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Publishers Weekly Best of the Year BookPage Best of the Year Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Evanston Library Best of the Year Horn Book 2023 Summer Reading List "Vivid and vibrant." --NPR...

The Children's Book Committee of Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year List - STEM & Outstanding Merit (2024) The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) Outstanding International Books List - PreK-2 (2024) ...

"Readers will be left screaming, 'Encore!'" -Kirkus Reviews A playful book about finding your own path. Everyone in the circus loves to perform - except for Adam, the youngest member of the Von Trapeze family. Wherever Adam Von Trapeze's family...

A spare, powerful story about taking space to process difficult feelings  After something bad happens, a boy feels sad and gray. Mom and Aunt Cheryl try to talk about it, but he feels like running away. So he picks up a shovel and starts digging a tunnel from his room, deep down...

'Astonishing to behold.' --The New York Times It's summertime and a boy and his dog are leaving behind their apartment in the busy city. His grandparents' home in the countryside feels like a different world. From the window, the curious boy sees a path leading enticingly into the...

From Hans Christian Andersen award winner Suzy Lee comes an inventive retelling of a Korean folk tale about a young traveler who outwits a rich, selfish man to ensure that villagers will always be able to rest in the shade of a magnificent tree. "A gorgeous fable celebrating...

We may be different, but our hearts beat the same. In southern Africa, there is a belief called ubuntu--the idea that we are all connected. No matter where we're from or who we are, a person is a person through their connections to other people. With simple, lyrical text and...

The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) Outstanding International Books List - PreK-2 (2024) A memorable, inspiring introduction to a groundbreaking figure in STEM history. Growing up in southern India during British rule, Srinivasa...

Perfect for fans of Alma and How She Got Her Name and Your Name Is a Song, author Sandhya Parappukkaranand illustrator Michelle Pereira'spicture book The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Nameencourages readers to take up space and support each other...

A New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book of 2022 ? Everyone knows how "Little Red Riding Hood" goes. But Grandpa keeps getting the story all wrong, with hilarious results! "Once upon a time, there was a little girl...

A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of the Year A USBBY Outstanding International Book 2024 ★ "Provocative, powerful, breathtakingly beautiful." -STARRED REVIEW, Kirkus Reviews ★ "Both timely and timeless, evoking war and its...

A New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book of 2022 ★ Stretch like a giraffe and snuggle like a meerkat with Bo and Mommy as they get ready for bed! It's time for bed, but little Bo isn't ready to...

The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) Outstanding International Books List - PreK-2 (2024) The New York Times New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Books Award (2023) A stunningly illustrated fable about cultural...

Zhao Di wishes the New Year would never end! Zhao Di and her friends are excited to go out at night with their paper lanterns and celebrate Chinese New Year. Each holding a unique colorful lantern with a lit candle inside, they admire the breathtaking colors while doing their best...

A picture book with delicate illustrations that explains the path of grief, ending with the uplifting new beginning of a budding friendship based on understanding. A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of 2023 When the little bird dies, his friend the bear is inconsolable. Full of...