You Made Fun of My Sandwich (Teacher Created Materials) by Jessica Pegis, illustrated by Harry Briggs is #1 on the Children’s Book Council’s Children’s Favorites List for Third to Fifth Grade,and This is My Brain! A Book On Neurodiversity (Chronicle) by Elise Gravel comes in at #3! Congratulations Harry and Elise! See the full list here
Some of Us: A Story of Citizenship and the United States (Christy Ottaviano Books) by Rajani LaRocca, illustrated by Huy Voun Lee has been named to the May/June Kid’s Indie Next list. See the full list here The book will be published May 27, 2025. Pre order it here
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone (Lee & Low), by Katheryn Russell-Brown, illustrated by Frank Morrison and Everything in its Place (Doubleday) by Pauline David-Sax, illustrated by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow have both been named to Kirkus’s Best Books of the 21st Century (So Far). Congratulations Frank and Charnelle! See the complete list here
Living Bridges, The Hidden World of India’s Woven Trees (Beach Lane Books) by Sandhya Acharya, illustrated by Avani Dwivedi has been selected by the Junior Library Guild as part of a new category called Global Citizenship for grades K-2. The book will be published June 3, 2025. Pre order it here
Hello There, Sunshine (HarperCollins) by Tabitha Brown, illustrated by Olivia Duchess is #6 on the New York Times Best Seller List for March 30, 2025! Congratulations Olivia!
No More Gnomes! (CarolRhoda) by Beth Mills is a Junior Library Guild Selection! Herbert is the politest kid in town. He even has a medal to prove it! But his good manners are put to the test when his afterschool nanny, Ms. Goat, brings home a VERY RUDE garden gnome. Herbert tries to be polite about the inconsiderate imp. But then Ms. Goat gets another gnome . . . and another . . . and another! This is too much for Herbert. He can handle NO MORE GNOMES! But how can he tell that to Ms. Goat without being immensely, impossibly, inexcusably impolite? Find out in this laugh-out-loud story about good intentions and creepy lawn ornaments. No More Gnomes! will be published September 9, 2025. Pre-order it here
