17 Stellar Books, Including a New Hunger Games Novel and Jerry Craft versus Kwame Alexander | Web Starred Reviews, April 2025

by SLJ Reviews
Apr 30, 2025 | Filed in News & Features

This month’s starred titles take readers to Turkey, walk them through the first day of school, and give the number zero its moment in the spotlight.

Tíos y primos (ALCÁNTARA) ©2025 by Jacqueline Alcántara

 

Spanish

ALCÁNTARA, Jacqueline. Tíos y primos. tr. from English by Yanitzia Canetti. illus. by Jacqueline Alcántara. Penguin/Nancy Paulsen. SP

MARTÍ, Meritxell. De camino a la fiesta. illus. by Anna Aparicio Català. Editorial Flamboyant. SP

OTHEGUY, Emma. Cousins in the Time of Magic.
––––. Primos en tiempos de magia. tr. by Emily Carrero Mustelier. 
ea vol: illus. by Poly Bernatene. S. & S./Atheneum. 

 

Board Books

GÜLER, Emrah. Türkiye. illus. by Deniz Üçbasaran. Barefoot.

 

Picture Books

AGOSTINI, Alliah L. Scarecited on the First Day of School. illus. by Lala Watkins. Farrar.

Middle Grade

ALEXANDER, Kwame & Jerry Craft. J vs. K. illus. by Jerry Craft. Little, Brown.

DUNLAP, Sydney. Racing the Clouds. Jolly Fish Pr. 

LIN, Grace. The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon. Little, Brown.

STEMPLE, Heidi E.Y. The Poetry of Car Mechanics. Astra/Wordsong.

 

YA

COLLINS, Suzanne. Sunrise on the Reaping: A Hunger Games Novel. Scholastic.

FLAKE, Sharon G. The Family I’m In. Scholastic.

VACHARAT, A.A. This Moth Saw Brightness. Dutton.  

 

Nonfiction

ALBEE, Sarah. Zero! The Number That Almost Wasn’t. illus. by Chris Hsu. Charlesbridge.

LAROCCA, Rajani. Some of Us: A Story of Citizenship and the United States. illus. by Huy Voun Lee. Little, Brown/Ottaviano.

TOGETHXR. Play It Forward: How Women Are Changing Sports to Change the World. Chronicle.

 

Graphic Novels

COMBS, Alex L. & Andrew Eakett. Trans History: A Graphic Novel: From Ancient Times to the Present Day. illus. by Alex L. Combs & Andrew Eakett. Candlewick. 

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