From the top: Sobel's First Day, Hooray! illus. by Nabila Adani;  Oso's My Hair Is a Book. illus. by London Ladd;  White's Brave Like Fireweed. illus. by Jesse White

Back-to-School

SOBEL, June. First Day, Hooray! illus. by ­Nabila Adani. HarperCollins/Clarion. 

Picture Books

HRAB, Naseem. How to Staycation Like a Snail. illus. by Kelly Collier. Owlkids. 

LUKOFF, Kyle. I’m Sorry You Got Mad. illus. by Julie Kwon. Dial.

OSO, Maisha. My Hair Is a Book. illus. by London Ladd. HarperCollins.

WHITE, Jesse. Brave Like Fireweed. Union Square & Co.

Middle Grade

BAPTISTE, Tracey. Boy 2.0. Algonquin. 

COLE, Olivia A. The Empty Place. Little, Brown. 

EDGMON, H.E. The Flicker. Feiwel & Friends. 

NGUYEN, Doan Phuong. A Two-Placed Heart. illus. by Olga Lee. Lee & Low/Tu Bks. 

POLONSKY, Ami. Every Story Ever Told. Little, Brown. 

RUNDELL, Katherine. Impossible Creatures. illus. by Ashley Mackenzie. Knopf. 

YA

HOLLIS, Myah. Not About a Boy. HarperTeen.

HOPKINS, Ellen. Sync. Penguin/Nancy Paulsen. 

NELSON, Jandy. When the World Tips Over. Dial. 

RIBAY, Randy. Everything We Never Had. Penguin/Kokila. 

SEPETYS, Ruta & Steve Sheinkin. The Bletchley Riddle. Viking. 

STRINGFIELD, Ravynn K. Love Requires ­Chocolate. Random/Joy Revolution. 

Graphic Novels

HUNSINGER, Emma. How It All Ends. Greenwillow. 

KOCHALKA, James. Jimmy’s Elbow. Top Shelf.

RATHGEBER, Trina. Lost at Windy River: A True Story of Survival. illus. by Alina Pete. Orca. 

WHITLEY, Jeremy. Navigating with You. illus. by Cassio Ribeiro. Mad Cave Studios. 

WILLIAMS, Lesley. It’s Her Story: Mae Jemison. illus. by Brooke O’Neill. PI Kids/Sunbird. 

Clockwise from the top: LeBox's Mother Aspen: A Story of How Forests Cooperate and Communicate. illus. by Crystal Smith;  Winter's It Happened in Salem. illus. by Brad Holland; Larsen's Gifts from the Garbage Truck: A True Story About the Things We (Don’t) Throw Away. illus. by Oriol Vidal

Nonfiction

ALONSO, Nathalie. Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos. illus. by Rudy Gutierrez. Astra/Calkins Creek. 

ARMITAGE, Dan. Let’s Learn to Fish!: Everything You Need to Know to Start Freshwater Fishing. Storey. 

DYSON, Michael Eric & Marc Favreau. Represent: The Unfinished Fight for the Vote. Little, Brown. 

GREEN, Harold, III. Words Are My Superpower: A Kid’s Guide to Affirmations, Mantras, and Positive Thinking. illus. by Andrea Pippins. Running Pr. 

LARSEN, Andrew. Gifts from the Garbage Truck: A True Story About the Things We (Don’t) Throw Away. illus. by Oriol Vidal. Sourcebooks/Explore.

LEBOX, Annette. Mother Aspen: A Story of How Forests Cooperate and Communicate. illus. by Crystal Smith. Groundwood. 

ROBESON, Teresa. Clouds in Space: Nebulae, Stardust, and Us. illus. by Diana Renzina. MIT Kids. 

ROTNER, Shelley. Nature Spy Guide. Lerner/Millbrook. 

WINTER, Jonah. It Happened in Salem. illus. by Brad Holland. Creative Eds.