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26 Spectacular Titles, Including New Books by Margarita Engle and Susan Dennard | Web Starred Reviews, August 2025
This month’s starred selections include titles about donuts, the women of Norse mythology, the Russo-Ukrainian War, and more.
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Seeds of Discovery: How Barbara McClintock Used Corn and
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Holidays
AGARWAL, Namrata. The Mithai Box Is Not Empty. illus. by Parvati Pillai. Holiday House.
KOTHARI, Dev & Aditi Anand. One Diwali Day. Candlewick.
LYONS, Erica. Lily’s Hong Kong Honey Cake. illus. by Bonnie Pang. Apples & Honey.
Picture Books
BUTTERFIELD, Moira. Welcome to Our Playground: A Celebration of Games Children Play Everywhere. illus. by Harriet Lynas. Nosy Crow.
NAYERI, Daniel. A Knot Is Not a Tangle. illus. by Vesper Stamper. Knopf.
NEWSOME, Malcolm. The Daddy-Daughter Dance. illus. by Jenin Mohammed. Holt.
Middle Grade
BARON, Chris. Spark. Feiwel & Friends.
EDGMON, H.E. Defanged. Feiwel & Friends.
MEJIA, Tehlor Kay. The Better to Eat You With. Delacorte.
YA
COTTINGHAM, Kayla. Extraordinary Quests for Amateur Witches. Delacorte.
DENNARD, Susan. The Executioners Three. Tor Teen.
KELLY, Anita. Donut Summer. HarperCollins/Quill Tree.
NAZEMIAN, Abdi. Exquisite Things. HarperCollins.
NOVOA, Gabe Cole. These Vengeful Gods. Random.
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Just in Case: Saving Seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Clendenan) ©2025 by Brittany Cicchese |
Nonfiction
ALEXANDER, Lori. Seeds of Discovery: How Barbara McClintock Used Corn and Curiosity to Solve a Science Mystery and Win a Nobel Prize. illus. by Rebecca Santo. HarperCollins/Clarion.
CARGILL-MARTIN, Honor. She Speaks: The Women of Norse Myths in Their Own Words. illus. by Pauliina Hannuniemi. Abrams/Magic Cat.
CLENDENAN, Megan. Just in Case: Saving Seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. illus. by Brittany Cicchese. Charlesbridge.
FAGAN, Kirbi. The Big Empty: A Sagebrush Survival Story. illus. by Kirbi Fagan. Lerner/Millbrook.
FITCH, Jada & Katen Kosek. The Forest Revealed: An Illustrated Year. Hachette/Storey.
ISETT, Brian. The Forgotten Teachers: How Nature Wrote the Story of Life. illus. by Claudia Biçen. Enchanted Lion.
LAROCHE, Giles. Extreme Places: The Most Remote Homes on Earth. illus. by Giles Laroche. HarperCollins/Clarion.
LERWILL, Ben & Paula Bossio. The World at Night: Discover the World That Wakes When You Sleep. Buster Bks.
THOMPSON, Ben. Putin vs. Zelensky: The Russo-Ukrainian War: Why It’s Happening and How It All Got Started. Roaring Brook.
THURAS, Dylan & Jennifer Swanson. The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide to Inventing the World. illus. by Ruby Fresson. Workman.
WESTON, Margeaux. Everything But Typical: Influential Neurodivergent People Who Have Shaped the World. illus. by Jessica Cruickshank. Bloomsbury.
Spanish
ENGLE, Margarita. Sueños salvajes. tr. by Alexis Romay & Inma Serrano. S. & S./Atheneum.
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