Pedro Martín’s memoir, Mexikid – You won’t want to miss even one minute of this larger-than-life family adventure from California to Mexico!
Caterpillar Summer (Bloomsbury, 2019) by Gillian McDunn. Caterpillar & Chicken When summer plans change, 11-year-old Cat and her 7-year-old brother, Chicken (who appears to be
Plasticus Maritimus: An Invasive Species (Greystone Kids, 2020) by Ana Pêgo with Isabel Minhós Martins, illustrated by Bernardo P. Cavalho, translated by Jane Springer. Learn
Stuntboy, In the Meantime, (Atheneum, 2021) written by Jason Reynolds, illustrated by Raúl the Third, and color by Elaine Bay. Meet Portico “Stuntboy” Reeves His
Premeditated Myrtle (A Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery) (Recorded Books, 2020) by Elizabeth C. Bunce, read by Bethan Rose Young. Meet H.M. Hardcastle, Author of the “Principles of
King and the Dragonflies: A contemporary story of King, a gay Black boy in a small Louisiana town, dealing with his gender identity and the death of his older brother.
A New York Times Best Children’s Book of the Year, Frankie & Bug (Aladdin Books 2021) by Gayle Forman is a must read. Ten-year-old Bug (Beatrice) lives in late-1980s Venice Beach with her mama and older brother Danny.
Loretta Little Looks Back is a moving and historically accurate account of how African Americans fought for the right to vote in Mississippi.
In Lotería (Knopf Books For Young Readers, Sept. 7, 2021), written by Karla Arenas Valenti, and illustrated by Dana Sanmar, Life and Death (who prefers to be called La Catrina) walk into Oaxaca City, Mexico, for their annual game of la Lotería. Before the game can begin, a child must be chosen by chance (or by destiny?) to be the pawn. If Life wins the game, the child will have a long and prosperous life. If Death wins, she will claim the child’s life. If neither win, these old friends will never meet again.
Not a big fan of possums? This middle grade book might just change your mind! Appleblossom the Possum by Holly Goldberg Sloan and illustrated by her husband, Gary A. Rosen, tells the story of Appleblossom, the smallest and most timid of Mama Possum’s first batch of babies.
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