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42 Not-To-Miss Titles, Including Manga and Audio | Starred Reviews, November 2024
November's starred offerings include nonfiction by Kwame Alexander and Andrea Davis Pinkney, as well as a professional reading title about Judy Blume.
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Sally’s Snow Day (Larsen) ©2024 by Dawn Lo |
Picture Books
Larsen, Andrew. Sally’s Snow Day. illus. by Dawn Lo. Orca.
Ludin, Airien. Loose Threads. A Story About Me, Mom, and Dad. Clavis.
Tolentino, Marcelo. Sunday. Blue Dot.
Transitional Books
Watkins,Lala. Hello, Sun! Random.
Middle Grade
Leahy, Elisa Stone. Mallory in Full Color. HarperCollins/Quill Tree.
Rhodes, Jewell Parker. Will’s Race for Home. Little, Brown.
Venkatraman, Padma. Safe Harbor. Penguin/Nancy Paulsen.
Watkins, Steve. Wolves at the Door. Scholastic.
YA
Comerford, Helen. The Love Interest. Bloomsbury YA.
Jaigirdar, Adiba. Rani Choudhury Must Die. Feiwel & Friends.
Graphic Novels
Cho, Tina. The Other Side of Tomorrow. illus. by Deb JJ Lee. HarperAlley.
Mukwa, Cameron. The Ribbon Skirt. Scholastic/Graphix.
Pearson, Luke. Hilda and Twig: Hide from the Rain. Flying Eye.
van Lieshout, Maria. Song of a Blackbird. First Second.
Visaggio, Magdalene. Girlmode. illus. by Paulina Ganucheau. HarperCollins.
Manga
Shinkai, Makoto. Suzume. illus. by Denki Amashima. Kodansha/Vertical.
Yuki, Ikeda. Thunder 3, Vol. 1. Kodansha/Vertical.
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And She Was Loved: Toni Morrison’s Life in Stories (Pinkney) ©2025 by Daniel Minter |
Nonfiction
Alexander, Kwame. How Sweet the Sound. illus. by Charly Palmer. Little, Brown.
Auld, Mary. Tiny Floating Coral. illus. by La Scarlatte. Abrams/Red Comet.
Havrelock, Deidre. The Heartbeat Drum: The Story of Carol Powder, Cree Drummer and Activist. illus. by Aphelandra. Abrams.
Hokkanen, Mirka. Little Seasons: Autumn Leaves. Odd Dot.
Langholtz, Gabrielle. A World of Flavor: A Celebration of Food and Recipes from Around the Globe. illus. by Tania García Jimenez. Phaidon.
Pinkney, Andrea Davis. And She Was Loved: Toni Morrison’s Life in Stories. illus. by Daniel Minter. Little, Brown.
Poliquin, Rachel. I Am Wind: An Autobiography. illus. by Rachel Wada. Penguin/Tundra.
Spring, William. Evolution: A Celebration of Beautiful Animals. Candlewick/Big Picture.
Wood, Chelsea L. Power to the Parasites! illus. by Dave Mottram. Macmillan/Godwin.
Yasuda, Anita. Up, Up, Ever Up! Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains. illus. by Yuko Shimizu. HarperCollins/Clarion.
Professional Reading
Bergstein, Rachelle. The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us. Atria/One Signal.
Calzada, Becky, Val Edwards, Maegan Coffin Heindel. Prepared Libraries, Empowered Teams: A Workbook for Navigating Intellectual Freedom Challenges Together. ALA Editions.
Muñoz-Díaz,Javier, Kathia Ibacache Leila Gómez. Indigenous Materials in Libraries and the Curriculum: Latin American and Latinx Sources. Routledge.
Reference
Hudson, David L. The Handy Civics Answer Book: How to be a Good Citizen. Visible Ink.
Starks, Glenn L. 100 Black Women Who Shaped America: Their Legacy. Bloomsbury.
Audio
Águila, María Dolores. Barrio Rising: The Protest That Built Chicano Park. narrated by Victoria Villarreal. Listening Library.
Baptiste, Tracey. Boy 2.0. narrated by Ariel Blake. Hachette Audio.
Dorado Romo, David. Borderlands and the Mexican American Story. narrated by Victoria Villarreal. Listening Library.
Duncan, Violet. Buffalo Dreamer. narrated by Ashley Callingbull. Listening Library.
Fahmy, Huda. Huda F Are You? narrated by Huda Fahmy & Full Cast. Listening Library.
Fahmy, Huda. Huda F Cares? narrated by Huda Fahmy & Full Cast. Listening Library.
McBride, Amber. Onyx Beyond. narrated by André Santana. Macmillan Young Listeners.
Ostertag, Molly Knox. The Deep Dark: A Graphic Novel. narrated by Eva Reign, Elena Rey, Annette Amelia Oliviera & Full Cast. Scholastic Audio.
Reynolds, Jason. Twenty-Four Seconds from Now…: A LOVE Story. narrated by Guy Lockard. S. & S. Audio.
Williams, Kalela. Tangleroot. narrated by Maggie Thompson. Macmillan Young Listeners.
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