With offerings from Weston Woods and productions about conservation and immigration, these works both entertain and break down complex topics for educators and students.

These three disparate middle grade titles that feature plotlines informed by pandemics are especially relevant in the age of COVID-19.

This collection of true life stories will certainly provide comfort and guidance to anyone trying to articulate and express their identity, but may also broaden the horizons of those around them and perhaps help the world become a more positive and inclusive place where everyone may feel valued.

Whether it's spring, when we first noticed these books, or summer, winter, or fall, offering children a way to look at the world that makes them appreciate and want to protect it may help guarantee its future, and theirs.