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38 Excellent Picks from Roshani Chokshi, Cynthia Rylant, and Dan Santat | Web Starred Reviews, January 2026
These web-exclusive reviews feature books from longtime favorites, award winners, and debut creators.
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Plenty of Pancakes (Finison)©2026 by Brianne Farley |
Spanish
ARMENDIA-SÁNCHEZ, Nydia. Frida Kahlo y su corona de flores. tr. from English by Nydia Armendia-Sánchez. illus. by Loris Lora. PRH Grupo Editorial.
Picture Books
FINISON, Carrie. Plenty of Pancakes. illus. by Brianne Farley. Putnam.
FLORENCE, Melanie. Sarabeth’s Garage. illus. by Nadia Alam. Tundra.
FOGLIANO, Julie. Because of a Shoe. illus. by Marla Frazee. Knopf.
GOLDSAITO, Katrina. When Cherry Blossoms Fall. illus. by Yas Imamura. Little, Brown.
HAWTHORNE, Britt & Tiffany Jewell. Main Street: A Community Story About Redlining. illus. by David Wilkerson. Penguin/Kokila.
MAKHIJANI, Pooja. Bread Is Love. illus. by Lavanya Naidu. Roaring Brook.
MIKAI, Monica. Haircut Day with Dad. Crown.
RYLANT, Cynthia. A Book of Loves. S. & S./Beach Lane.
SAEED, Aisha. You and Me, Baby. illus. by Ebony Glenn. Penguin/Nancy Paulsen.
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BROWN, Monica. Lola Levine and the Dinosaur Scene. illus. by Chelen Ecija. Little, Brown.
STEMPLE, Heidi E.Y. Snowy Owl Rescue: Raptor Recovery. illus. by Natasha Donovan. Charlesbridge.
Middle Grade
BIGNA, Sandy. Little Bones. S. & S.
BRADLEY, Kimberly Brubaker. Phoenix. Dial.
CARNAVAS, Peter. Leo and Ralph. Groundwood.
CISNEROS, Ernesto. Queso, Just in Time. HarperCollins/Quill Tree.
GLASER, Karina Yan. The Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli. HarperCollins.
HALPERN, Jake & Peter Kujawinski. A Tale of Plagues and Perfumes. Roaring Brook.
ROSSELL, Judith. The Midwatch Institute for Wayward Girls. Dial.
SLOAN, Holly Goldberg. Finding Lost. Penguin/Rocky Pond.
WINANS, Justine Pucella. A Little Too Haunted. Bloomsbury.
YA
CHOKSHI, Roshani. The Swan’s Daughter: A Possibly Doomed Love Story. Wednesday Bks.
JOHNSON, Abigail. If You Were Here. HarperCollins/Storytide.
KAUFMAN, Amie & Meagan Spooner. Lady’s Knight. HarperCollins/Storytide.
REYNOLDS, Jason. Soundtrack. Crown.
SPANN, Shannon J. A Stage Set for Villains. Entangled/Mayhem.
TAN, June CL. Brighter Than Nine. HarperCollins/Storytide.
Graphic Novels
SANTAT, Dan. Sashimi. Roaring Brook.
TAKVORIAN, Nadine. Armaveni: A Graphic Novel of the Armenian Genocide. Levine Querido.
TARSHIS, Lauren. I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018. adapt. by Georgia Ball. illus. by Cassie Anderson. Scholastic/Graphix.
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The Curious Life of Cecilia Payne: Discovering the Stuff of Stars (Alary)©2026 by Yas Imamura |
Nonfiction
ALARY, Laura. The Curious Life of Cecilia Payne: Discovering the Stuff of Stars. illus. by Yas Imamura. Eerdmans.
ALEXANDER, Heather. Jane Goodall: 5-Minute Genius. illus. by Sally Walker. Union Square Kids.
DUNCAN, Alice Faye. Blues Boy: The B.B. King Story. illus. by Carl Joe Williams. Greenwillow.
FORDE, Patricia. Making It Up as You Go Along: A Children’s Guide to Writing Stories. illus. by Mary Murphy. Little Island.
HANNIGAN, Kate. Louisa Learns to Write: Louisa May Alcott Creates Little Women. illus. by Sofia Moore. Astra/Calkins Creek.
SMITH, Charles R. Through the Telescope: Mae Jemison Dreams of Space. illus. by Evening Monteiro. Scholastic/Orchard.
Poetry
BROWN-WOOD, JaNay. This Hair Belongs. illus. by Erin K. Robinson. Astra.
Hi-Lo
WALKER, Elizabeth J.M. Delta Oblivion. Orca.
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