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35 of the Best New Titles, Including a New YA from Ibi Zoboi | Starred Reviews, February 2025
This month showcases excellent titles in poetry, including a book illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Doug Salati, as well as several graphic novels, including a new one from Raina Telgemeier.
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Mrs. Nobody (Lee) ©2025 by Marie Lafrance |
Picture Books
Alper, Sascha. The Littlest Drop. illus. by Jerry Pinkney & Brian Pinkney. Random/Anne Schwartz.
Barnes, Brynne. Black Boy, Rise. illus. by Bryan Collier. Chronicle
Lam, Thao. Everybelly. Groundwood.
Lee, Y.S. Mrs. Nobody. illus. by Marie Lafrance. Groundwood.
Schwartz, Joanne. Head Full of Clouds. illus. by Afsaneh Sanei. Tundra.
Tagaq, Tanya. I Would Give You My Tail. illus. by Qavavau Manumie. Tundra.
Transitional Books
Bailey, Jenn. Henry’s Picture-Perfect Day. illus. by Mika Song. Chronicle.
Cypess, Leah. The Truth About the Tooth Fairy. illus. by Sarah Lynne Reul. Abrams/Amulet.
Pizzoli, Greg. Earl & Worm #1: The Bad Idea and Other Stories. Knopf.
Middle Grade
Cuevas, Adrianna. What Fell from the Sky. Farrar.
Mullarky, Alex. The Edge of the Silver Sea. Floris/Kelpies.
Smith, Linda Joan. The Peach Thief. Candlewick.
Watson, Renée. All the Blues in the Sky. Bloomsbury.
YA
Bonnin, Elisa A. Lovely Dark and Deep. Feiwel & Friends.
Le, Vanessa. His Mortal Demise. Roaring Brook.
Rose, Elle Gonzalez. The Girl You Know. Bloomsbury.
Silver, Josh. Dead Happy. Delacorte.
Smith, Sasha Peyton. The Rose Bargain. HarperCollins.
Taylor, Emily J. The Otherwhere Post. Putnam.
Zoboi, Ibi. (S)Kin. HarperCollins/Versify.
Graphic Novels
Algarmi, Wahab. Almost Sunset. HarperAlley.
Angleberger, Tom. Dino Poet. Abrams/Fanfare.
Emberley, Michael. Night Light. Holiday House.
Healy, Kay. Casey’s Cases: The Mysterious New Girl. Holiday House/Neal Porter.
Osborne, Mary Pope. Magic Tree House Fact Tracker Graphic Novel: Dinosaurs. adapt. by Jenny Laird. illus. by Jomike Tejido. Random.
Stuart, Dean. Cassi and the House of Memories. Viking.
Telgemeier, Raina & Scott McCloud. The Cartoonists Club. illus. by Raina Telgemeier, Scott McCloud & Ray Baehr. Scholastic/Graphix.
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Dreams to Ashes: The 1871 Los Angeles Chinatown Massacre (Blackburne) © by Nicole Xu |
Nonfiction
Alznauer, Amy. The Five Sides of Marjorie Rice: How to Discover a Shape. illus. by Anna Bron. Candlewick.
Blackburne, Livia. Dreams to Ashes: The 1871 Los Angeles Chinatown Massacre. illus. by Nicole Xu. Lerner/Carolrhoda.
Estes, Fred. Design Thinking: A Guide to Innovation. Twenty-First Century.
Hevron, Amy. Poo Pile on the Prairie. S. & S./Beach Lane.
Leiren-Young, Mark. Octopus Ocean: Geniuses of the Deep. Orca.
Gaming
Venture Society. 9th Level Games.
Poetry
Burgess, Matthew. Words with Wings and Magic Things. illus. by Doug Salati. Tundra.
Levy, Debbie. Photo Ark 1-2-3: An Animal Counting Book in Poetry and Pictures. photos by Joel Sartore. National Geographic Kids.
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