16 Choice Selections from Avi, Dav Pilkey, and More | Web Starred Reviews, November 2025

A fantasy series opener by Chanel Miller and a picture book from the newest Reading Rainbow host Mychal Threets are featured in November's web stars.

I'm So Happy You're Here: A Celebration of Library Joy (Threets) ©2026 by Lorraine Nam


Picture Books 

BARLOW, Charnelle Pinkney. Two Artists, Grandad and Me. Doubleday. ISBN 9780593571224. 

CHOI, Sook-Hee. You Are a Burst of Color. tr. from Korean by Jieun Kiaer & Sarah Kiaer. Charlesbridge. ISBN 9781623545642. 

CORDELL, Matthew. 102. Little, Brown. ISBN 9780316580953.  

GOPAL, Jyoti Rajan. Arctic Adventure: A Tundra Tale. illus. by Alexandra Cook. Feiwel & Friends. ISBN 9781250385444. 

HARRIS, Shawn. Let’s Be Bees. Holiday House/Neal Porter. ISBN 9780823457090. 

LUYKEN, Corinna. The Arguers. Penguin/Rocky Pond. ISBN 9781984814425.  

THREETS, Mychal. I’m So Happy You’re Here: A Celebration of Library Joy. illus. by Lorraine Nam. Random. ISBN 9798217026029. 

WANLESS, Kathryn. What Do We Do In Preschool? Red Comet. ISBN 9781636551630. 
 

Middle Grade 

AVI. The Road from NowhereScholastic. ISBN 9781546179474. 

BIDANIA, V.T. A Year Without Home. Penguin/Nancy Paulsen. ISBN 9780593697207.  

MILLER, Chanel. The Moon Without Stars. Philomel. ISBN 9780593624555. 

 

YA 

BOWEN, Natasha. Call of the Dragon. Random. ISBN 9780593898154. 

STOEVE, Ray. Worst-Case Scenario. Abrams/Amulet. ISBN 9781419764998. 

 

Graphic Novels 

PILKEY, Dav. Dog Man: Big Jim Believes. Scholastic/Graphix. ISBN 9781546176183. 

 

Nonfiction 

DONNELLY, Patrick. Basketball Records That Will Be Tough to Beat. (Unbreakable Sports Records?). Mitchell Lane. ISBN 9798892607230. 

THAI, Chi. The Endless Sea. illus. by Linh Dao. Candlewick. ISBN 9781536239607. 

 

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