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Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander heritage month kids

The truth about dragons / written by Julie Leung illustrated by Hanna Cha.

Leung, Julie, author.

Finding Papa / by Angela Pham Krans illustrated by Thi Bui.

Krans, Angela Pham, author.

Parachute kids / Betty C. Tang.

Tang, Betty C., author, illustrator.

From the tops of the trees / Kao Kalia Yang illustrated by Rachel Wada.

Yang, Kao Kalia, 1980- author.

Nana, Nenek & Nina / Liza Ferneyhough.

Ferneyhough, Liza, author, illustrator.

Maizy Chen’s last chance / Lisa Yee.

Yee, Lisa, author.

Troublemaker / John Cho with Sarah Suk.

Cho, John, 1972- author.

Watercress / Andrea Wang illustrated by Jason Chin.

Wang, Andrea, author.

A boy named Isamu : a story of Isamu Noguchi / James Yang.

Yang, James, 1960- author, illustrator.

Amina’s song / Hena Khan.

Khan, Hena, author.

Finding Junie Kim / Ellen Oh.

Oh, Ellen, author.

Paper son : the inspiring story of Tyrus Wong, immigrant and artist / written by Julie Leung illustrated by Chris Sasaki.

Leung, Julie, author.

Danbi leads the school parade / by Anna Kim.

Kim, Anna, author.

When you trap a tiger / Tae Keller.

Keller, Tae, author.

Prairie lotus / Linda Sue Park.

Park, Linda Sue, author.

Mountain chef : how one man lost his groceries, changed his plans, and helped cook up the National Park Service / Annette Bay Pimentel illustrated by Rich Lo.

Pimentel, Annette Bay, author.

Maya Lin : artist-architect of light and lines / Jeanne Walker Harvey illustrated by Dow Phumiruk.

Harvey, Jeanne Walker, author.

Chef Roy Choi and the street food remix / written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and June Jo Lee illustrated by Man One.

Martin, Jacqueline Briggs, author.

Dumpling dreams : how Joyce Chen brought the dumpling from Beijing to Cambridge / written by Carrie Clickard illustrated by Katy Wu.

Clickard, Carrie (Carrie L.), author.

Pashmina / Nidhi Chanani.

Chanani, Nidhi, author, artist.

Maya Lin : thinking with her hands / Susan Rubin.

Rubin, Susan Goldman, author.

Write to me : letters from Japanese American children to the Librarian they left behind / Cynthia Grady illustrated by Amiko Hirao.

Grady, Cynthia, author.

The story of movie star : Anna May Wong / by Paula Yoo with illustrations by Lin Wang.

Yoo, Paula, author.

Enemy child : the story of Norman Mineta, a boy imprisoned in a Japanese American internment camp during World War II / Andrea Warren.

Warren, Andrea, author.

Stargazing / Jen Wang color by Lark Pien.

Wang, Jen, 1984- author, artist.

It began with a page : how Gyo Fujikawa drew the way / words by Kyo Maclear pictures by Julie Morstad.

Maclear, Kyo, 1970- author.

Queen of physics : how Wu Chien Shiung helped unlock the secrets of the atom / written by Teresa Robeson illustrated by Rebecca Huang.

Robeson, Teresa, 1964- author.

Moana : the story of the movie in comics / manuscript adaptation, Alesandro Ferrari pencil/inking, Veronica Di Lorenzo, Luca Bertelè colors, Massimo Rocca [and four others].

Ferrari, Alessandro (Alessandro Q.), adapter.

Sky island / by Amy Chu and Janet K. Lee lettering by Dave Lanphear.

Chu, Amy, author.

Desert diary : American children behind barbed wire / Michael O. Tunnell.

Tunnell, Michael O., author.

Measuring up / Lily LaMotte illustrations, Ann Xu colors by Sunmi.

LaMotte, Lily, author.

The legend of auntie Po / Shing Yin Khor.

Khor, Shing Yin, author, artist.

Niki Nakayama : a chef’s tale in 13 bites / by Jamie Michalak and Debbi Michiko Florence illustrated by Yuko Jones.

Michalak, Jamie, author.

I am I. M. Pei / Brad Meltzer illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos.

Meltzer, Brad, author.

Celebrating Chinese New Year / by Ann Heinrichs illustrated by Benrei Huang.

Heinrichs, Ann, author.

I am an American : the Wong Kim Ark story / written by Martha Brockenbrough, with Grace Lin illustrated by Julia Kuo.

Brockenbrough, Martha, author.

Who is Chloe Kim? / by Stefanie Loh illustrated by Manuel Gutierrez.

Loh, Stefanie, author.

Fall down seven times, stand up eight : Patsy Takemoto Mink and the fight for Title IX / written by Jen Bryant illustrated by Toshiki Nakamura.

Bryant, Jen, 1960- author.

Patsy Mink / written by Tae Keller interior illustrations by Gillian Flint.

Keller, Tae, author.

Shapes, lines, and light : my grandfather’s American journey / Katie Yamasaki.

Yamasaki, Katie, author, illustrator.

The flamingo / by Guojing.

Guojing, 1983- author, illustrator.

Focus on Japanese American incarceration / Elliott Smith.

Smith, Elliott, 1976- author.

Seen and unseen : what Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake and Ansel Adams’s photographs reveal about the Japanese American incarceration / Elizabeth Partridge, Lauren Tamaki.

Partridge, Elizabeth, author.

The snail / by Emily Hughes.

Hughes, Emily (Emily M.), author, illustrator.

We are here : 30 inspiring Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who have shaped the United States / written by Naomi Hirahara illustrated by Illi Ferandez foreword by Theodore S. Gonzalves introduction by Lisa S. Sasaki reflection guide by Andrea Kim Neighbors and Healoha Johnston.

Hirahara, Naomi, 1962- author.

Maya Lin / written by Grace Lin interior illustrations by Gillian Flint.

Lin, Grace, author.

Shining a light : celebrating 40 Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who changed the world / Veeda Bybee illustrated by Victo Ngai.

Bybee, Veeda, author.

Mental health awareness young adult

Lighter Than My Shadow [electronic resource] / Katie Green.

Green, Katie, author.

The DBT Skills Workbook for Teens : Practical DBT Exercises for Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, and Distress Tolerance (2023 Guide for [electronic resource] / Edric Geis.

Geis, Edric, author.

Elena Vanishing [electronic resource] / Elena Dunkle and Clare B. Dunkle.

Dunkle, Clare B., author.

I Don’t Want to Be Crazy [electronic resource] / Samantha Schutz.

Schutz, Samantha, author.

The Fire Never Goes Out [electronic resource] / N. D. Stevenson.

Stevenson, ND, author.

Obsessed [electronic resource] / Allison Britz.

Britz, Allison, author.

Winning the War in Your Mind for Teens : Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life [electronic resource] / Craig Groeschel.

Groeschel, Craig, author.

I’m Not Okay and That’s Okay : Mental Health Microskills to Deal with Life’s Inevitable Struggles [electronic resource] / Steff Du Bois.

Du Bois, Ph. D., Steff, author.

The denim diaries [electronic resource] : a memoir / by Laurie Boyle Crompton.

Crompton, Laurie Boyle, author.

(Don’t) call me crazy [electronic resource] : 33 voices start the conversation about mental health / edited by Kelly Jensen.

The teen girl’s anxiety survival guide [electronic resource] : ten ways to conquer anxiety and feel your best / [Lucie Hemmen].

Hemmen, Lucie, author.

When anxiety makes you angry : CBT anger management skills for teens with anxiety-driven anger / Kelesy Torgerson Dunn, LCSW [foreword by Mallory Grimste, LCSW].

Dunn, Kelsey Torgerson, author.

Generation sleepless : why tweens and teens aren’t sleeping enough and how we can help them / Heather Turgeon, MFT and Julie Wright, MFT foreword by Daniel J. Siegel, MD [illustrations by Ben Hansford].

Turgeon, Heather, author.

Losing our minds : the challenge of defining mental illness / Lucy Foulkes, PhD.

Foulkes, Lucy, author.

Cleaning up your mental mess [electronic resource] : 5 simple, scientifically proven steps to reduce anxiety, stress, and toxic thinking / Dr. Caroline Leaf.

Leaf, Caroline, 1963- author narrator.

ADHD : the ultimate teen guide / John Aspromonte.

Aspromonte, John, 1977- author.

Ordinary girls [electronic resource] : a memoir / Jaquira Díaz.

Díaz, Jaquira, author.

Ordinary girls [electronic resource] : a memoir / Jaquira Díaz.

Díaz, Jaquira, author.

Beneath the surface : a teen’s guide to reaching out when you or your friend is in crisis / Kristi Hugstad foreword by Nancy Guerra, EdD.

Hugstad, Kristi, author.

Your brain needs a hug [electronic resource] : Life, Love, Mental Health, and Sandwiches / Rae Earl

Earl, Rae, author.

Your brain needs a hug : life, love, mental health, and sandwiches / Rae Earl [illustrations by Jo Harrison].

Earl, Rae, author.

Are u ok? [electronic resource] : A Guide to Caring for Your Mental Health / Kati Morton

Morton, Kati, author.

Are u ok? [electronic resource] : A Guide to Caring for Your Mental Health / Kati Morton

Morton, Kati, author.

Are u ok? : a guide to caring for your mental health / Kati Morton, LMFT.

Morton, Kati, author.

(Don’t) call me crazy : 33 voices start the conversation about mental health / edited by Kelly Jensen.

Life inside my mind [electronic resource] : 31 Authors Share Their Personal Struggles / Jessica Burkhart

Burkhart, Jessica, author.

Superhero therapy : mindfulness skills to help teens & young adults deal with anxiety, depression & trauma / Janina Scarlet, Ph.D. illustrated by Wellinton Alves.

Scarlet, Janina, author.

It’s All Absolutely Fine : Life Is Complicated So I’ve Drawn It Instead [electronic resource] / Ruby Elliot.

Elliot, Ruby (Author), author.

Glow kids : how screen addiction is hijacking our kids–and how to break the trance / Nicholas Kardaras, Ph.D..

Kardaras, Nicholas, 1964- author.

Mindfulness for teen anxiety [electronic resource] : a workbook for overcoming anxiety at home, at school, and everywhere else / Christopher Willard, PsyD.

Willard, Christopher, (Psychologist) author.

Hyperbole and a half [electronic resource] : unfortunate situations, flawed coping mechanisms, mayhem, and other things that happened / Allie Brosh.

Brosh, Allie, author.

Mindfulness for teen anger [electronic resource] : A Workbook to Overcome Anger and Aggression Using MBSR and DBT Skills / Mark C. Purcell

Purcell, Mark C.

Haldol and hyacinths [electronic resource] : a bipolar life / Melody Moezzi.

Moezzi, Melody, 1979-

Recreational ritalin : the not-so-smart drug / by Ida Walker.

Walker, Ida.

Easy for you to say : Q & As for teens living with chronic illness or disability / Miriam Kaufman, M.D.

Kaufman, Miriam.

Fat no more : a teenager’s victory over obesity / Alberto Hidalgo-Robert.

Hidalgo-Robert, Alberto.

Cutting myself in half : 150 pounds lost, one byte at a time / Taylor LeBaron and Jack and Mary Branson.

LeBaron, Taylor.

Frequently asked questions about suicide / Sandra Giddens.

Giddens, Sandra.

Stress 101 : an overview for teens / Margaret O. Hyde, Elizabeth H. Forsyth.

Hyde, Margaret O. (Margaret Oldroyd), 1917-

Eight stories up : an adolescent chooses hope over suicide / DeQuincy A. Lezine, with David Brent.

Lezine, DeQuincy A., 1977-

Jewish heritage month kids

A teddy bear for Emily–and President Roosevelt, too / Nancy Churnin illustrated by Bethany Stancliffe.

Churnin, Nancy, author.

Rachel Friedman is not the queen / Sarah Kapit illustrated by Genevieve Kote.

Kapit, Sarah, author.

Max in the land of lies / Adam Gidwitz.

Gidwitz, Adam, author.

One little goat : a Passover catastrophe / [text] Dara Horn [illustrations] Theo Ellsworth.

Horn, Dara, 1977- author.

Twist, tumble, triumph : the story of champion gymnast Ágnes Keleti / written by Deborah Bodin Cohen and Kerry Olitzky illustrated by Martina Peluso.

Cohen, Deborah Bodin, 1968- author.

The mysterious missing matzoh / written by Alan Katz illustrated by Adam Auerbach.

Katz, Alan, author.

The keeper of stories / written by Caroline Kusin Pritchard illustrated by Selina Alko.

Pritchard, Caroline Kusin, author.

The house on the canal : the story of the house that hid Anne Frank / Thomas Harding illustrated by Britta Teckentrup.

Harding, Thomas, 1968- author.

A world worth saving / Kyle Lukoff.

Lukoff, Kyle, author.

Freedom’s game / written by Rosanne Tolin.

Tolin, Rosanne, author.

Violin of hope / Ella Schwartz illustrated by Juliana Oakley.

Schwartz, Ella, 1974- author.

Scattergood / H.M. Bouwman.

Bouwman, H. M., author.

The midnight mitzvah / words by Ruth Horowitz art by Jenny Meilihove.

Horowitz, Ruth, author.

Mendel the mess-up / Terry LaBan.

LaBan, Terry, author, illustrator.

Oy, Santa! : or, There’s a latke to learn about Hanukkah / written by Joyce Schriebman illustrated by Gila von Meissner.

Schriebman, Joyce, author.

Golem crafters / Emi Watanabe Cohen.

Cohen, Emi Watanabe, author.

Challah for Shabbat tonight / Sara Holly Ackerman illustrated by Alona Millgram.

Ackerman, Sara Holly, author.

Hanukkah pajamakkahs / words by Dara Henry pictures by Olga Ivanov & Aleksey Ivanov.

Henry, Dara, author.

The ballerina of Auschwitz / Dr. Edith Eva Eger, with Esmé Schwall edited by Jordan Engle.

Eger, Edith Eva, author.

Ellie’s Deli : in a pickle! / by Lisa Greenwald illustrated by Galia Bernstein.

Greenwald, Lisa, author.

Eight sweet nights, a Festival of Lights : a Hanukkah story / written by Charlotte Offsay illustrated by Menahem Halberstadt.

Offsay, Charlotte, author.

A mitzvah for George Washington / by Rachelle Burk illustrated by Chiara Fedele.

Burk, Rachelle, author.

Eighteen flowers for grandma : a gift of chai / Alison Goldberg Jesse White.

Goldberg, Alison, author.

Tale of the flying forest / R.M. Romero illustrations by E.K. Belsher.

Romero, R. M. (Rachael Maria), 1987- author.

Ping-pong Shabbat : the true story of champion Estee Ackerman / words by Ann Diamant Koffsky pictures by Abigail Rajunov.

Koffsky, Ann D, author.

One small spark : a Tikkun Olam story / written by Ruth Spiro illustrated by Victoria Tentler-Krylov.

Spiro, Ruth, author.

Too many golems / Jane Yolen [illustrated by] Maya Shleifer.

Yolen, Jane, author.

A Turkish Rosh Hashanah / Etan Basseri illustrated by Zeynep Özatalay.

Basseri, Etan, author.

Benji Zeb is a ravenous werewolf / Deke Moulton.

Moulton, Deke, author.

Safiyyah’s war / by Hiba Noor Khan.

Khan, Hiba Noor, author.

Rachel Friedman breaks the rules / Sarah Kapit illustrated by Genevieve Kote.

Kapit, Sarah, author.

Finn and Ezra’s bar mitzvah time loop / Joshua S. Levy.

Levy, Joshua (Joshua S.), author.

On Friday afternoon / Michal Babay illustrated by Menahem Halberstadt.

Babay, Michal, author.

Zevi takes the spotlight / Carol Matas.

Matas, Carol, 1949- author.

The night war / Kimberly Brubaker Bradley.

Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker, author.

One of a kind : the life of Sydney Taylor / Richard Michelson illustrated by Sarah Green.

Michelson, Richard, author.

The night before Passover / by Natasha Wing illustrated by Nathalie Beauvois.

Wing, Natasha, author.

Max in the house of spies / Adam Gidwitz.

Gidwitz, Adam, author.

I am Ruth Bader Ginsburg / Brad Meltzer illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos.

Meltzer, Brad, author.

The girl who sang : a holocaust memoir of hope and survival / written by Estelle Nadel with Sammy Savos and Bethany Strout art by Sammy Savos.

Nadel, Estelle, author.

Doña Gracia saved worlds / Bonni Goldberg illustrated by Alida Massari.

Goldberg, Bonni, author.

The peacock / Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod illustrated by Jaimie MacGibbon.

MacLeod, Jennifer Tzivia, author.

The tree of life : how a Holocaust sapling inspired the world / written by Elisa Boxer illustrated by Alianna Rozentsveig.

Boxer, Elisa, author.

Miryam’s dance / by Kerry Olitzky and Rachel Stock Spilker illustrated by John Baptist Tumuhaise [afterword by Gershom Sizomu, chief rabbi of Uganda].

Olitzky, Kerry M., author.

Hanukkah upside down / words by Elissa Brent Weissman pictures by Omer Hoffmann.

Weissman, Elissa Brent, author.

The dubious pranks of Shaindy Goodman / Mari Lowe.

Lowe, Mari, author.

Shira & Esther’s double dream debut / by Anna E. Jordan.

Jordan, Anna E., author.

Bring back the babka! / words by Marilyn Wolpin art by Madison Safer.

Wolpin, Marilyn, author.

Two tribes / Emily Bowen Cohen with colors by Lark Pien.

Bowen Cohen, Emily, author, artist.

Don’t want to be your monster / Deke Moulton.

Moulton, Deke, author.

Impossible escape : a true story of survival and heroism in Nazi Europe / Steve Sheinkin.

Sheinkin, Steve, author.

Do not eat this book! : fun with Jewish foods & festivals / written by Beth Kander illustrated by Mike Moran.

Kander, Beth, author.

Challah day! / by Charlotte Offsay illustrated by Jason Kirschner.

Offsay, Charlotte, author.

Three jumps to sorry : a Yom Kippur story / Amy Novit illustrated by Ana Zurita.

Novit, Amy, author.

She’s a mensch! : ten amazing Jewish women / Anne Dublin.

Dublin, Anne, author.

The babka sisters / Lesléa Newman illustrated by Tika and Tata Bobokhidze.

Newman, Lesléa, author.

The pebble / Marius Marcinkevičius illustrated by Inga Dagilė translated by Jkra Aviĩenis.

Marcinkevičius, Marius, author.

The witch of Woodland / Laurel Snyder.

Snyder, Laurel, author.

Rose spoke out : the story of Rose Schneiderman / by Emma Carlson Berne illustrated by Giovanni Abeille.

Berne, Emma Carlson, 1979- author.

Nothing could stop her : the courageous life of Ruth Gruber / Rona Arato illustrated by Isabel Muñoz.

Arato, Rona, author.

Jewish heritage month young adult

What the night sings / Vesper Stamper.

Stamper, Vesper, author.

Orphan monster spy / Matt Killeen.

Killeen, Matt, author.

The frontman / Ron Bahar, M.D.

Bahar, Ron, author.

Resistance / by Jennifer A. Nielsen.

Nielsen, Jennifer A., author.

In the neighborhood of true / Susan Kaplan Carlton.

Carlton, Susan Kaplan, author.

What makes us / Rafi Mittlefehdlt.

Mittlefehldt, Rafi, author.

It’s a whole spiel : love, latkes, and other Jewish stories / Katherine Locke and Laura Silverman foreword by Mayim Bialik.

Devil darling spy / Matt Killeen.

Killeen, Matt, author.

It’s my life / Stacie Ramey.

Ramey, Stacie, author.

The light in hidden places : a novel based on the true story of Stefania Pódgorska / Sharon Cameron.

Cameron, Sharon, 1970- author.

They went left / Monica Hesse.

Hesse, Monica, author.

28 days : a novel of resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto / David Safier translated by Helen MacCormac.

Safier, David, 1966- author.

The assignment / Liza Wiemer.

Wiemer, Liza M., author.

The way back / Gavriel Savit.

Savit, Gavriel, author.

How to pack for the end of the world / Michelle Falkoff.

Falkoff, Michelle, author.

We’ll soon be home again / story, Jessica Bab Bonde art, Peter Bergting translation, Jessica Bab Bonde & Sunshine Barbito letterer, Kathryn Renta.

Bab Bonde, Jessica, author, translator.

Alma presses play / Tina Cane.

Cane, Tina, 1969- author.

The last words we said / Leah Scheier.

Scheier, Leah, author.

Lessons in fusion : a novel / Primrose Madayag Knazan.

Madayag Knazan, Primrose, author.

My fine fellow / Jennieke Cohen.

Cohen, Jennieke, author.

Ripped away / Shirley Reva Vernick.

Vernick, Shirley Reva, author.

Courage to dream : tales of hope in the Holocaust / a graphic novel by Neal Shusterman and Andrés Vera Mar̕tnez.

Shusterman, Neal, author.

The librarian of Auschwitz / based on the novel by Antonio Iturbe adapted by Salva Rubio translated by Lilit }ekulin Thwaites illustrated by Loreto Aroca.

Rubio, Salva, 1978- author.

Some kind of hate / Sarah Darer Littman.

Littman, Sarah, author.

Wrath becomes her / Aden Polydoros.

Polydoros, Aden, author.

The blood years / Elana K. Arnold.

Arnold, Elana K., author.

Artifice / Sharon Cameron.

Cameron, Sharon, 1970- author.

Run and hide / Don Brown.

Brown, Don, 1949- author, artist.

This dark descent / Kalyn Josephson.

Josephson, Kalyn, author.

Trajectory / Cambria Gordon.

Gordon, Cambria, author.

Furious / Jamie Pacton and Rebecca Podos.

Pacton, Jamie, 1979- author.

Time and time again / by Chatham Greenfield.

Greenfield, Chatham, author.

The judgment of Yoyo Gold / by Isaac Blum.

Blum, Isaac, author.

The forbidden book / Sacha Lamb.

Lamb, Sacha, author.

Make my wish come true / Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick.

Lippincott, Rachael, author.

Inkflower / Suzy Zail.

Zail, Suzy, 1966- author.

Our deadly designs / Kalyn Josephson.

Josephson, Kalyn, author.

How does your garden grow?

The junior plant lover’s handbook : a green thumb guide for kids / Molly Williams illustrated by Michelle Carlos.

Williams, Molly (Molly E.), author.

Farmer Eva’s green garden life / written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin illustrated by Christy Hale afterword by Eva Sommaripa.

Martin, Jacqueline Briggs, author.

Secret gardeners : growing a community and healing the Earth / Maija Hurme and Lina Laurent translated by Sofia Karlsson and Jen Pulju Porter.

Hurme, Maija, author, illustrator.

From plant to plate / Darryl Gadzekpo & Ella Phillips illustrator, Alan Berry Rhys.

Gadzekpo, Darryl, author.

Gardening / Bridget Heos illustrated by John D. Dawson.

Heos, Bridget, author.

Spring seeds / Mikra Hokkanen.

Hokkanen, Mirka, author, illustrator.

Nature’s best hope : how you can save the world in your own yard / Douglas W. Tallamy adapted by Sarah L. Thomson.

Tallamy, Douglas W., author.

Alcatoe and the turnip child / Isaac Lenkiewicz.

Lenkiewicz, Isaac, author, illustrator.

All about plants! / by Andrea Beaty and Dr. Theanne Griffith [illustrations by Steph Stilwell].

Beaty, Andrea, author.

Garlic & the Witch / Bree Paulsen.

Paulsen, Bree, author.

A rose named peace: how Francis Meilland created a flower of hope for a world at war / Barbara Carroll Roberts illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline.

Roberts, Barbara Carroll, author.

A spring treasury of recipes, crafts, and wisdom / Angela Ferraro-Fanning & Anneliesdraws.

Ferraro-Fanning, Angela, author.

A summer treasury of recipes, crafts, and wisdom / Angela Ferraro-Fanning & Anneliesdraws.

Ferraro-Fanning, Angela, author.

Parks for the people : how Frederick Law Olmsted designed America / by Elizabeth Partridge art by Becca Stadtlander.

Partridge, Elizabeth, author.

Planting a garden in room 6 : from seeds to salad / written and photographed by Caroline Arnold.

Arnold, Caroline, author, photographer.

My first outdoor garden : everything you need to know to plant and grow your own fruits, vegetables, and flowers / Philippe Asseray illustrations by Charlene Tong translated by Grace McQuillan.

Asseray, Philippe, author.

How to say hello to a worm : a first guide to outside / by Kari Percival.

Percival, Kari, author, illustrator.

The sprite and the gardener / written by Rii Abrego and Joe Whitt illustrated by Rii Abrego lettered by Crank!

Abrego, Rii, author, illustrator.

Michelle’s garden : how the First Lady planted seeds of change / Sharee Miller.

Miller, Sharee (Illustrator), author, illustrator.

Butterflies belong here / by Deborah Hopkinson illustrated by Meilo So.

Hopkinson, Deborah, author.

In the garden / Emma Giuliani.

Giuliani, Emma, 1978- author.

Let’s get gardening / editor Radhika Haswani.

Smurf salad : a Smurfs graphic novel / by Peyo with the collaboration of Luc Parthoens and Thierry Culliford, script Ludo Borecki and Jeroen De Coninck, art Nine Culliford, color Joe Johnson, Smurflations Bryan Senka, lettering Smurf Janice Chiang, lettering Smurfette.

Peyo, creator.

Plant, sow, make & grow : mud-tastic activities for budding gardeners / Esther Coombs.

Coombs, Esther, author.

We are the gardeners / Joanna Gaines and kids illustrated by Julianna Swaney.

Gaines, Joanna, 1978- author.

Picturing America : Thomas Cole and the birth of American art / Hudson Talbott.

Talbott, Hudson, author, illustrator.

Dig in! : 12 easy gardening projects using kitchen scraps / Kari Cornell photographs by Jennifer S. Larson.

Cornell, Kari A., author.

Plant, cook, eat! : a children’s cookbook / by Joe Archer & Caroline Craig.

Archer, Joe, author.

Gardening projects for kids : 101 ways to get kids outside, dirty, and having fun / Whitney Cohen and John Fisher.

Cohen, Whitney.

The nitty-gritty gardening book : fun projects for all seasons / Kari Cornell photographs by Jennifer S. Larson.

Cornell, Kari A.

PICTURE BOOKS

Mommy loves you, Little Sea Otter [BOARD BOOK] / written by Amanda Wood photographic illustrations by Bec Winnel illustrations by Vikki Chu.

Wood, A. J., 1960- author.

A sky that sings / by Anita Sanchez and George Steele illustrated by Emily Mendoza.

Sanchez, Anita, 1956- author.

So Tortoise dug / Emmy Kastner.

Kastner, Emmy, author, illustrator.

Home / author, Matt de la Peña illustrator, Loren Long.

de la Peña, Matt, author.

Thunderland / Maggie Edkins Willis.

Willis, Maggie Edkins, author, illustrator.

The one and only Rumi / written by Rabiah York illustrated by Maneli Manouchehri.

York, Rabiah, 1981- author.

What’s scarier than thunder? / Ben Falcone illustrated by Kevin Cornell.

Falcone, Ben, 1973- author.

Blake the snake bakes a cake / Amy Young and Alison Young.

Young, Amy (Children's book author), author.

Echo / by Adam Rex.

Rex, Adam, author, illustrator.

Pencil / Hye-Eun Kim.

Kim, Hye-Eun, author, illustrator.

Over in the garden / by Janna Matthies illustrations by Tisha Lee.

Matthies, Janna, author.

The tortosaurus / by Katie Cottle.

Cottle, Katie, author, illustrator.

Bearsuit Turtle makes a friend / Bob Shea.

Shea, Bob, author, illustrator.

Bird bath / Steve Antony.

Antony, Steve, author, illustrator.

Cat nap / Steve Antony.

Antony, Steve, author, illustrator.

How do you eat color? / written by Mabi David illustrated by Yas Doctor translated by Karen Llagas.

David, Mabi, author.

Head full of clouds / written by Joanne Schwartz illustrated by Afsaneh Sanei.

Schwartz, Joanne (Joanne F.), 1960- author.

My Mama Bear and me [BOARD BOOK] / Sophie Beer.

Beer, Sophie, author, illustrator.

On the last day of school / Maggie C. Rudd pictures by Taia Morley.

Rudd, Maggie, author.

This is a moment / by Micah Player.

Player, Micah, author, illustrator.

Bluey : what would Bluey’s mum do?

Grumpy monkey : mom for a day / Suzanne Lang illustrated by Max Lang.

Lang, Suzanne, author.

Don’t trust fish / written by Neil Sharpson illustrated by Dan Santat.

Sharpson, Neil, author.

Hugs still feel the same / Kiralee Strong & Jenni Barrand.

Strong, Kiralee, author.

Mrs. Nobody / written by Y.S. Lee illustrated by Marie Lafrance.

Lee, Y. S. (Ying S.), 1974- author.

Bluey. Fairytale / [by Joe Brumm].

Brumm, Joe, author, creator.

Maisy goes on a bike ride / Lucy Cousins.

Cousins, Lucy, author, illustrator.

Astro / Manuel Marsol translated from the Spanish by Lizzie Davis.

Marsol, Manuel, 1984- author, illustrator.

What color is the baby? : a celebration of skin tones / Harshini Vankineni illustrated by Neha Rawat.

Vankineni, Harshini, author.

The couch in the yard / words by Kate Hoefler illustrations by Dena Seiferling.

Hoefler, Kate, author.

Our gorgeous baby [BOARD BOOK] / Smriti Prasadam-Halls illustrated by Eve Coy.

Prasadam-Halls, Smriti, author.

We leap together / Christopher Silas Neal.

Neal, Christopher Silas, author, illustrator.

Kai po che : Mini’s perfect kite / written by Suhasini Gupta illustrated by Devika Oza.

Gupta, Suhasini, author.

Signs of friendship / written by Annie Silvestro illustrated by Ziyue Chen.

Silvestro, Annie, author.

City summer, country summer / written by Kiese Laymon illustrated by Alexis Franklin.

Laymon, Kiese, author.

Piggle the pig : the perfect pigsty / Dudolf.

Dudolf, author, illustrator.

Hazel the handful / Jamie Michalak illustrated by Matt Myers.

Michalak, Jamie, author.

Yay! / by Jessica Kulekjian illustrated by Zara González Hoang.

Kulekjian, Jessica, author.

The littlest drop / Sascha Alper illustrations by Jerry Pinkney & Brian Pinkney.

Alper, Sascha, author.

¡Mistaco! : a tale of tragedy y tortillas / Eliza Kinkz.

Kinkz, Eliza, author, illustrator.

The playdate / Uje Brandelius & Clara Dackenberg translated by Nichola Smalley.

Brandelius, Uje, 1971- author.

A thank you letter to my homeschool / words by Deb Adamson pictures by Airin O’Callaghan

Adamson, Deb, author.

The salt princess / retold by Anoosha Syed translated by Humera Syed.

Syed, Anoosha, author, illustrator.

Giant baby! / written by Liz Rosenberg illustrated by Eva Byrne.

Rosenberg, Liz, author.

That’s my truck! : a good inside story about hitting / by Dr. Becky Kennedy illustrated by Joanie Stone.

Kennedy, Becky (Psychologist), author.

Curious George : sweet surprise / by H. A. Rey [text by Brooke Vitale illustrations by Rea Zhai]

Rey, H. A. (Hans Augusto), 1898-1977, creator.

Black boy, rise / written by Brynne Barnes illustrated by Bryan Collier.

Barnes, Brynne, 1983- author.

Diggers love their daddies! [BOARD BOOK] / by Brianna Caplan Sayres illustrated by Christian Slade.

Sayres, Brianna Caplan, author.

Rosie’s garden / Olivia Coates & Samantha McLelland.

Coates, Olivia, author.

Is that my hat? / words and pictures by Kevin Payne.

Payne, Kev, 1978- author, illustrator.

The fabulous Edweena / written by Edwin Dumont illustrated by Melissa Cho.

Dumont, Edwin, author.

Big enough / Regina Linke.

Linke, Regina, author, illustrator.

We are the scrappy ones / words by Rebekah Taussig pictures by Kirbi Fagan.

Taussig, Rebekah, author.

The expedition / Tuvalisa Rangström [illustrations by] Klara Bartilsson translated by Saskia Vogel.

Rangström, Tuvalisa, author.

Our food grows / written by Sarah M. White illustrated by Tessa Gibbs.

White, Sarah M., author.

Hedgehogs don’t wear underwear / Marissa Valdez.

Valdez, Marissa, author, illustrator.

Richard Scarry’s best daddy ever!.

Scarry, Richard, author, illustrator.

The Juneteenth alphabet / words by Andrea Underwood Petifer pictures by Ana Latese.

Petifer, Andrea Underwood, author.

Sisters are sisters forever [BOARD BOOK] / written by Brooke Jorden illustrated by Sejung Kim.

Jorden, Brooke.

What Coco can do / Maribeth Boelts illustrated by Stephanie Laberis.

Boelts, Maribeth, 1964- author.

Alfred blooms / written by Carrie Kruck illustrated by Carmen Mok.

Kruck, Carrie, author.

I am Tree Rex! / Mo Davey.

Davey, Mo, author, illustrator.

Little cloud’s big dream / Ixtzel Arreola [illustrations by] Martina Liebig.

Arreola, Ixtzel, author.

Nop / Caroline Magerl.

Magerl, Caroline, author, illustrator.

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Juvenile Fiction

Last chance academy. A study in secrets / Debbi Michiko Florence.

Florence, Debbi Michiko, author.

Serge & Roscoe / Len Vlahos illustrated by Juliette Miron.

Vlahos, Len, author.

The griffin’s boy / Sarah L. Thomson illustrated by Anna Aparicio Català.

Thomson, Sarah L., author.

Finn and the pen / David Lawrence illustrated by P. J. Reece with Cherie Dignam.

Lawrence, David, 1964- author.

The rise of the sand spirits / Siobhan McDermott.

McDermott, Siobhan, author.

Diary of a Roblox Pro. Dragon pet / by Ari Avatar.

Avatar, Ari, author.

The kids in Mrs. Z’s class. Wyatt Hill brings a lizard to school / by Eliot Schrefer illustrated by Kat Fajardo.

Schrefer, Eliot, 1978- author.

Always, Your Sister / Frances Prentice.

Prentice, Frances.

13 ways to say goodbye / Kate Fussner.

Fussner, Kate, author.

Ticket to ride. An unexpected journey / by Adrienne Kress art by David Miles.

Kress, Adrienne, author.

The kids in Mrs. Z’s class. Ayana Ndoum takes the stage / by Kekla Magoon illustrated by Kat Fajardo.

Magoon, Kekla, author.

How to win the gruesome games / written, illustrated, and designed by Ryan Hammond.

Hammond, Ryan, 1996- author, illustrator.

Rebellion 1776 / Laurie Halse Anderson.

Anderson, Laurie Halse, author.

Night of the dream dragon / Tracey West illustrated by Matt Loveridge.

West, Tracey, 1965- author.

The peach thief / Linda Joan Smith.

Smith, Linda Joan, author.

Last seed keeper / Paul Russell.

Russell, Paul Eric.

Golden threads / Ariella Aïsha Azoulay.

Azoulay, Ariella Aïsha, author.

The truth about the Tooth Fairy / by Leah Cypess illustrated by Sarah Lynne Reul.

Cypess, Leah, author.

Clarice Bean, Smile / Lauren Child.

Child, Lauren, author.

Basil in the Wild West / by Eve Titus illustrated by Paul Galdone.

Titus, Eve, author.

Once for yes / Allie Millington.

Millington, Allie, author.

Wolf Girl: into the wild / Anh Do illustrations by Jeremy Ley additional illustrations by Annie Ji.

Do, Anh, author.

The dragon’s apprentice / James Riley.

Riley, James, 1977- author.

Earl & Worm. The bad idea and other stories / Greg Pizzoli.

Pizzoli, Greg, author, illustrator.

My mummy vs. your ghost / Paul Tobin.

Tobin, Paul, 1965- author.

Firebred / Julie Kagawa.

Kagawa, Julie, author.

The double trouble puzzle / James Patterson and Keir Graff [illustrations by Alan Brown]

Patterson, James, 1947- author.

The playmakers / Chad Morris & Shelly Brown.

Morris, Chad, author.

Gittel / Laurie Schneider.

Schneider, Laurie, author.

The green kingdom / Cornelia Funke, Tammi Hartung illustrated by Melissa Castrillón [translation by Anna Schmitt Funke].

Funke, Cornelia, 1958- author.

The underwild. River of spirits / Shana Targosz.

Targosz, Shana, author.

The summer of the bone horses / by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve illustrated by Steph Littlebird.

Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk, author.

Catty Corner pounces into action / Julie Murphy art by Eve Farb.

Murphy, Julie, 1985- author.

The forgotten summer of Seneca / Camryn Garrett

Garrett, Camryn, author.

Tim Possible & the secret of the snake pit / Axel Maisy.

Maisy, Axel, author, illustrator.

Tim Possible & the ultimate road trip / Axel Maisy.

Maisy, Axel, author, illustrator.

Rosie Frost : ice on fire / Geri Halliwell-Horner.

Halliwell, Geri, 1972- author.

The smallest kitten / by Holly Webb illustrated by Sophy Williams.

Webb, Holly, author.

Super Rabbit Boy vs. the Gigabot / Thomas Flintham.

Flintham, Thomas, author, illustrator.

The Pinchers and the curse of the Egyptian cat / Anders Sparring & Per Gustavsson translated by Julia Marshall.

Sparring, Anders, author.

At home in a faraway place / Lynne Rae Perkins.

Perkins, Lynne Rae, author, illustrator.

Alice Eclair spy extraordinaire. A recipe for trouble / Sarah Todd Taylor.

Todd Taylor, Sarah, author.

The boy who lived in a shell : snippets for wandering minds / John Himmelman.

Himmelman, John, author, illustrator.

Frankie and friends. The lost tooth / Christine Platt illustrated by Alea Marley.

Platt, Christine A., 1976- author.

Henry’s picture-perfect day / by Jenn Bailey illustrated by Mika Song.

Bailey, Jenn, 1965- author.

The many hauntings of the Manning family : a novel / Lorien Lawrence.

Lawrence, Lorien, author.

The unfortunate wishes of Nelly Young / Beth Garrod.

Garrod, Beth, author.

Fire and ash / Erin Hunter.

Hunter, Erin, author.

The beat I drum / by Dusti Bowling.

Bowling, Dusti, author.

Octopus moon / Bobbie Pyron.

Pyron, Bobbie, author.

So that happened … : but maybe you already knew that / Tami Sussman.

Sussman, Tami, author.

Alea Aquarius. The water’s call / Tanya Stewner translated from the German by Matthew O. Anderson.

Stewner, Tanya, 1974- author.

When Sally O’Malley discovered the sea / Karen Cushman.

Cushman, Karen, author.

Cincinnati Lee, curse breaker / Heidi Heilig.

Heilig, Heidi, author.

Please pay attention / Jamie Sumner.

Sumner, Jamie, author.

Bibbidi bobbidi academy. Cyrus and the dragon disaster / written by Kallie George cover illustration and character design by Lorena Alvarez Gómez, interior illustrations by Andrea Boatta.

George, K. (Kallie), 1983- author.

Unboxing Libby / Steph Cherrywell.

Cherrywell, Steph, author.

The pecan sheller / Lupe Ruiz-Flores.

Ruiz-Flores, Lupe, author.

The reel wish / Yamile Saied Méndez.

Méndez, Yamile Saied, author.

The Liars Society. A risky game / Alyson Gerber.

Gerber, Alyson, author.

The family I’m in / Sharon G. Flake.

Flake, Sharon G., author.

San Francisco earthquake 1906 / Krista Surprenant illustrated by Robert Ball.

Surprenant, Krista, author.

A day at the beach / Gary D. Schmidt and Ron Koertge.

Schmidt, Gary D., author.

Ghost Scout’s honor / Carey Blankenship-Kramer.

Blankenship-Kramer, Carey, author.

Animal attacks / Mari Bolte and Mary Colgan illustrated by Robert Ball.

Bolte, Mari, author.

Bluey. Bus / illustrations by Rafferty Amor.

Charlie Hernández & the hand of darkness / Ryan Calejo.

Calejo, Ryan, author.

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Full STEAM Ahead

The roots of rap : 16 bars on the 4 pillars of hip-hop / by Carole Boston Weatherford illustrated by Frank Morrison Jr.

Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- author.

Who was Nikola Tesla? / by Jim Gigliotti illustrated by John Hinderliter.

Gigliotti, Jim, author.

Out of this world: the surreal art of Leonora Carrington / written by Michelle Markel illustrated by Amanda Hall.

Markel, Michelle, author.

The electric war : Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse and the race to light the world / Mike Winchell.

Winchell, Mike, author.

Big data : information in the digital world : with science activities for kids / Carla Mooney illustrated by Alexis Cornell.

Mooney, Carla, 1970- author.

Bugs and errors with Wreck-it Ralph / Allyssa Loya.

Loya, Allyssa, author.

Building projects for beginners / by Tammy Enz.

Enz, Tammy, author.

Coding in Scratch for beginners / by Rachel Ziter.

Ziter, Rachel, author.

Electronics projects for beginners / by Tammy Enz.

Enz, Tammy, author.

Junk drawer geometry : 50 awesome activities that don’t cost a thing / Bobby Mercer.

Mercer, Bobby, 1961- author.

Mission Python : code a space adventure game / by Sean McManus.

McManus, Sean, 1973- author.

Ultimate secrets revealed! : a closer look at the weirdest, wildest facts on earth / Stephanie Warren Drimmer.

Drimmer, Stephanie Warren, author.

You wouldn’t want to live without coding! / written by Alex Woolf illustrated by David Antram series created by David Salariya.

Woolf, Alex, 1964- author.

Just right : searching for the Goldilocks planet / Curtis Manley illustrated by Jessica Lanan.

Manley, Curtis, author.

The everything kids’ Scratch coding book : learn to code and create your own cool games! / Jason Rukman.

Rukman, Jason, author.

Reducing, reusing, and recycling waste / Rebecca Rissman.

Rissman, Rebecca, author.

STEM lab : 25 super cool projects : build, invent, create, discover / Jack Challoner.

Challoner, Jack, author.

Thomas Jefferson and the mammoth hunt / written by Carrie Clickard illustrated by Nancy Carpenter.

Clickard, Carrie (Carrie L.), author.

Careers in drone technology / Joshua Gregory.

Gregory, Josh, author.

Careers in artificial intelligence / Joshua Gregory.

Gregory, Josh, author.

Careers in virtual reality technology / Joshua Gregory.

Gregory, Josh, author.

Careers in wearable electronics / Martin Gitlin.

Gitlin, Marty, author.

Hedy and her amazing invention / Jan Wahl illustrated by Morgana Wallace.

Wahl, Jan, author.

Hedy Lamarr’s double life / written by Laurie Wallmark illustrated by Katy Wu.

Wallmark, Laurie, author.

Snowman – cold = puddle : spring equations / Laura Purdie Salas illustrated by Micha Archer.

Salas, Laura Purdie, author.

Astrophysics for young people in a hurry / Neil deGrasse Tyson with Gregory Mone.

Tyson, Neil deGrasse, author.

Which one doesn’t belong? : playing with shapes / Christopher Danielson.

Danielson, Christopher, author.

A ray of light : a book of science and wonder / written and photographed by Walter Wick.

Wick, Walter, 1953- author, photographer.

A computer called Katherine : how Katherine Johnson helped put America on the moon / written by Suzanne Slade illustrated by Veronica Miller Jamison.

Slade, Suzanne, author.

Light waves / by David A. Adler illustrated by Anna Raff.

Adler, David A, author.

Brain lab for kids : 52 mind-blowing experiments, models, and activities to explore neuroscience / Eric H. Chudler, Ph.D.

Chudler, Eric H., author.

Create music with Scratch / Kevin Wood illustrated by Glen McBeth.

Wood, Kevin (Writer of computer books), author.

Play with art / senior designer and illustrator, Rachael Parfitt Hunt designer and illustrator, Rachael Hare.

Steve Jobs : thinking differently / by Patricia Lakin.

Lakin, Patricia, 1944- author.

Coding games in Python / [authors, Carol Vorderman, Craig Steele, Claire Quigley, Daniel McCafferty, Martin Goodfellow].

Vorderman, Carol.

Crayola! : the secrets of the cool colors and hot hues / by Bonnie Williams illustrated by Rob McClurkan.

Williams, Bonnie, author.

Energy / author, Emily Dodd consultant, Jack Challoner.

Dodd, Emily, author.

The squirrels’ busy year / Martin Jenkins illustrated by Richard Jones.

Jenkins, Martin, 1959- author.

Thomas Paine and the dangerous word / by Sarah Jane Marsh illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham.

Marsh, Sarah Jane, author.

How to build a hug : Temple Grandin and her amazing squeeze machine / Amy Guglielmo and Jacqueline Tourville illustrated by Giselle Potter.

Guglielmo, Amy, author.

Coding from Scratch / by Rachel Ziter.

Ziter, Rachel, author.

Path to the stars : my journey from Girl Scout to rocket scientist / Sylvia Acevedo, CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA.

Acevedo, Sylvia, author.

Science! / written by Abigail Beall [and four others] illustrators, Peter Bull [eight others].

Beall, Abigail, author.

Visual guide to math : a first reference book for children / written by Karen Wilding.

Wilding, Karen, author.

The girl with a mind for math : the story of Raye Montague / written by Julia Finley Mosca illustrated by Daniel Rieley.

Mosca, Julia Finley, author.

Picturing America : Thomas Cole and the birth of American art / Hudson Talbott.

Talbott, Hudson, author, illustrator.

Twinkle twinkle little star, I know exactly what you are / words by Julia Kregenow pictures by Carmen Saldaña.

Kregenow, Julia, author.

Universe / Giles Sparrow consultant, Jerry Stone.

Sparrow, Giles, 1970- author.

The stuff of stars / Marion Dane Bauer illustrations by Ekua Holmes.

Bauer, Marion Dane, author.

Art in action : make a statement, change your world / by Matthew Levee Chavez.

Chavez, Matthew, author.

Flow, spin, grow : looking for patterns in nature / written by Patchen Barss illustrated by Todd Stewart.

Barss, Patchen, author.

Juvenile Non-Fiction

Rachel Carson’s wonder-filled world : how the scientist, writer, and nature lover changed the environmental movement / Kate Hannigan illustrated by Katie Hickey.

Hannigan, Kate, author.

The urban owls : how Flaco and friends made the city their home / by Christian Cooper illustrated by Kristen Adam.

Cooper, Christian, author.

Birdlore : the iridescent life of Florence Merriam Bailey / Jess Keating, Devon Holzwarth.

Keating, Jess, author.

How elegant the elephant : poems about animals and insects / poems by Mary Ann Hoberman art by Marla Frazee.

Hoberman, Mary Ann, author.

Our big table : what we eat and where it comes from / Lisa Voisard translated from French by Jeffrey K. Butt.

Voisard, Lisa, 1992- author, illustrator.

This book bubbles over : from the ocean to Mars and everywhere in between / written by Nora Nickum illustrated by Robert Meganck.

Nickum, Nora, author.

Rise and fall : great empires that shaped the world / Peter Allen.

Allen, Peter, 1964- author, illustrator.

Dinosaurs / by Will Osborne and Mary Pope Osborne adapted by Jenny Laird with art by Jomike Tejido color by Cai Tse.

Osborne, Mary Pope, author.

Woods & words : the story of poet Mary Oliver / written by Sara Holly Ackerman illustrated by Naoko Stoop.

Ackerman, Sara Holly, author.

Forest magic for kids : how to find fairies, make a secret fort, and cook up an elfin picnic / Susie Spikol illustrated by Renia Metallinou.

Spikol, Susie.

Sí, se puede : the Latino heroes who changed the United States / Julio Anta illustrated by Yasmín Flores Montañez colors by Fabi Marques letters by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou.

Anta, Julio, author.

Jella Lepman and her library of dreams : the woman who rescued a generation of children and founded the world’s largest children’s library / Katherine Paterson [and Jella helped –K.P.] illustrated by Sally Deng.

Paterson, Katherine, author.

His fairytale life : a book about Hans Christian Andersen / Jane Yolen illustrated by Brooke Boynton-Hughes.

Yolen, Jane, author.

Climate is just the start / Mikaela Loach.

Loach, Mikaela, author.

ADHD : your questions answered / Sarah Boslaugh.

Boslaugh, Sarah, author.

Atlas of prehistoric animals / [author, Radek Malý illustrator, Petr Modlitba translator, Andrew Oakland].

Malý, Radek, 1977- author.

Caitlin Clark : basketball superstar / by Anthony K. Hewson.

Hewson, Anthony K., author.

Creatively human : why we imagine, make and innovate / Lois Peterson illustrated by Madeline Yee.

Peterson, Lois, 1952- author.

How to survive on the moon : lunar lessons from a rocket scientist / author, Joalda Morancy illustrator, Aaron Cushley.

Morancy, Joalda, author.

I can be grateful / written by Meredith Rusu illustrated by Alexandra Colombo.

Rusu, Meredith, author.

On the tundra / Nancy Dickmann.

Dickmann, Nancy, author.

The endless sea / Chi Thai illustrated by Linh Dao.

Thai, Chi, author.

C. J. Stroud : football superstar / by Anthony K. Hewson.

Hewson, Anthony K., author.

My life with losing a parent / written by Mari Schuh art by Alice Larsson.

Schuh, Mari C., 1975- author.

Victor Wembanyama : basketball superstar / by Anthony K. Hewson.

Hewson, Anthony K., author.

Zero! the number that almost wasn’t / Sarah Albee illustrated by Chris Hsu.

Albee, Sarah, author.

Whales in the city / written by Nancy F. Castaldo illustrated by Chuck Groenink.

Castaldo, Nancy F. (Nancy Fusco), 1962-

Alberto Salas plays paka paka con la papa : join the quest with Peru’s famed scientist and potato expert / Sara Andrea Fajardo Juana Martinez-Neal.

Fajardo, Sara Andrea, author.

Who is Carol Burnett? / by David Stabler illustrated by Robert Squier.

Stabler, David, author.

You are a rainbow of energy : a kid’s guide to the chakras / Crystal McCreary illustrations by Sonali Zohra.

McCreary, Crystal, author.

Words with wings and magic things / poems by Matthew Burgess pictures by Doug Salati.

Burgess, Matthew, author.

Slam dunk : the shot that changed the game / Matt Doeden.

Doeden, Matt, author.

I’m a dumbo octopus! : a graphic guide to cephalopods / by Anne Lambelet.

Lambelet, Anne, author.

Dreams to ashes : the 1871 Los Angeles Chinatown Massacre / Livia Blackburne [illustrated by] Nicole Xu.

Blackburne, Livia, author.

Who smashed Hollywood barriers with Gung Fu? : Bruce Lee / by Teresa Robeson illustrated by Ryan Inzana.

Robeson, Teresa, 1964- author.

Everest : reaching the roof of the world / David Long illustrated by Stefano Tambellini.

Long, David, 1961- author.

Frida Kahlo’s flower crown / by Nydia Armendia-Sánchez illustrated by Loris Lora.

Armendia-Sánchez, Nydia, author.

Are we there yet? : the first road trip across the USA / Stacy McAnulty illustrations by Elizabeth Baddeley.

McAnulty, Stacy, author.

Grace Lee Boggs : gardens of hope / Songju Ma Daemicke illustrated by Lin.

Daemicke, Songju Ma, author.

Whale eyes : a memoir about seeing and being seen / by James Robinson illustrated by Brian Rea.

Robinson, James (Filmmaker), author.

Hawk / Laura Purdie Salas.

Salas, Laura Purdie, author.

Lemur / Julie and David Lavender.

Lavender, Julie, author.

Inside the Washington Commanders / Josh Anderson.

Anderson, Josh, author.

Kawaii doodles : supercute drawings in four easy steps! / Yuu.

Yuu (Illustrator)

A universe of rainbows : multicolored poems for a multicolored world / poems selected by Matt Forrest Esenwine illustrated by Jamey Christoph.

The story of french fries / by Gloria Koster.

Koster, Gloria, author.

Cute animals that could kill you dead / words by Brooke Hartman pictures by María García.

Hartman, Brooke, author.

Deep-sea creatures : adapting to the abyss / Mike Lawrence color by Norm Grock.

Lawrence, Mike (Comic book artist), author, illustrator.

Leopard / Julie and David Lavender.

Lavender, Julie, author.

All aboard the poo boat / story by Park Song-eui art by Kim Duck-Young consulting by Dr. Egg consulting by Lee Seung-hyun translated by Gloria Ohe.

Pak, Song-i, author.

The golden poo / story by Park Song-eui art by Kim Duck-Young consulting by Dr Egg consulting by Lee Seung-hyun translated by Gloria Ohe.

Pak, Song-i, author.

LEGO timelines : a visual journey through ten decades of LEGO history / written by Simon Hugo.

Hugo, Simon, author.

Animals on parade / Jane Yolen illustrated by Anne Yvonne Gilbert.

Yolen, Jane, author. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJfmr8H39VRBDjJFWvdfbd

Magic in a drop of water : how Ruth Patrick taught the world about water pollution / written by Julie Winterbottom illustrated by Susan Reagan.

Winterbottom, Julie, author.

Rings of heartwood : poems on growing / Molly Beth Griffin illustrations by Claudia McGehee

Griffin, Molly Beth author

YOUNG ADULT

The house no one sees / Adina King.

King, Adina, author.

I am the swarm / Haley Chewins.

Chewins, Hayley, author.

Fearless / Lauren Roberts.

Roberts, Lauren, 2002- author.

The red car to Hollywood / Jennie Liu.

Liu, Jennie, 1971- author.

To steal from thieves / M.K. Lobb.

Lobb, M. K., author.

When we ride : a novel / Rex Ogle.

Ogle, Rex, author.

The hallow hunt / Margie Fuston.

Fuston, Margie, author.

A bird in the air means we can still breathe / Mahogany L. Browne.

Browne, Mahogany L., author.

Children of Useyi / Moses Ose Utomi.

Utomi, Moses Ose, author.

Deadstream / Mar Romasco-Moore.

Romasco Moore, Mar, author.

Echo nova / Clint Hall.

Hall, Clint, author.

His mortal demise / by Vanessa Le.

Le, Vanessa, 1999- author.

In the company of Killers / Elora Cook.

Cook, Elora, author.

Maya in multicolor / Swati Teerdhala.

Teerdhala, Swati, author.

Meet me at blue hour / Sarah Suk.

Suk, Sarah, author.

Run away with me / Brian Selznick.

Selznick, Brian, author.

She waits for you beyond the dark / Kristen Simmons.

Simmons, Kristen, author.

A single brutal fate / Lee Paige O’Brien.

O'Brien, Lee Paige, author.

Till death / by Kellan McDaniel.

McDaniel, Kellan, author.

Watch me / Tahereh Mafi.

Mafi, Tahereh, author.

All the noise at once / DeAndra Davis.

Davis, DeAndra, author.

Give up the night / P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast.

Cast, P. C., author.

Lovely dark and deep / Elisa A Bonnin.

Bonnin, Elisa A., author.

Murder between friends / Liz Lawson.

Lawson, Liz, 1980- author.

The notorious virtues / Alwyn Hamilton.

Hamilton, Alwyn, author.

The summer I ate the rich / Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite.

Moulite, Maika, author.

Boys with sharp teeth / Jenni Howell.

Howell, Jenni, author.

Messy perfect / Tanya Boteju.

Boteju, Tanya, author.

Sọmadịna / Akwaeke Emezi.

Emezi, Akwaeke, author.

Where shadows meet : a novel / Patrice Caldwell.

Caldwell, Patrice, author.

Beasts : a novel / Ingvild Bjerkeland translated by Rosie Hedger.

Bjerkeland, Ingvild, 1981- author.

A better nightmare / Megan Freeman.

Freeman, Megan, author.

Nothing bad happens here / Rachel Ekstrom Courage.

Ekstrom-Courage, Rachel, author.

All the stars align / Gretchen Schreiber.

Schreiber, Gretchen, author.

The coven tendency / Zoe Hana Mikuta.

Mikuta, Zoe Hana, 2000- author.

Like a bird / Becky Citra.

Citra, Becky, author

Love points to you / Alice Lin.

Lin, Alice, author.

The pay-back girls / Alex Travis.

Travis, Alex, author.

You don’t see me / Chris Ricketts.

Ricketts, Chris, author.

Fair & sinister heart / by Lauren Blackwood.

Blackwood, Lauren, author.

Star wars : the high Republic. Into the light / Claudia Gray.

Gray, Claudia, author.

Holy terrors / words and interior illustrations Margaret Owen.

Owen, Margaret, 1986- author.

If we were a movie / Zakiya N. Jamal.

Jamal, Zakiya N., author.

Voice of the ocean / Kelsey Impicciche.

Impicciche, Kelsey, author.

One piece Heroines. 1 / created by Eiichiro Oda written by Jun Esaka illustrations by Sayaka Suwa translation: Stephen Paul.

Esaka, Jun, author.

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Florida Teens Read

All the fighting parts / Hannah V. Sawyerr.

Sawyerr, Hannah V., author.

Another first chance / Robbie Couch.

Couch, Robbie, author.

The bad ones / Melissa Albert.

Albert, Melissa, author.

Bring me your midnight / Rachel Griffin.

Griffin, Rachel, 1985- author.

Going dark / Melissa de la Cruz.

De la Cruz, Melissa, 1971- author.

The kill factor / Ben Oliver.

Oliver, Ben (Science fiction writer), author.

Pieces of me : a novel / Kate McLaughlin.

McLaughlin, Kate, 1971- author.

Ready or not / Andi Porretta flats by Matt Aytch Taylor.

Porretta, Andi, author, llustrator.

Rez ball / Byron Graves.

Graves, Byron, author.

Star splitter / Matthew J. Kirby.

Kirby, Matthew J., 1976- author.

Stars and smoke / Marie Lu.

Lu, Marie, 1984- author.

Sunrise nights / Jeff Zentner and Brittany Cavallaro.

Zentner, Jeff, author.

Swimming in a sea of stars / Julie Wright.

Wright, Julie, 1972- author.

Twelfth knight / Alexene Farol Follmuth endpaper art by Little Chmura.

Follmuth, Alexene Farol, author.

Wander in the dark / Jumata Emill.

Emill, Jumata, author.

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2025-26 Sunshine State Readers Gr. 3-5

The adventures of Invisible Boy. 1 / by Doogie Horner.

Horner, Doogie, author, artist.

Always, Clementine / Carlie Sorosiak.

Sorosiak, Carlie, author.

The Amazon / Roland Smith.

Smith, Roland, 1951- author.

Benny Ramírez and the nearly departed / José Pablo Iriarte.

Iriarte, José Pablo, author.

The Callers / Kiah Thomas.

Thomas, Kiah, author.

Clementine Fox and the great island adventure / Leigh Luna.

Luna, Leigh, author, artist.

Dogtown / Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko with illustrations by Wallace West.

Applegate, Katherine, author.

Futureland : battle for the park / written by H. D. Hunter illustrated by Khadijah Khatib.

Hunter, H. D., author.

Legends of Lotus Island. The Guardian test / by Christina Soontornvat illustrated by Kevin Hong.

Soontornvat, Christina, author.

Lightningborn / Julie Kagawa.

Kagawa, Julie, author.

The lost library / Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass.

Stead, Rebecca, author.

The mystery of locked rooms / Lindsay Currie.

Currie, Lindsay, author.

Peril at Price Manor / Laura Parnum.

Parnum, Laura, author.

Trex / Christyne Morrell.

Morrell, Christyne, author.

The wild journey of Juniper Berry / Chad Morris & Shelly Brown.

Morris, Chad, author.

2025-26 Sunshine State Readers Gr. 6-8

Brick dust and bones / M. R. Fournet.

Fournet, M. R., author.

Confessions of a class clown / Arianne Costner illustrations by Billy Yong.

Costner, Arianne, author.

Control freaks / J. E. Thomas.

Thomas, J. E. (Children's author), author.

Curlfriends. New in town / Sharee Miller coloring by Luke Healy.

Miller, Sharee (Illustrator), author, illustrator.

The fire, the water, and Maudie McGinn / Sally J. Pla.

Pla, Sally J., author.

The firefly summer / Morgan Matson.

Matson, Morgan, author.

The first state of being / by Erin Entrada Kelly.

Kelly, Erin Entrada, author.

Fowl play / Kristin O’Donnell Tubb.

Tubb, Kristin O'Donnell, author.

Heroes : a novel of Pearl Harbor / Alan Gratz.

Gratz, Alan, 1972- author.

The lost year / Katherine Marsh.

Marsh, Katherine, author.

Mid-Air / by Alicia D. Williams illustrated by Danica Novgorodoff.

Williams, Alicia, 1970- author.

Play the game. The hoop con / Amar Shah.

Shah, Amar (Screenwriter), author.

Shinji Takahashi and the mark of the coatl / by Julie Kagawa.

Kagawa, Julie, author.

Simon sort of says / Erin Bow.

Bow, Erin, author.

Skyriders / Polly Holyoke.

Holyoke, Polly, author.

2025-26 Sunshine State Readers Jr

The fastest tortoise in town / Howard Calvert illustrated by Karen Obuhanych.

Calvert, Howard, author.

GEORGE the Flybot and the lost camera on Mount Everest / by Nessa Bellido Schwarz illustrated by Jason Fruchter.

Schwarz, Nessa Bellido, author.

How this book got red / words by Margaret Chiu Greanias picture by Melissa Iwai.

Greanias, Margaret Chiu, author.

Luigi, the spider who wanted to be a kitten / Michelle Knudsen illustrated by Kevin Hawkes.

Knudsen, Michelle, author.

The man who didn’t like animals / words by Deborah Underwood pictures by LeUyen Pham.

Underwood, Deborah, author.

Mavis the bravest / by Lu Fraser illustrated by Sarah Warburton.

Fraser, Lu, author.

Orris and Timble : the beginning / Kate DiCamillo illustrated by Carmen Mok.

DiCamillo, Kate, author.

Penny Lu porcupine / Katie Gilstrap illustrated by Maribel Lechuga.

Gilstrap, Katie, author.

The quacken / written by Justin Colón illustrated by Pablo Pino.

Colón, Justin, author.

Rise of the green flame / written by Bernard Mensah illustrated by Natasha Nayo.

Mensah, Bernard (Children's author), author.

Scare school diaries. Welcome to scare school / by Jarrett Lerner.

Lerner, Jarrett, author, illustrator.

The spotless giraffe / Peter Millett [illustrations by] Alison Hawkins.

Millett, Peter, author.

Squirrel-ish / story and pictures by Bambi Edlund.

Edlund, Bambi, author, illustrator.

We are definitely human / a book by X. Fang.

Fang, X., author, illustrator.

Wildfire rescue / written by Rekha S. Rajan illustrated by Courtney Lovett.

Rajan, Rekha S., author.

Children’s Award Winning Literature

Standing in the need of prayer : a modern retelling of the classic spiritual / written by Carole Boston Weatherford illustrated by Frank Morrison..

Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- author.

Last stop on Market Street [PRIME TIME] / words by Matt de la Peña pictures by Christian Robinson.

de la Peña, Matt, author.

Hot dog / Doug Salati.

Salati, Doug, author, illustrator.

Freewater / Amina Luqman Dawson.

Luqman-Dawson, Amina, author.

The last cuentista / Donna Barba Higuera.

Higuera, Donna Barba, author.

Unspeakable : the Tulsa Race Massacre / Carole Boston Weatherford illustrations by Floyd Cooper.

Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- author.

Watercress / Andrea Wang illustrated by Jason Chin.

Wang, Andrea, author.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T : Aretha Franklin, the queen of soul / Carole Boston Weatherford illustrated by Frank Morrison.

Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- author.

Before the ever after / Jacqueline Woodson.

Woodson, Jacqueline, author.

We are water protectors / written by Carole Lindstrom illustrated by Michaela Goade.

Lindstrom, Carole, 1964- author.

When you trap a tiger / Tae Keller.

Keller, Tae, author.

The undefeated / by Kwame Alexander illustrated by Kadir Nelson.

Alexander, Kwame, author.

A few red drops : the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 / Claire Hartfield.

Hartfield, Claire, author.

New kid / Jerry Craft with colors by Jim Callahan.

Craft, Jerry, author, illustrator.

The stuff of stars / Marion Dane Bauer illustrations by Ekua Holmes.

Bauer, Marion Dane, author.

Merci Suárez changes gears / Meg Medina.

Medina, Meg, author.

Last stop on Market Street [ENGLISH FOR FAMILIES] / words by Matt de la Peña pictures by Christian Robinson.

de la Peña, Matt, author.

Hello lighthouse / Sophie Blackall.

Blackall, Sophie, author, illustrator.

Out of wonder : poems celebrating poets / Kwame Alexander with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth illustrated Ekua Holmes.

Alexander, Kwame, author.

Hello, universe / Erin Entrada Kelly.

Kelly, Erin Entrada, author.

Wolf in the snow / Matthew Cordell.

Cordell, Matthew, 1975- author, illustrator.

Piecing me together / by Renee Watson.

Watson, Renée, author.

Radiant child : the story of young artist Jean-Michel Basquiat / by Javaka Steptoe.

Steptoe, Javaka, 1971- author, illustrator.

March. Book 3 / written by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin art by Nate Powell edited by Leigh Walton.

Lewis, John, 1940 February 21- author.

The girl who drank the moon / Kelly Barnhill.

Barnhill, Kelly Regan, author.

Trombone Shorty / words by Troy Trombone Shorty Andrews pictures by Bryan Collier.

Andrews, Troy, author.

Finding Winnie : the true story of the world’s most famous bear / by Lindsay Mattick illustrated by Sophie Blackall.

Mattick, Lindsay, author.

Gone crazy in Alabama / by Rita Williams-Garcia.

Williams-Garcia, Rita, author.

Last stop on Market Street / words by Matt de la Peña pictures by Christian Robinson.

de la Peña, Matt, author.

Firebird : ballerina Misty Copeland shows a young girl how to dance like the firebird / Misty Copeland illustrated by Christopher Myers.

Copeland, Misty.

Brown girl dreaming / Jacqueline Woodson.

Woodson, Jacqueline.

The adventures of Beekle : the unimaginary friend / Dan Santat.

Santat, Dan, author, illustrator.

The crossover / by Kwame Alexander.

Alexander, Kwame.

Knock knock : my dad’s dream for me / by Daniel Beaty illustrated by Bryan Collier.

Beaty, Daniel.

Flora & Ulysses : the illuminated adventures / Kate DiCamillo illustrated by K.G. Campbell.

DiCamillo, Kate.

Locomotive / Brian Floca.

Floca, Brian.

P.S. Be eleven / Rita Williams-Garcia.

Williams-Garcia, Rita.

Hand in hand : ten Black men who changed America / by Andrea Davis Pinkney paintings by Brian Pinkney.

Pinkney, Andrea Davis.

This is not my hat / Jon Klassen.

Klassen, J.

I, too, am America / Langston Hughes illustrated by Bryan Collier.

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967

The one and only Ivan / Katherine Applegate illustrations by Patricia Castelao.

Applegate, Katherine.

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