20 Outstanding Titles by Adam Gidwitz, Rex Ogle, and More | Web Starred Reviews, March 2025

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

This month’s starred books include titles celebrating holidays and a collection of poetry.

Fireworks (BURGESS) ©2025 by Cátia Chien

 

Holidays

BURGESS, Matthew. Fireworks. illus. by Cátia Chien. HarperCollins/Clarion.

ROBESON, Teresa. Clear and Bright: A Ching Ming Festival Story. illus. by William Low. Astra.

TAKAHASHI, J.P. Waiting for Hanami. illus. by HifuMiyo. HarperCollins.

 

Picture Books Elementary

ALCÁNTARA, Jacqueline. Tíos and Primos. illus. by Jacqueline Alcántara. Penguin/Nancy Paulsen.

BETHENCOURT, Regis. Greatness. illus. by Kahran Bethencourt. Little, Brown. KULEKJIAN, Jessica. Yay! illus. by Zara González Hoang. Bloomsbury.

 

Middle Grade

BOWLING, Dusti. The Beat I Drum. Union Square Kids.

CRAIGIE, Gregor. Saving Wolfgang. Orca.

GIDWITZ, Adam. Max in the Land of Lies: A Tale of World War II. Dutton.

SUMNER, Jamie. Please Pay Attention. S. & S./Atheneum.

YA

ENGLAND, M.K. Roll for Love. Running Pr.

OGLE, Rex. When We Ride. Norton.

SHAW, Tucker. Right Beside You. Holt.

ZHAO, Amélie Wen. The Scorpion and the Night Blossom. Delacorte.

 

Nonfiction

BECKMEYER, Drew. Stalactite & Stalagmite: A Big Tale from a Little Cave. illus. by Drew Beckmeyer. S. & S./Atheneum.

FRIEDMAN, Tova. The Daughter of Auschwitz: The Girl Who Lived to Tell Her Story. HarperCollins/Quill Tree.

JENSON-ELLIOTT, Cindy. The Doomsday Detectives: How Walter and Luis Alvarez Solved the Mystery of Dinosaur Extinction. illus. by Theo Nicole Lorenz. Lee & Low/Tu Bks.

ROBINSON, James. Whale Eyes: A Memoir About Seeing and Being Seen. illus. by Brian Rea. Penguin Workshop.

VAVAGIAKIS, Eve M. I’m a Photon. illus. by Mike Malbrough. MIT Kids.

 

Poetry

GRIFFIN, Molly Beth. Rings of Heartwood: Poems on Growing. illus. by Claudia McGehee. Minnesota Historical Society Pr.

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