32 Exceptional New Books by Rob Harrell, Wade Hudson, Kim Johnson, and More | Web Starred Reviews, August 2024

by SLJ Reviews
Aug 31, 2024 | Filed in News & Features

This month, several middle grade and YA titles earned stars, along with picture books, transitional titles, and nonfiction.

It Is Okay (Guo) ©2024 by Ye Guo
It Is Okay (Guo) ©2024 by Ye Guo

 

Picture Books 

BELOTE, Ashley. Sheepwrecked. Random.

CRUZ, Angie. Angélica and la Güira. illus. by Luz Batista. Penguin/Kokila. 

GUO, Ye. It Is Okay. Eerdmans. 

HUDSON, Wade. The Day Madear Voted. illus. by Don Tate. Penguin/Nancy Paulsen.

KHAN, Rukhsana. Honk Honk, Beep Beep, Putter Putt! illus. by Chaaya Prabhat. Tundra. 

LAROCHELLE, David. Go and Get with Rex. illus. by Mike Wohnoutka. Candlewick. 

LÓPEZ NARVÁEZ, Concha. El oso cansado. illus. by Rafael Salmerón. Vista Higher Learning. 

TREJO, Jesús. Mamá’s Magnificent Dancing Plantitas. illus. by Eliza Kinkz. Astra/Minerva. 

TROIAN, Martha. It’s Powwow Time! illus. by Hawlii Pichette. Greenwillow. 

WEINSTEIN, Ellen. Five Stories. Holiday House. 

 

Transitional Books

CAPLE, Kathy. Rana y la pelota. Holiday House. SP

GORBACHEV, Valeri. ¡Yo también! Holiday House. SP

HAMILTON, Martha & Mitch Weiss. Los gatos y el pastel. illus. by Steve Henry. Holiday House. SP

ROBERTSON, Michael. Me gusta mi carro. Holiday House. SP

 

Middle Grade

CAPPS, Heather Murphy. The Rule of Three. Lerner/Carolrhoda. 

COLLINS, Ailynn. Min and the Protests: A Tiananmen Square Survival Story. illus. by Soia Di Chiara Manetti. Capstone/Stone Arch. 

DUNCAN, Violet. Buffalo Dreamer. Penguin/Nancy Paulsen. 

FARMER, Craig Kofi. Kwame Crashes the Underworld. Roaring Brook. 

HARRELL, Rob. Popcorn. Penguin.

 

Middle Grade Graphic Novels

WEAVER, Tony. Weirdo. illus. by Jes Wibowo & Cin Wibowo. First Second. 

YA 

GLAZE, Amanda. The Lies of Alma Blackwell. Union Square & Co. 

GORDON, Gia. The Redemption of Daya Keane. HarperTeen. 

IGHARO, Jane. With Love, Miss Americanah. Feiwel & Friends.

JOHNSON, Kim. The Color of a Lie. Random. 

LEE, Wen-yi. The Dark We Know. Zando/Gillian Flynn. 

RANDALL, Christen. The No-Girlfriend Rule. Atheneum. 

SORTINO, Anna. On the Bright Side. Putnam. 

 

Nonfiction Elementary

DENTLER, Minda. The Girl Who Figured It Out: The Inspiring True Story of Wheelchair Athlete Minda Dentler Becoming an Ironman World Champion. illus. by Stephanie Dehennin. Sourcebooks Explore. 

MOOR, Zewlan. Our World: Philippines. illus. by Happy Garaje. Barefoot. 

WALLACE-MCMILLIAN, TaKiyah & JaNay Brown-Wood. Brown Girls Do Ballet: Celebrating Diverse Girls Taking Center Stage. photos. by TaKiyah Wallace-McMillian. Black Dog & Leventhal. 

 

Nonfiction Middle to High School

CROW-MILLER, Britt. World of Rot: Learn All about the Wriggly, Slimy, Super-Cool Decomposers We Couldn’t Live Without. illus. by Bruno Valasse. Storey. 

FRASER, Mary Ann. Wall to Wall: Mural Art Around the World. Getty. May 2024. 

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