18 Outstanding Titles, Including Board Books and Graphic Novels | Web Starred Reviews, January 2025

by SLJ Reviews
Jan 31, 2025 | Filed in News & Features

This month’s starred books include Spanish titles by Matt de la Pena, Juana Medina, Sara Andrea Fajardo, and Kao Kalia Yang.

Home (DE LA PEÑA) ©2025 by Loren Long 

 

Spanish

DE LA PEÑA, Matt. Home.
––––. Hogar. SP ea vol: illus. by Loren Long. Putnam.

FAJARDO, Sara Andrea. Alberto Salas juega a la paka paka con la papa: Únete a la búsqueda con el célebre científico y experto en papas peruano. SP
––––. Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka con la Papa: Join the Quest with Peru’s Famed Scientist and Potato Expert. ea vol: illus. by Juana Martinez-Neal. Roaring Brook.

 

Board Books

FUENTE-LAU, Shuli de la. Becoming Siblings. illus. by Shuli de la Fuente-Lau. Little Feminist.

 

Picture Books

KHAN, Hena. Dark Nights and Light Hearts: A Muslim Book of Opposites. illus. by Mehrdokht Amini. Chronicle.

CATE, Annette LeBlanc. Seven Little Ducklings. illus. by Annette LeBlanc Cate. Candlewick. MAHONEY, Kristin. A Pocket Full of Rocks. illus. by E.B. Goodale. Knopf.

Early Readers

MEDINA, Juana. Juana y Lucas: Grandes problemas. tr. from English by Eida del Risco. illus. by Juana Medina. Candlewick.

 

Middle Grade

ARANGO, Andrea Beatriz. It’s All or Nothing, Vale. Random.

EVERETT, Sarah. The Shape of Lost Things. HarperCollins. HARDINGE, Frances. Island of Whispers. illus. by Emily Gravett. Abrams/Amulet.

HUANG, Gloria L. Kaya of the Ocean. Holiday House.

 

YA

BALDWIN, Erin. Wish You Weren’t Here. Viking.

MONTOYA, Angela. A Cruel Thirst. Random/Joy Revolution. Graphic Novels

HIRSH, Ananth. Buzz!: Color Edition. illus. by Tess Stone. colors by Fen Garza. Oni Pr.

 

Nonfiction - Elementary

COLE, Henry. Mighty: The Story of an Oak Tree Ecosystem. illus. by Henry Cole. Peachtree.

YANG, Kao Kalia. La roca en mi garganta. illus. by Jiemei Lin. Lerner/Carolrhoda. SP

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