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32 Top Selections from Angeline Boulley, Jonathan Van Ness, and Others | Starred Reviews, September 2025
This month's picks include a YA novel and an audiobook from Tiffany D. Jackson, a biography about Sally Ride, and more.
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The Giving Flower: The Story of the Poinsettia (Dobbs)©2025 by Emily Mendoza |
Holidays
Barry, Robert. Mr. Willowby’s Head Over Heels Christmas. illus. by Sue DiCicco. Doubleday.
Petty, Dev. Elmore and the Big Christmas Rescue. illus. by Mike Boldt. Doubleday.
Rex, Adam. The 13th Day of Christmas. Holiday House/Neal Porter.
Tavares, Matt. Dasher and the Polar Bear. Candlewick.
Spanish
Dobbs, Alda P. The Giving Flower: The Story of the Poinsettia. illus. by Emily Mendoza. Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky.
Dobbs, Alda P. La flor generosa: La Historia de la flor de Nochebuena. illus. by Emily Mendoza. Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky.
García McCall, Guadalupe. El otoño de las luciérnagas. Lee & Low/Tu Bks.
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A Place for Us (Ransome)©2025 by James Ransome |
Picture Books
Anatol, Giselle. Small-Girl Zora and the Shower of Stories: A Tall Tale Based on the Life and Work of Zora Neale Hurston. illus. by Raissa Figueroa. Viking.
Peña, Zeke. Sundust. Penguin/Kokila.
Ransome, James. A Place for Us. Penguin/Nancy Paulsen.
Middle Grade
Smith, Sherri L. Candace, the Universe, and Everything. Putnam.
YA
Arnot, Zanni L. A Guide to Falling Off the Map. Scholastic.
Boulley, Angeline. Sisters in the Wind. Holt.
Jackson, Tiffany D. The Scammer. HarperCollins/Quill Tree.
Graphic Novels
Benton, Summer. Zilbo’s Forest: What’s Up with That? HarperAlley.
Campbell, Scott. Cabin Head and Tree Head. Tundra.
Mushin, Steve. Ultrawild: An Audacious Plan for Rewilding Every City on Earth. Lerner/Graphic Universe.
Podesta, Bobby. North For the Winter. First Second.
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Matisse: Magician of Color (Desierto)©2025 by Derek Desierto |
Nonfiction
Barr, Catherine. The Colors of Nature. illus. by Chaaya Prabhat. Bloomsbury.
Desierto, Derek. Matisse: Magician of Color. Feiwel & Friends.
Fitzharris, Lindsey. Dead Ends! Flukes, Flops & Failures That Sparked Medical Marvels. illus. by Adrian Teal. Bloomsbury.
Lloyd, Christopher, ed. Britannica All New Kids’ Encyclopedia: Updated Edition - What We Know & What We Don’t. illus. by Mark Ruffle & Jack Tite. What On Earth Bks.
Mangal, Mélina & Sun Yung Shin. Revolutions Are Made of Love: The Story of James Boggs and Grace Lee Boggs. illus. by Leslie Barlow. Lerner/Carolrhoda.
Pérez, Jackie. Sally Ride: Breaking Barriers and Defying Gravity. ABC-CLIO.
Powers, Andie. Wild Moon: How the Lunar Phases Light Up Our World. illus. by Lucy Rose. Gibbs Smith.
Audio
Ancrum, K. The Corruption of Hollis Brown. narrated by Andrew Gibson. HarperAudio.
Davis, DeAndra. All the Noise at Once. narrated by André Santana. S. & S. Audio.
Downing, Erin Soderberg. What Happened Then. narrated by Kate Coventry, Pete Cross & Cassandra Morris. Scholastic Audio.
Jackson, Tiffany D. Blood in the Water. narrated by Keylor Leigh. Scholastic Audio.
Kaur, Xan. When Devils Sing. narrated by Jennifer Pickens & others. Macmillan Young Listeners.
Mackay, Jack. Gloam. narrated by Charlie Sanderson. Listening Library.
Van Ness, Jonathan & Julie Murphy. Let Them Stare. narrated by Jonathan Van Ness & Jeremy Arthur. HarperAudio.
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