Kids’ Books

The Shape of Lost Things

Four years ago, 12-year-old Skye’s universe shattered. Her older brother, Finn, was kidnapped by their father and has been missing ever since. In Finn’s absence, Skye is forced to celebrate his “MIA” birthdays with her ... Read More »

December 11, 2024 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Fledgling: The Keeper’s Records of Revolution

By S.K. Ali

Raisa Freelund, daughter of the Chief Guardian of Upper Earth, is not naive enough to think she lives in a utopia. Her scalplink floods her mind with news of imminent threats of attack from Lower ... Read More »

December 4, 2024 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

I Wonder About Worlds: Discovering Planets and Exoplanets

By James Gladstone and Yaara Eshet (ill.)

I Wonder About Worlds: Discovering Planets and Exoplanets combines storytelling and science in a picture book that encourages re-reading. Author James Gladstone balances a lyrical exploration of space – both of our own solar system ... Read More »

December 4, 2024 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Genocide

By Jane Springer and Santiago Solís (ill.)

The newly revised and expanded Genocide, a nonfiction book for young adults, was first published in 2006. The book traces the history of genocides around the world (seven of which are ongoing), documenting the specific ... Read More »

November 27, 2024 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Cave-In

By Pam Withers

In Pam Withers’s eco-adventure novel Cave-In, 16-year-old Hudson Greer dreams of becoming world-famous for discovering a passageway between two cave systems, nicknamed the Castle and the Dungeon. He also plans to beat his ex-caving partner ... Read More »

November 20, 2024 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Barnaby Unboxed!

By The Fan Brothers

Four years after the release of The Barnabus Project, the Fan Brothers have returned with another look into the fantastical and slightly dystopian world of Perfect Pets, an underground factory that produces genetically engineered pets. ... Read More »

November 13, 2024 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ A Constellation of Minor Bears

By Jen Ferguson

In award-winning author Jen Ferguson’s latest contemporary young-adult novel, long-time best friends Molly Norris-Norquay and Tray Lambert depart from their hometown of Edmonton shortly after Molly’s high school graduation. Their destination: the U.S.-Mexico border, to ... Read More »

November 6, 2024 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ There’s a Ghost in the Garden

By Kyo Maclear and Katty Maurey (ill.)

No typical, unsettling ghosts haunt Vicky Metcalf Award–winning author Kyo Maclear’s latest picture book. The subtle spirit roaming throughout There’s a Ghost in the Garden gently speaks to the enduring nature of memory. The child ... Read More »

October 30, 2024 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

All Consuming: Shop Smarter for the Planet

By Erin Silver and Suharu Ogawa (ill.)

All Consuming: Shop Smarter for the Planet by award-winning children’s author Erin Silver reminds us of the inconvenient truths of our modern, disposable society. This new addition to the Orca Think series thoroughly investigates our ... Read More »

October 23, 2024 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

By Chance Alone: The Young Readers’ Edition

By Max Eisen and Kathy Kacer

Born in Czechoslovakia, 15-year-old Max Eisen and his family were forcibly removed from their home and deported to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland in March 1944. Eisen was the only member of his ... Read More »

October 16, 2024 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

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