Marla Frazee, Simon & Schuster/Beach Lane, February 2023, 32p., ISBN: 978-1-6659-1248-8 |
| FINDING PAPA by Angela Pham Krans and Thi Bui, ill., Harper, February 2023, 40p., ISBN: 978-0-06-306096-8 |
| THAT FLAG by Tameka Fryer Brown and Nikkolas Smith, ill., HarperCollins, January 2023, 40p., ISBN: 978-0-06-309344-7 |
| GRANNY AND BEAN by Karen Hesse and Charlotte Voake, ill., Candlewick, January 2023, 32p., ISBN: 978-1-5362-1404-8 |
| THE MONKEY TRIAL: JOHN SCOPES AND THE BATTLE OVER TEACHING EVOLUTION by Anita Sanchez, Clarion, March 2023, 192p., ISBN: 978-0-35-845769-5 |
| FRIENDS by Daniela Sosa, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman, September 2022, 40p., ISBN: 978-1-6659-1147-4 |
| FIRE CHIEF FRAN by Linda Ashman and Nancy Carpenter, ill., Astra, October 2022, 32p., ISBN: 978-1-63592-426-8 |
| A LIBRARY by Nikki Giovanni and Erin K. Robinson, ill., HarperCollins/Versify, September 2023, 32p., ISBN: 978-0-35-838765-7 |
| THE YAWN BOOK by Diana Kim, Clarion, November 2022, 32p., ISBN: 978-0-35-852593-6 |
| WHAT’S SWEETER by June Tate, HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen, December 2022, 40p., ISBN: 978-0-06-311413-5 |
| THREE STRIKE SUMMER by Skyler Schrempp, Simon & Schuster/McElderry, August 2022, 320p., ISBN: 978-1-5344-9914-0 |
| THE BIRD BOOK by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page, Clarion, December 2022, 48p., ISBN: 978-0-35-832569-7 |
| FOREVER HOME: A DOG AND BOY LOVE STORY by Henry Cole, Scholastic Press, August 2022, 48p., ISBN: 978-1-338-78404-6 |
| WELL DONE, MOMMY PENGUIN by Chris Haughton, Candlewick, October 2022, 40p., ISBN: 987-1-5362-2865-6 |
| A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING by Dan Santat, FirstSecond, February 2023, 320p., ISBN: 978--1-62672-415-6 |
| THE THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF by Mac Barnett and John Klassen, ill,, Orchard, October 2022, 48p., ISBN: 978-1-338-67384-5 |
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PEACE IS A CHAIN REACTION: HOW WORLD WAR II JAPANESE BALLOON BOMBS BROUGHT PEOPLE OF TWO NATIONS TOGETHER by Tanya Lee Stone, Candlewick, September 2022, 176p., ISBN: 978-0-7636-7686-5
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| WILDOAK by C.C. Harrington, Scholastic Press, September 2022, 336p., ISBN: 978-1-338-80386-0 |
| YOU ARE MY PRIDE: A LOVE LETTER FROM YOUR MOTHERLAND by Carole Boston Weatherford and E.B. Lewis, ill., Astra Young Readers, January 2023, 40p., ISBN: 978-1-63592-387-2 |
| WILD BIRD by Diane Zahler, Roaring Brook, March 2023, 320p., ISBN: 978-1-250-83340-2 |
| TWO DEGREES by Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, October 2022, 384p., ISBN: 978-1-338-73567-3 |
| PLAYING THROUGH THE TURNAROUND by Mylisa Larsen, Clarion, October 2022, 272p., ISBN: 978-0-35-864549-8 |
| MY SELMA: STORIES OF A SOUTHERN CHILDHOOD AT THE HEIGHT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT by Willie Mae Brown, Farrar Straus & Giroux, January 2023, 240p., ISBN: 978-0-374-39023-1 |
| FARMHOUSE by Sophie Blackall, Little Brown, September 2022, 48p., ISBN: 978-0-316-52894-8 |
| A ROVER’S STORY by Jasmine Warga, HarperCollins/Balzer+Bray, October 2022, 320p., ISBN: 978-0-06-311392-1 |
| LIKE by Annie Barrows and Leo Espinosa, ill., Chronicle, September 2022, 44p., ISBN: 978-1-4521-6337-6 |
| CALL HIM JACK: THE STORY OF JACKIE ROBINSON, BLACK FREEDOM FIGHTER by Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long, Farrar Straus & Giroux, September 2022, 240p., 978-0-3743-8995-6 |
| VIOLET AND JOBIE IN THE WILD by Lynne Rae Perkins, HarperCollins/Greenwillow, September 2022, 240p., ISBN: 978-0-06-249969-1 |
| ATTACK OF THE BLACK RECTANGLES by Amy Sarig King, Scholastic Press, September 2022, 272p., ISBN: 978-1-338-68052-2 |
| WE OWN THE SKY by Rodman Philbrick, Scholastic Press, September 2022, 208p., ISBN: 978-1-338-73629-8 |
| AMERICAN MURDERER: THE PARASITE THAT HAUNTED THE SOUTH by Gail Jarrow, Caukins Creek, September 2022, 160p., ISBN: 978-1-68437-815-9 |
resources: fish in the sea; trees in the forests; coal and petroleum deposits; and fresh water. In a succinct picture book text, she shows how decisions made today regarding these essential resources will significantly impact the quality of life in the present time as well as the condition of the planet that we will leave for future generations.
COMMON GROUND has been around for 23 years, and I still haven't found a book that does a better job of explaining so clearly what is at stake.
The author concludes by pointing out that, unlike the long-ago villagers who could just move on, “Now we don’t have anyplace else to go.”
Richie Partington, MLIS
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BEST DAY EVER! by Marilyn Singer and Leah Nixon, ill., Clarion, May 2021, 32p., ISBN: 978-1-328-98783-9
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THE MONKEY TRIAL: JOHN SCOPES AND THE BATTLE OVER TEACHING EVOLUTION by Anita Sanchez, Clarion, March 2023, 192p., ISBN: 978-0-35-845769-5
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