Santa’s First Christmas (Barnett) ©2024 by Sydney Smith

Holidays

Bait, Nati. Uri and the King of Darkness: A Hanukkah Story. illus. by Carmel Ben Ami. Kalaniot. 

Barnett, Mac. Santa’s First Christmas. illus. by Sydney Smith. Viking. 

Fox, Kate Allen. Winter Solstice Wish. illus. by Elisa Paganelli. Beaming Bks. 

Herz, Henry, ed. The Festival of Lights: 16 Hanukkah Stories. Albert Whitman. 

Hulse, Patrick. At Our Table. illus. by Madelyn Goodnight. Little, Brown. 

Kinew, Wab. An Anishinaabe Christmas. illus. by Erin Hill. Tundra. 

Klostermann, Penny Parker. Merry Christmas, Dear Mars. illus. by Estrela Lourenço. Macmillan/Godwin. 

Mlynowski, Sarah. A Dragon for Hanukkah. illus. by Ariel Landy. Scholastic/Orchard. 

Schaefer, Lola M. & Lisa Eickholdt. Merry Christmas, Zoo. illus. by Laura Watkins. Chronicle. 

Smith, Lane. A Stickler Christmas. Random House Studio.

Yolen, Jane & Heidi E. Y. Stemple. We Celebrate the Light. illus. by Jieting Chen. Penguin Workshop/Rise X.

There's a Ghost in the Garden (Maclear) ©2024 by Katty Maurey

Picture Books

Donaldson, Julia. Jonty Gentoo: The Adventures of a Penguin. illus. by Axel Scheffler. Scholastic. 

Elbayya, Hazar. My Olive Tree. Random/Anne Schwartz. 

Maclear, Kyo. There’s a Ghost in the Garden. illus. by Katty Maurey. Enchanted Lion. 

Mello, Roger. Griso: The One and Only. Archipelago/Elsewhere Eds. 

Mepani, Kusum. Meena’s Saturday. illus. by Yasmeen Ismail. Penguin/Kokila. 

Perkins, Mitali. Between My Hands. illus. by Naveen Selvanathan. Farrar. 

Sorell, Traci. On Powwow Day. illus. by Madelyn Goodnight. Charlesbridge. 

Transitional Books

Tabor, Corey R. Fox Plays Ball. Greenwillow. 

Middle Grade

Gordon, Kate. Spirals and Stars. Wombat. 

Hoffman, Alice. When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary. Candlewick. 

LeZotte, Ann Clare. Deer Run Home. Scholastic. 

Mcbride, Amber. Onyx & Beyond. Feiwel & Friends. 

Smith, Heather. Tig. Tundra.

YA

Bou-Montes, Louangie. Till the Last Beat of My Heart. HarperCollins.

Maysonet, Melody. What We Wish For. Blackstone. 

Thomas, Aiden. Celestial Monsters. Feiwel & Friends. 

Zail, Suzy. Inkflower. Walker Australia.

Graphic Novels

Aguirre, Jorge. Monster Locker. illus. by Andrés Vera Martínez. First Second. 

Chan, Ruth. Uprooted: A Memoir About What Happens When Your Family Moves Back. Roaring Brook. 

Drozd, Jerzy. The Inscrutable Doctor Baer and the Case of the Two-Faced Statue. Iron Circus.

Frakes, Colleen. Knots. HarperAlley. 

Goetter, Sara. Bitsy & Boozle Tell a Story! illus. by Natalie Riess. HarperAlley. 

Sook, Kim Hyun. No Rules Tonight. illus. by Ryan Estrada. Penguin Workshop. 

As Edward Imagined: A Story of Edward Gorey in Three Acts (Burgess) ©2024 by Marc Majewski

Nonfiction

Admoni, Henny. Robots: Explore the World of Robotics and AI. illus. by Amy Grimes. Neon Squid.

Burgess, Matthew. As Edward Imagined: A Story of Edward Gorey in Three Acts. illus. by Marc Majewski. Knopf. 

Harris, Quartez. Go Tell It: How James Baldwin Became a Writer. illus. by Gordon C. James. Little, Brown. 

Marwan, Zahra. The Sunflowers: Vincent van Gogh’s Search for Beauty. Feiwel & Friends. 

Ray, Mary Lyn. When You Find the Right Rock. illus. by Felicita Sala. Chronicle. 

Rocha, Charlene & Mary Beth Leatherdale. You Can Be an Activist: How to Use Your Strengths and Passions to Make a Difference. illus. by Drew Shannon. Kids Can. 

Salomon, Nadia. A Voice of Hope: The Myrlie Evers-Williams Story. illus. by London Ladd. Philomel. 

Spiro, Ruth. How to Explain Robotics to a Grown-Up. illus. by Teresa Martínez. Charlesbridge. 

Swanson, Jennifer. Up Periscope! How Engineer Raye Montague Revolutionized Shipbuilding. illus. by Veronica Miller Jamison. Little, Brown. 

Westerfeld, Scott. Before You Were Here: Where We Come From, What We’re Made Of, and How We Got Here. illus. by Jessica Lanan. Roaring Brook. 

Games

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Square Enix.

Mario vs. Donkey Kong. Nintendo.