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Handicapping the Newbery and Caldecott awards is a favorite pastime (blood sport?) among aficionados of books for children and teens. We gather in hallways, on blogs, around water coolers, to [...]

Once upon a time, in 1899, what would become the Stratemeyer Syndicate published The Rover Boys at School, the first book in its first series for young readers. Stratemeyer eventually [...]

Many of us who read and consider books for young people in some professional capacity know group book discussion to be one of the most rewarding parts of the job. [...]

The three-hankie middle grade novel is a literary tradition as old as time (or at least as old as Charlotte's Web). Some of these novels consider the sorts of grief, [...]

* Where the Heart Is by Jo Knowles Intermediate, Middle School Candlewick 294 pp. g 4/19 978-1-5362-0003-4 $16.99 On Rachel's thirteenth birthday, new neighbors move in, affluent dilettante 'farmers' who [...]

Hello by Fiona Woodcock; illus. by the author Preschool Greenwillow 40 pp. 5/19 978-0-06-264456-6 $17.99 In Look (rev. 7/18), Woodcock strung together a series of words with double os, more [...]

Checked by Cynthia Kadohata; read by John Kroft Intermediate, Middle School Recorded Books Rev. 5/18 7 CDs 7.75 hrs. 978-1-5019-8278-1 $20.99 Conor MacRae's life is consumed with elite hockey. Nothing [...]

Phone Call with a Fish by Silvia Vecchini; illus. by Sualzo Primary, Intermediate Eerdmans 48 pp. g 9/18 978-0-8028-5510-7 $17.00 When a new boy turns up at school--a boy who [...]

Me and My Fear by Francesca Sanna; illus. by the author Primary Nobrow/Flying Eye 32 pp. 9/18 978-1-911 171-53-9 $17.95 This follow-up to The Journey (rev. 3/17), about a refugee [...]

* Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams by Lesa Cline-Ransome; illus. by James E. Ransome Primary, Intermediate Wiseman/Simon 48 pp. 7/18 978-1-4814-7684-3 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-4814-7685-0 $10.99 [...]

How to Knit a Monster by Annemarie van Haeringen; illus. by the author Primary Clarion 32 pp. 8/18 978-1-328-84210-7 $17.99 Two popular picture-book subjects, knitting and monsters, get an unlikely, [...]

The Grand Expedition by Emma Adbage; illus. by the author; trans. from the Swedish by Annie Prime Primary Enchanted Lion 32 pp. 4/18 978-1-59270-245-9 $16.95 Two towheaded children plan and [...]

Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners by Naomi Shihab Nye Middle School Greenwillow 208 pp. g 2/18 978-0-06-269184-2 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-0-06-269186-6 $9.99 Many of Nye's ninety-four original poems [...]

Extraordinary Birds by Sandy Stark-McGinnis Intermediate Bloomsbury 216 pp. g 4/19 978-1-5476-0100-4 $16.99 Eleven-year-old December Lee Morgan is changing houses. Again. One more foster family has had it with her [...]

Side Tracked by Diana Harmon Asher; read by John Kroft Intermediate, Middle School Recorded Books Rev. 7/17 5 CDs 5.75 hrs. 978-1-5019-6338-4 $51.75 For middle-schooler Joseph Friedman (who has ADD), [...]

A Concert in the Park by Kazuaki Yamada; illus. by the author Preschool Minedition 40 pp. g 9/18 978-988-8341-48-1 $18.99 A child brings a harmonica to the park to take [...]

Roger Is Going Fishing by Koen Van Biesen; illus. by the author; trans. from the Dutch by Laura Watkinson Primary Eerdmans 48 pp. 9/17 978-0-8028-5491-9 $16.00 Our story begins on [...]

King of the Sky by Nicola Davies; illus. by Laura Carlin Primary Candlewick 48 pp. 6/17 978-0-7636-9568-2 $17.99 'It rained and rained and rained ... The streets smelled of mutton [...]

* Stay: A Girl, a Dog, a Bucket List by Kate Klise; illus. by M. Sarah Klise Primary Feiwel 32 pp. 7/17 978-1-250-10714-5 $17.99 Astrid (a girl) and Eli (a [...]

The Way Home in the Night by Akiko Miyakoshi; ilius. by the author Preschool Kids Can 32 pp. 4/17 978-1-77138-663-0 $16.95 A mother bunny carries her sleepy bunny through the [...]

* The Journey by Francesca Sanna; illus. by the author Primary Nobrow/Flying Eye 48 pp. 9/16 978-1-909263-99-4 $18.95 In a piercing first-person account, one of the two children in the [...]

Look Up! by Jung Jin-Ho; illus. by the author; trans. from the Korean by Mi Hyun Kim Primary Holiday 40 pp. 10/16 978-0-8234-3652-1 $16.95 e-book ed. 978-0-8234-3728-3 $16.95 A friendly […]

The Patchwork Bike by Maxine Beneba Clarke; illus. by Van Thanh Rudd Primary Candlewick 40 pp. 9/18 978-1-5362-0031-7 $15.99 A child in an unnamed 'village where we live inside our [...]

* Blue Rider by Geraldo Valerio; illus. by the author Primary Groundwood 48 pp. 3/18 978-1-55498-981-2 $19.95 e-book ed. 978-1-55498-982-9 $16.95 In this wordless picture book by Valerio (Turn on [...]

The Rabbit and the Shadow by Melanie Rutten; trans. from the French by Sarah Ardizzone Primary Eerdmans 56 pp. 2/18 978-0-8028-5485-8 $18.00 This long-form French import amounts to a sort [...]

* They Say Blue by Jillian Tamaki; illus. by the author Primary Abrams 40 pp. 3/18 978-1-4197-2851-8 $17.99 A girl considers the wondrousness of the world around her, prompted by [...]

On the Other Side of the Garden by Jairo Buitrago; illus. by Rafael Yockteng; trans. from the Spanish by Elisa Amado Primary Groundwood 56 pp. 3/18 978-1-55498-983-6 $19.95 e-book ed. [...]

First Snow by Bomi Park; illus. by the author Preschool Chronicle 40 pp. 9/16 978-1-4521-5472-5 $15.99 A small child awakens in the middle of a snowy night, bundles up, and [...]

At Night by Helga Bansch; illus. by the author; trans. from the German Preschool Eerdmans 48 pp. 8/16 978-0-8028-5471-1 $14.00 (g) This Austrian import makes something gentle and quizzical of [...]

The Artist and Me by Shane Peacock; illus. by Sophie Casson Primary Owlkids 40 pp. 4/16 978-1-77147-138-1 $16.95 g An elderly gentleman who is compiling a scrapbook of memories looks [...]

The Storm by Akiko Miyakoshi; illus. by the author Primary Kids Can 32 pp. 4/16 978-1-77138-559-6 $16.95 A child's highly anticipated trip to the beach is thwarted by an oncoming [...]

Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman; read by Michael Curran-Dorsano High School Blackstone Audio Rev. 3/15 7 CDs 8.2 hrs. 978-1-4815-3472-7 $59.99 This audiobook version of Shusterman's novel about one young […]

The Tightrope Walkers by David Almond; read by Richard Halverson High School Brilliance Audio Rev. 3/15 7 CDs 9 hrs. 978-1-5012-1619-0 $17.99 In Almond's epic but immediate novel, the trajectory [...]

Traveling Butterflies by Susumu Shingu; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Owlkids 40 pp. 9/15 978-1-77147-148-0 $18.95 g This simple, elegant picture book traces the migration of the monarch butterfly [...]

Sail Away by Langston Hughes; illus. by Ashley Bryan Primary Atheneum 40 pp. 9/15 978-1-4814-3085-2 $17.99 Using his mother's sewing scissors, reproduced on the endpapers as adornments to sailing ships, […]

* Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick; illus. by Sophie Blackall Primary Little, Brown 56 pp. 10/15 978-0-316-32490-8 $18.00 g A little [...]

Nuts to You by Lynne Rae Perkins; read by Jessica Almasy Intermediate Recorded Books Rev. 11/14 3 CDs 2.75 hrs. 978-1-4906-5122-4 $30.75 Part adventure, part fable, part satire, and all [...]

The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley; read by Jayne Entwistle Intermediate Listening Library Rev. 1/15 6 CDs 7.5 hrs. 978-0-553-55651-3 $40.00 Ada escapes a horrid, squalid [...]

The Night World by Mordicai Gerstein; illus. by the author Primary Little, Brown 32 pp. 6/15 978-0-316-18822-7 $18.00 g An unnamed boy and his cat, Sylvie, sneak out of the [...]

In Mary's Garden by Tina Kugler and Carson Kugler; Ulus, by the authors Primary Houghton 32 pp. 3/15 978-0-544-27220-0 $16.99 As a girl, Mary 'was happiest when her hands were […]

Bird & Diz by Gary Golio; Ulus, by Ed Young Primary Candlewick 26 pp. 3/15 978-0-7636-6660-6 $19.99 An impressionistic story of a 'be-bopa-skoodley' friendship comes together in the juxtaposition of […]

My Dog Mouse by Eva Lindstrom; illus. by the author; trans. from the Swedish by Julia Marshall Primary Gecko 32 pp. 8/17 978-1-776571-48-2 $16.99 Mouse the dog is 'old and [...]

Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner; read by Michael Crouch High School Listening Library Rev. 3/17 9 CDs 10.5 hrs. 978-1-5247-0947-1 $55.00 Carver Briggs's life is upended when a text he [...]

A Crack in the Sea by H. M. Bouwman; read by Bahni Turpin and H. M. Bouwman Intermediate, Middle School Listening Library Rev. 5/17 8 CDs 10 hrs. 978-1-5247-5518-8 $50.00 [...]

Storm Horse by Nick Garlick; read by Malk Williams Intermediate, Middle School Recorded Books Rev. 3/17 5 CDs 5 hrs. 978-1-5019-4431-4 $47.00 Orphaned at twelve, Flip is sent from Amsterdam [...]

* My Pictures After the Storm by Eric Veille; illus. by the author; trans. from the French by Daniel Hahn Primary Gecko 32 pp. 3/17 978-1-776571-04-8 $16.99 This subversive French [...]

The Founding Fathers! Those Horse-Ridin', Fiddle-Playin', Book-Readin', Gun-Totin' Gentlemen Who Started America. By Jonah Winter. Illus. by Barry Blitt. 2015.48p. Atheneum, $17.99 (9781442442740); e-book, $17.99 (9781442442757). 973.3. Gr. 3-6. In [...]

In Search of the Little Prince: The Story of Antoine de Saint-Exupery by Bimba Landmann; illus. by the author Primary Eerdmans 40 pp. 1 1/14 978-0-8028-5435-3 $17.00 On the heels [...]

Writer to Writer: From Think to Ink. By Gail Carson Levine. Dec. 2014. 304p. Harper, $16.99 (9780062275301). 808.02. Gr. 5-8. Popular author Levine offers copious writing advice in this companion […]

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson; read by the author Intermediate, Middle School Listening Library Rev. 9/14 4 CDs 4 hrs. 978-0-553-39726-0 $38.00 In this memoir in verse, Woodson offers [...]