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36 Great New Titles, Plus Fiction Series Made Simple | Starred Reviews, May 2025
Rebecca Stead's first picture book and an audiobook of the latest Renée Watson title make the list, along with several back-to-school books.
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DecodablesSamatte, Sandra. Drumbeat Decodable Book Collection. Lee & Low/Bepob. p. 44. Thompson,Kim. My Fiction Decodable Readers. Crabtree/Little Honey. p. 46.
Chapter BooksAtinuke. Love from Anna Hibiscus! illus. by Lauren Tobia. Candlewick. p. 55. Cole, David. The Spelling Bee Showdown. illus. by Matty Mitchell. Common Deer Pr. p. 58. Gephart, Donna & Lori Haskins Houran. The Woofmore on Thin Ice. illus. by Josh Cleland. Abrams/Amulet. p. 66. Henkes, Kevin. Still Sal. Greenwillow. p. 67.
Middle GradeHIGUERA, Donna Barba. The Unlikely Aventuras of Ramón and El Cucuy: An Illustrated Chapter Book. illus. by Juliana Perdomo. Abrams/Amulet. p. 75. STEWART, Martin. Bridget Vanderpuff. illus. by David Habben. Penguin Workshop. p. 79.
Hi-LoBradford, Chris, Gillian Cross, Alan Gibbons, Brian Patten & Chris Priestly. Everyone Can Be a Reader. Union Square Kids. p. 82.
Graphic NovelsEaton, Maxwell. Lost at Sea. Roaring Brook. p. 88. Moyle,Sabrina. Comet Together! illus.by Eunice Moyle. Abrams/Fanfare. p. 86. Ramm, Meggie. Cooking Contest! Abrams/Fanfare. p. 87. Scrivan, Maria. Nat a Chance: A Graphic Novel. Scholastic/Graphix. p. 90. Smart, Jamie. Welcome to Animal Island. DK. p. 87. Turnbloom, Lucas. Steve L. McEvil and the Twisted Sister. Crown. p. 90.
YABartlett, Jordan H. Queendom Come. CamCat. p. 92. Ma, Diana. Force of Chaos. Abrams/Amulet. p. 94. Miller, Keith F. Togetha. HarperCollins. p. 94. Patel, Sajni. A Touch of Blood. Rick Riordan Presents. p. 94. Reintgen, Scott. A Burning in the Bones. Atheneum/McElderry. p. 95. |
Back-to-School
Broach, Elise. Bulldozer Goes to School. illus. by Kelly Murphy. Little, Brown.
CampBell, Chelsea M. When You Go to Dragon School. illus. by Charlene Chua. Feiwel & Friends.
Hegedus, Bethany. Batter Up for the First Day of School! illus. by Nomar Perez. Viking.
Ward, Lindsay. Sunnyside School: A Community Helpers Book. HarperCollins.
Young, Jessica. Today at School: With Yesterday and Tomorrow. illus. by Renée Kurilla. Knopf.
Picture Books
Bell, Davina. What to Do When You’re Not Sure What to Do. illus. by Hilary Jean Tapper. Little, Brown.
Brown, Peter. The Wild Robot on the Island. Little, Brown.
Sharpson, Neil. Don’t Trust Fish. illus. by Dan Santat. Dial.
Stead, Rebecca. Anything. illus. by Gracey Zhang. Chronicle.
Vail, Rachel. You and Me, Anemone: A Story About Friendship and Personal Space. illus. by Chris Raschka. Greenwillow.
Transitional Books
Haydu, Corey Ann. Zoomi and Zoe and the Sibling Situation. illus. by Anne Appert. Quirk.
Pizzoli, Greg. Earl & Worm #2: The Big Mess and Other Stories. Knopf.
Middle Grade
Grant, Vicki. Death by Whoopee Cushion. Tundra.
Nayeri, Daniel. The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story. Levine Querido.
Paulino, Jasminne. The Extraordinary Orbit of Alex Ramirez. Putnam.
YA
Hartman, Rachel. Among Ghosts. Random.
Khalilieh, Jackie. You Started It. Tundra.
Lee, Susan. The Romance Rivalry. HarperCollins.
Oppel, Kenneth. Best of All Worlds. Scholastic.
Power, Rory. Kill Creatures. Delacorte.
Reiss, Rachel. Out of Air. Wednesday Bks.
Soto, Julie. The Thrashers. Wednesday Bks.
Nonfiction
Locke,Katherine & Nicole Melleby, eds. Athlete Is Agender: True Stories of LGBTQ+ People in Sports. Little, Brown/Christy Ottaviano.
McCully, Emily Arnold. The Eclipse of 1919: How Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity Changed Our World. Little, Brown/Christy Ottaviano.
Pendreigh, Kirsten. What Fish Are Saying: Strange Sounds in the Ocean. illus. by Katie Melrose. Sourcebooks/eXplore.
Tagholm, Sarah. We Are the Wibbly! illus. by Jane McGuinness. Bloomsbury.
Audio
Browne, Mahogany L. A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe. narrated by Mahogany L. Browne, Emana Rachelle & others. Listening Library.
Burkaw, Shane & Hannah Burkaw. Interabled: True Stories About Love and Disability from Squirmy & Grubs and Other Interabled Couples. narrated by Shane Burcaw, Hannah Burkaw & others. Macmillan.
Deedy, Carmen Agra. The Library Dragon: 30th Anniversary Edition. narrated by Carmen Agra Deedy. Dreamscape Media.
de la Peña, Matt. Home. narrated by Matt de la Peña. Listening Library.
Egan, Leanne. Lover Birds. narrated by Julia Cranney. Scholastic Audio.
Falcone, Ben. What’s Scarier Than Thunder? narrated by Ben Falcone. Listening Library.
Marianayagam, Maria. No Purchase Necessary. narrated by Rama Krishna Vallury. HarperAudio.
Poleksic, Jelena. A Sick History of Medicine: A Warts-and-All Book Full of Fun Facts and Disgusting Discoveries. narrated by Tim Campbell. Macmillan Young Listeners.
Rhodes, Jewell Parker. Will’s Race for Home. narrated by Christopher Hampton. Hachette Audio.
Watson, Renée. All the Blues in the Sky. narrated by Bahni Turpin. Bloomsbury.
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