25 Excellent Books by Kate Messner, Andrew Joseph White, and More | Web Starred Reviews, September 2024

This month, holiday and poetry books join several nonfiction titles covering a range of topics including the Salem Witch Trials, vaccines, and more.

If You Spot a Shell (Sicuro) ©2024 by Aimée Sicuro
If You Spot a Shell (Sicuro) ©2024 by Aimée Sicuro

Holidays

Atkins, Annie. Letters from the North Pole: with Five Letters from Santa Claus to Pull Out and Read. illus. by Fia Tobing. Abrams/Magic Cat. 

Schriebman, Joyce. Oy, Santa!: Or, There’s a Latke to Learn About Hanukkah. illus. by Gila von Meissner. Intergalactic Afikoman. 

 

Picture Books 

Ferry, Beth. Prunella. illus. by Claire Keane. S. & S.

Santos, Paola. Cómo se come un mango. illus. by Juliana Perdomo. Holiday House/Neal Porter. SP

Sicuro, Aimée. If You Spot a Shell. illus. by Aimée Sicuro. Random House Studio. 

 

Chapter Books

Mensah, Bernard. Rise of the Green Flame. illus. by Natasha Nayo. Scholastic. 

Valenti, Karla Arenas. The Beginning of All Things. illus. by Vanessa Morales. S. & S./Aladdin. 

 

YA 

Miller, Jenna. We Got the Beat. HarperCollins/Quill Tree. 

Schlote-Bonne, Tatiana. Such Lovely Skin. Page Street YA. 

White, Andrew Joseph. Compound Fracture. Peachtree Teen. 

 

This Land (Fairbanks) ©2024 by Bridget George
This Land (Fairbanks) ©2024 by Bridget George

 

Nonfiction Elementary

Anderson, Beth. Thomas Jefferson’s Battle for Science: Bias, Truth, and a Mighty Moose! illus. by Jeremy Holmes. Astra/Calkins Creek. 

Conrad, Vicki. Introducing Sandwina: The Strongest Woman in the World! illus. by Jeremy Holmes. Astra/Calkins Creek. 

Fairbanks, Ashley. This Land. illus. by Bridget George. Crown. 

Jackson, Sharna & Zoé Whitley. Black Artists Shaping the World: 14 Stories of Creativity. illus. by Marilyn Esther Chi. Thames & Hudson. 

Lamothe, Matt with Jenny Volvovski. All About U.S.: A Look at the Lives of 50 Real Kids from Across the United Statesillus. by Matt Lamothe. Chronicle. 

Moore, Michael Boulware. Freedom on the Sea: The True Story of the Civil War Hero Robert Smalls and His Daring Escape to Freedom. illus. by Bryan Collier. Macmillan/Godwin. 

Munro, Carol Joy. Springtime Storks: A Migration Love Story. illus. by Chelsea O’Byrne. Astra/Minerva. 

Rosenstock, Barb. Sea Without a Shore: Life in the Sargasso. illus. by Katherine Roy. Norton. 

Tracy, Kristen. When Beavers Flew: An Incredible True Story of Rescue and Relocation. illus. by Luisa Uribe. Random House Studio. 

 

Nonfiction Middle to High School

Barone, Rebecca E.F. Mountain of Fire: The Eruption and Survivors of Mount St. Helens. Holt. 

Dorado Romo, David. Borderlands and the Mexican American Story. Crown. 

Jones, Dan SaSuWeh. Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding SchoolsScholastic Focus. 

Messner, Kate. History Smashers: Salem Witch Trials. illus. by Falynn Koch. Random. 

Rae, Rowena. Why We Need Vaccines: How Humans Beat Infectious Diseases. illus. by Paige Stampatori. Orca. 

 

Poetry

Stridsberg, Sara. We Go to the Park: A Picture Book. tr. from Swedish by B.J. Woodstein. illus. by Beatrice Alemagna. Enchanted Lion/Unruly. 

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