Seventh grade is going to be Iveliz’s year.
Maizy has never been to Last Chance, Minnesota . . . until now. Her mom’s plan is just to stay for a couple weeks, until her grandfather gets better.
The following books were recognized by a variety of book/media awards in 2023, including the Newbery Medal, the National Book Award, and the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association Award for Literature. The featured titles inclu
On an island at the edge of a wide, wild sea, a girl and her grandmother gather gifts from the earth. Salmon from the stream, herring eggs from the ocean, and in the forest, a world of berries.
Verónica has had many surgeries to manage her disability. The best form of rehabilitation is swimming, so she spends hours in the pool, but not just to strengthen her body.
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Grandma knows that there is wondrous knowledge to be found everywhere you can think to look.
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Marlene loves three things: books, her cool Tía Ruby and hanging out with her best friend Camila.
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The coquí frogs sing to Elena from her family’s beloved mango tree ― their calls so familiar that they might as well be singing, "You are home, you are safe." But home is suddenly not safe when a hurricane threatens to destroy everything that Ele
A young Aztec girl tells her little brother how their parents create beautiful painted manuscripts, or codices. She explains to him how paper is made from local plants and how the long paper is folded into a book.
Growing up on a pineapple farm in Mexico, a girl discovers the true meaning of the word magic in this truly magical picture book about change and transformation of all kinds — what we can't control,