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34 Fantastic Books | Starred Reviews, February 2020
Essential and exceptional titles reviewed in our February 2020 issue, including picture books, middle grade, YA, nonfiction, and graphic novels for children and teens.
Picture Books
Alemagna, Beatrice. Things That Go Away. Abrams.
Anderson, Beth. Lizzie Demands a Seat!: Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights. illus. by E. B. Lewis. Calkins Creek.
Brown, Margaret Wise. Two Little Trains. illus. by Greg Pizzoli. HarperCollins/Harper.
Cole, Henry. One Little Bag: An Amazing Journey. Scholastic.
Jarvis. Follow Me, Flo! Candlewick.
Jayawardhana, Ray. Child of the Universe. illus. by Raul Colón. Make Me a World.
Lebeuf, Darren. My Ocean Is Blue. illus. by Ashley Barron. Kids Can.
Levis, Caron. This Way, Charlie. illus. by Charles Santoso. Abrams.
Oswald, Pete. Hike. Candlewick.
Pintadera, Fran. Why Do We Cry? tr. from Spanish by Mihaila Petricic. illus. by Ana Sender. Kids Can.
Raúl the Third. ¡Vamos! Let’s Go Eat. Versify.
Sammurtok, Nadia. In My Anaana’s Amautik. illus. by Lenny Lishchenko. Inhabit Media.
Uyá, Nívola & Marc Ayats. Bathing in the Forest. tr. from Spanish by Jon Brokenbrow. illus. by Nívola Uyá. Cuento de Luz.
Middle Grade
Carter, Ally. Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor. HMH.
Farquhar, Polly. Itch. Holiday House.
Gino, Alex. Rick. Scholastic.
Oliver, Lauren. The Magnificent Monsters of Cedar Street. illus. by Ethan Alridge. HarperCollins.
Oppel, Kenneth. Bloom. Knopf.
Sage, Angie. Twilight Hauntings. HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen Bks.
Shepherd, Andy. The Boy Who Grew Dragons. illus. by Sara Ogilvie. Yellow Jacket.
YA
Garvin, Jeff. The Lightness of Hands. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray.
Mabry, Samantha. Tigers, Not Daughters. Algonquin.
Graphic Novels
Brown, Don. Machines That Think! Abrams/Amulet.
Feder, Tyler. Dancing at the Pity Party. Dial.
Jamieson, Victoria & Omar Mohamed. When Stars Are Scattered. illus. by Victoria Jamieson. Dial.
Nonfiction
Barnes, Derrick. Who Got Game?: Baseball: Amazing but True Stories! illus. by John John Bajet. Workman.
Gurtler, Janet, ed. You Too?: 25 Voices Share Their #MeToo Stories. Inkyard.
Hasak-Lowy, Todd. We Are Power: How Nonviolent Activism Changed the World. Abrams.
Marsh, Sarah Glenn. Alice Across America: The Story of the First Women’s Cross-Country Road Trip. illus. by Gilbert Ford. Holt.
Mortensen, Lori. Nonsense! The Curious Story of Edward Gorey. illus. by Chloe Bristol. Versify.
Peterson, Ellie. The Reason for the Seasons. Boyds Mills.
Slade, Suzanne. Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks. illus. by Cozbi A. Cabrera. Abrams.
Stevenson, Robin. Pride: The Celebration and the Struggle. Orca.
Weatherford, Carole Boston. BOX: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom. illus. by Michele Wood. Candlewick.
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