21 Splendid Books from Kwame Alexander, Rin Chupeco, and More | Starred Reviews, November 2025

by SLJ Reviews
Nov 18, 2025 | Filed in News & Features

An audiobook of Tuck Everlasting is narrated by Alexis Bledel for its 50th anniversary; Stacy McAnulty goes to Venus in the latest "Our Universe" book. We herald these and more titles in our November stars list. 

The Passover Pet Surprise (Shua) ©2026 by Ángeles Ruiz

 

Spanish

Amescua, Gloria. Niña del pueblo de floricanto: Luz Jiménez, hija de los nahuas. tr. from English by David Bowles. illus. by Duncan Tonatiuh. Abrams.

Tonatiuh, Duncan. Vida: Los ratones, el gato y el alebrije. 
––––. Vida: The Mice, the Cat, and the Alebrije. 
ea vol: Abrams.

 

Picture Books

Burgess, Matthew. Serafina Makes Waves. illus. by Robin Rosenthal. Dial.

Kheiriyeh, Rashin. Welcome, Uncle Nowruz! A Persian New Year’s Story. NorthSouth.

Sala, Felicita. Bored. Holiday House/Neal Porter.

Shua, Ana María. The Passover Pet Surprise. illus. by Ángeles Ruiz. NorthSouth.

 

Transitional Books

Alexander, Kwame. The Mighty Macy. Little, Brown.

 

YA

Chupeco, Rin. We’re Not Safe Here. Sourcebooks/Fire.

Davis-Featherstone, Rachael. Oxford Blood. Wednesday Bks.

Dietrich, Cale. My Roommate from Hell. Wednesday Bks.

Quindlen, Kelly. Her Name in the Sky. Roaring Brook.

Volbeda, Ludwig. Self Portrait. tr. from Dutch by Lucy Scott. Levine Querido.
 

Alyte ©2025 by Jérémie Moreau


Graphic Novels

Chase, Amy. Abuzz. illus. by Stelladia. Maverick.

Moreau, Jérémie. Alyte. Milky Way.

Ònájìn, Àlàbá. The Case of the Missing Kolo. Holiday House.

Urushibara, Yuki. Mushishi Collector’s Edition, Vol. 1. Kodansha.

 

Nonfiction

McAnulty, Stacy. Venus! Fierce and Fabulous. illus. by Stevie Lewis. Macmillan/Odd Dot.

Pimentel, Annette Bay. How a Bear Became a Book: The Collaboration That Created Winnie-the-Pooh. illus. by Faith Pray. Holt.

Sandler, Martin W. & Craig Sandler. Baseball’s Shining Season: America’s Pastime on the Brink of War. Bloomsbury.

 

Audio

Babbitt, Natalie. Tuck Everlasting. narrated by Alexis Bledel. Macmillan Young Listeners.

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