Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now! (FSG) by Phillip Hoose, illustrated by Bea Jackson has been selected for the 2025 Kansas NEA Reading Circle Recommended Titles Intermediate List. Since 1926 KNEA has published a list off recommended books by reading level as a service for school librarians and classroom teachers. Congratulations Bea! Get the book here Learn more about the KNEA Reading Circle here
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!
