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December 14, 2024

The Squad is another graphic novel memoir from Christina Soontornvat, illustrated by Joanna Cacao, this time telling about her eighth grade year, trying out again for cheerleading, but this time while her parents are splitting up. All the trials and troubles of middle school portrayed in their immediacy.

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How Old Am I?
by JR

True You
by Gwen Agna and Shelley Rotner
photographs by Shelley Rotner


All Children's Nonfiction Reviews


by Gwen Agna and Shelley Rotner
photographs by Shelley Rotner

by Helen Ahpornsiri



by Rachel Brian

by Robert Burleigh
paintings by Wendell Minor

by Eric Carle and Friends

by Eric Carle and Friends

by Kathryn Horn Coneway

by Kelly Crull

by Lois Ehlert

edited by Catherine Gourley

by Robert B. Haas

by Stephen T. Johnson

by JR

by Chip Kidd

by Emily Winfield Martin

by Joel Meyerowitz

presented by the National Gallery of Art

by Kate T. Parker

by Kate T. Parker

by Kate T. Parker

by Marjorie Blain Parker
illustrated by Holly Berry

by Annette Bay Pimentel
illustrated by Madison Safer

by Barb Rosenstock
illustrated by Mary Grandpré

by Seiji Yoshida
translated by Jan Mitsuko Cash


by Amy Alznauer
illustrated by Daniel Miyares

written by Kerry Aradhya
illustrated by Kara Kramer

by Glenda Armand
illustrations by Floyd Cooper

by Marc Aronson with Adrienne Mayor
illustrated by Chris Muller

story by Mary Auld and Adria Meserve
illustrations by Adria Meserve

by Cheryl Bardoe
illustrated by Jos. A. Smith

by Cheryl Bardoe
illustrated by Barbara McClintock

by Mac Barnett
illustrated by Sarah Jacoby

by Chris Barton
illustrated by Tony Persiani

by Chris Barton
illustrated by Don Tate

by Karen Magnuson Beil

by Cece Bell

by Deborah Blumenthal
illustrated by Laura Freeman

by Jane Bregoli

by Jen Bryant
illustrated by Melissa Sweet

by Matthew Cordell

by Angela Dalton
illustrated by Lauren Semmer

by Anika Aldamuy Denise
illustrations by Paola Escobar

by Margarita Engle
illustrated by Rafael López

written by Jill Esbaum
illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon

by Tracey Fern
illustrated by Boris Kulikov

by Tracey Fern
pictures by Emily Arnold McCully

by Tracey Fern
pictures by Boris Kulikov

by Sid Fleischman

by Candace Fleming

by Candace Fleming

words by Marni Fogelson
with Mahani Teave
pictures by Marta Álvarez Miguéns

by Raphaël Frier
illustrated by Aurélia Fronty

by Joel Christian Gill

by Joel Christian Gill

by Nikki Giovanni, illustrated by Bryan Collier

by Gary Golio
paintings by Rudy Gutierrez

by Gavin Grimm and Kyle Lukoff
illustrated by J Yang

by Elizabeth Haidle

by Shannon Hale
illustrated by LeUyen Pham

by Shannon Hale
artwork by LeUyen Pham

by Shannon Hale
artwork by LeUyen Pham

written by Kate Hannigan
illustrated by Zachariah OHora

by Kay Haring
illustrated by Robert Neubecker

by Deborah Heiligman
pictures by LeUyen Pham

by Juan Felipe Herrera
illustrated by Lauren Castillo

by Jessica Herthel & Jazz Jennings
pictures by Shelagh McNicholas

by Susan Hood
illustrated by Sally Wern Comport

by Susan Hood
with Greg Dawson

by Gwendolyn Hooks
illustrated by Colin Bootman

by Deborah Hopkinson
illustrated by John Hendrix

by Rita Lorraine Hubbard
illustrated by Oge Mora

by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed

by Cindy Jenson-Elliott
illustrated by Christy Hale

by Angela Joy
illustrated by Janelle Washington

by Sylvie Kantorovitz

written by Beth Kephart
illustrated by Chloe Bristol

written by Angela Burke Kunkel
illustrated by Claire Keane

by Bimba Landmann

by Heather Lang
illustrated by Floyd Cooper

by Andrew Larsen
pictures by Katty Maurey

by Kari Lavelle
illustrated by Bryan Collier

by Debbie Levy
illustrations by Elizabeth Baddeley

by Lois Lowry

by Leonard Marcus

by Pedro Martín

written by Michelle Markel
illustrated by Barbara McClintock

by Linda Elovitz Marshall
illustrated by Anna and Elena Balbusso

by Meghan McCarthy

by Christine O'Donnell
illustrated by Victoria Tentler-Krylov

by Patrick McDonnell

by Sy Montgomery

by Marissa Moss
illustrated by April Chu

by Michaela Muntean
photographs by K. C. Bailey and Stephen Kazmierski

by Walter Dean Myers
illustrated by Floyd Cooper

by Muhammad Najem
and Nora Neus
illustrated by Julie Robine

by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
illustrated by R. Gregory Christie

by Amy Novesky
illustrated by David Diaz

by Amy Novesky
illustrated by Julie Morstad

by Deborah Noyes

by Rex Ogle

by Rex Ogle and Dave Valeza

by Rex Ogle and Dave Valeza

by Miranda Paul
illustrations by Elizabeth Zunon

by Baptiste and Miranda Paul
illustrations by Elizabeth Zunon

by Annette Bay Pimentel
illustrated by Magaly Morales

by Jan Pinborough
illustrated by Debby Atwell

by Meeg Pincus
illustrated by Meredth McKean Gimbel

by Andrea Davis Pinkney
pictures by Lou Fancher & Steve Johnson

by Jerry Pinkney

by Greg Pizzoli

by Alan Rabinowitz
illustrated by Cátia Chen

by Doreen Rappaport
illustrated by Matt Tavares

by Doreen Rappaport
illustrated by C. F. Payne

by Doreen Rappaport
illustrated by London Ladd

by Megan Reid
illustrations by Aaliya Jaleel

by Dean Robbins
illustrated by Sean Qualls & Selina Alko

by Mara Rockliff
illustrated by Simona Ciraolo

by Gwen Agna and Shelley Rotner
photographs by Shelley Rotner

by Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe
pictures by Raissa Figueroa

by Dan Santat

by Allen Say

by Allen Say

by Gary D. Schmidt
illustrated by David Diaz

by Gary D. Schmidt
illustrated by Daniel Minter

by Jon Scieszka

by Joyce Sidman

by Anita Silvey

by Emma Bland Smith
illustrated by Jenn Ely

by Emma Bland Smith
pictures by Susan Reagan

by Laurel Snyder
illustrated by Julie Morstad

written by Christina Soontornvat
illustrated by Joanna Cacao

written by Christina Soontornvat
illustrated by Joanna Cacao

by Traci Sorell
illustrations by Natasha Donovan

by Chana Stiefel
illustrated by Susan Gal

by Jasmine A. Stirling
illustrated by Vesper Stamper

by Tanya Lee Stone
illustrated by Boris Kulikov

by Melissa Sweet

by Melissa Sweet

by George Takei
illustrated by Michelle Lee

by Matt Tavares

by Raina Telgemeier

by M. D. Usher
pictures by William Bramhall

by Chris Van Allsburg

by Ruth Vander Zee
illustrated by Roberto Innocenti

by Katie Van Heidrich

by Laurie Wallmark
illustrated by April Chu

by Laurie Wallmark
art by Brooke Smart

by Carole Weatherford Boston
illustrated by Raul Colón

by Jeanette Winter

by Dan Yaccarino

by Dan Yaccarino

by Eugene Yelchin


by L. Rader Crandall

by Demi

by Paul Fleischman
illustrated by Jane Paschkis
by Neil Gaiman
art by Lorenzo Mattotti

by Judy Goldman
illustrated by Fabricio VandenBroeck
by Emily Jenkins
illustrated by Rohan Daniel Eason

retold by Elizabeth Laird
illustrated by Shirin Adl
by Ian Lendler
illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski

by Grace Lin

by Jon Scieszka
illustrated by Julia Rothman

by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, and Joe Wilson
illustrated by Daniel Sousa


by Amanda Abler
illustrated by Levi Hastings

by Kwame Alexander
illustrated by Kadir Nelson

by Lori Alexander
illustrated by Allan Drummond

by Atinuke
illustrated by Mouni Feddag

by Chris Barton
illustrated by Victo Ngai

by Ævar Pór Benediktsson
art by Anne Wilson

by Jasbinder Bilan
illustrated by Nina Chakrabarti

compiled by Warren Binford

by Aimée Bissonette
illustrated by Doris Wittlinger

by Tonya Bolden

introductions by Tonya Bolden
illustrated by Eric Velasquez

written by Elisa Boxer
illustrated by Alianna Rozentsveig

by Jo Ann Allen Boyce
and Debbie Levy

by Ruby Bridges

written by Martha Brockenbrough
with Grace Lin
illustrated by Julia Kuo

by Don Brown

by Don Brown

by Don Brown

by Don Brown

by Willa Mae Brown

by Meghan P. Browne
illustrated by E. B. Goodale

by Ashley Bryan

by Robert Burleigh
illustrations by Sterling Hundley

by Ken Burns
illustrated by Gerald Kelley

by Selene Castrovilla
illustrated by Drazen Kozjan

by John Coy
illustrations by Joe Morse

written by Kathryn Gibbs Davis
illustrated by Gilbert Ford

by Nicholas Day
with art by Brett Helquist

by Carmen Agra Deedy
in collaboration with Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah
photographs by Andy Comins

by Allan Drummond

by Shannon Earle
illustrated by Renato Alarcão

story by Dave Eggers
art by Tucker Nichols

by Dave Eggers
art by Shawn Harris

by Candace Fleming

by Brian Floca

by Russell Freedman

by Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson
illustrated by Nikkolas Smith

by Deborah Hopkinson

by Rachel Ignotofsky

by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
paintings by Kadir Nelson

by Heather Lang
illustrated by Raúl Colón

by Jeff Lantos

by Mary Beth Leatherdale
illustrated and designed by Eleanor Shakespeare

by Cynthia Levinson

by Cynthia Levinson

by Jonathan Litton
illustrated by L’Atelier Cartographik

by David Macaulay

written by Kevin Noble Maillard
illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal

by Michelle Merkel
illustrated by Nancy Carpenter

by Lindsay Mattick
illustrated by Sophie Blackall

by Pat Miller
illustrated by Vincent X. Kirsch

by Marissa Moss
illustrations by Jeremy Holmes

written by Marissa Moss
illustrated by April Chu

by Claire Rudolf Murphy
illustrated by Bryan Collier

by Jim Murphy

by Kadir Nelson

by Kadir Nelson

by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
illustrated by Alex Bostic

by Carey Newman
and Kirstie Hudson

by Daniel O'Brien
illustrations by Winston Rowntree

by Colleen Paeff
illustrated by Nancy Carpenter

by Darcy Pattison
illustrated by Peter Willis

by Meeg Pincus
illustrated by Bao Luu

by Doreen Rappaport
illustrated by Matt Faulkner

by Susan Goldman Rubin

by Janet Schulman
illustrated by Meilo So

by Noah Sciver

by Peter Sis

by Suzanne Slade
illustrated by Jennifer Black Reinhardt

by Emma Bland Smith
illustrated by Alison Jay

by Christina Soontornvat

by Tanya Lee Stone

by Tanya Lee Stone
illustrated by Steven Salerno

by Lauren Stringer

by Peter Lane Taylor with Christos Nicola

by Jennifer Thermes

by Peggy Thomas
illustrations by Stacy Innerst

by Sally M. Walker
illustrated by Jonathan D. Voss

by Andrea Wang
illustrated by Kana Urbanowicz

by Beth Waters

by Carole Boston Weatherford
illustrated by Floyd Cooper

by Barry Wittenstein
illustrated by Chris Hsu

by Susan Wood
illustrated by Gÿsbert van Frankenhuyzen


by Masaichiro and Mitsumasa Anno

by Alice Aspinall

by James Buckley, Jr.

by Sarah C. Campbell
photographs by Sarah C. Campbell and Richard P. Campbell

by Eugenia Cheng
illustrated by Aleksandra Artymowska

by Eugenia Cheng
illustrated by Amber Ren

by Katie Coppens

by Christopher Danielson

by Christopher Danielson

by Nancy Raines Day
illustrated by Kurt Cyrus

by Ivar Ekeland
illustrated by John O'Brien
by Seth Fishman

by Bruce Goldstone

by Bruce Goldstone

by Bruce Goldstone

by Alison Limentani

by Mineko Mamada

by Danica McKellar
illustrated by Alicia Padrón

by Andrea Menotti
illustrated by Yancey Labat

by Laura Overdeck
illustrated by Jim Paillot

by Steve Jenkins

by Richard Evan Schwartz

by Richard Evan Schwartz

by David J. Smith
illustrated by Shelagh Armstrong

by David J. Smith
illustrated by Steve Adams

by Sven Völker


by Kwame Alexander
with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth
illustrated by Ekua Holmes

by Kwame Alexander & Deanna Nikaido
art by Melissa Sweet

by Cece Bell

by Julie Fogliano
pictures by Julie Morstad

by Nikki Grimes

by Nikki Grimes

selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins
illustrated by Jane Manning

by Langston Hughes
photographs by Charles R. Smith Jr.

selected by Paul B. Janeczko
illustrated by Melissa Sweet

poems by Misuzu Kaneko
illustrated by Toshikado Hajiri
narrative by David Jacobson

selected by Caroline Kennedy
paintings by Jon J Muth

by Ted Kooser and Connie Wanek
illustrated by Richard Jones

by J. Patrick Lewis
illustrated by Michael Slack

by Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris

edited by Katherine Paterson
illustrations by Pamela Dalton

by Andrea Davis Pinkney
paintings by Brian Pinkney

by Bob Raczka
illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds

by Bob Raczka

Poems by Haitian Schoolchildren
illustrated by Rogé

lyrics by Fred Rogers
illustrated by Luke Flowers

by Joyce Sidman
illustrated by Rick Allen

by Marilyn Singer
illustrated by Josée Masse

by Elizabeth Spires

poems by Calvin Trillin
pictures by Roz Chast

by Alice Walker
illustrations by Stefano Vitale

by Lee Wardlaw
illustrated by Eugene Yelchin

by Jacqueline Woodson


photographs by Joel Sartore
words by Kwame Alexander
with Mary Rand Hess and Deanna Nikaido

by Laurie Ellen Angus

by Sandra K. Athans

by Brooke Barker

created by Basher
written by Adrian Dingle

by Nell Cross Beckerman
illustrated by Kalen Chock

by Nic Bishop

by Andrew Bleiman and Chris Eastland

by Martin Brown

by Loree Griffin Burns
photographs by Ellen Harasimowicz

by Loree Griffin Burns
photographs by Ellen Harasimowicz

by Annette LeBlanc Cate

by Dr. James Chapman

by Jason Chin

by Lucy Cooke

by Elisha Cooper

by Jean Daigneau

by Nicola Davies
illustrated by Neal Layton

by Claire Eamer
illustrated by Marie-Ève Tremblay

by Suzi Eszterhas

by Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann

by Candace Fleming
pictures by Amy Hevron

by Craig Foster and Ross Frylinck

by Kay Frydenborg

by Temple Grandin
with Betsy Lerner

by Benjamin Grant
with Sandra Markle

by Brenda Z. Guiberson
illustrated by Gennady Spirin

by Kara Hagedorn

by Christy Hale

by Bridget Heos
illustrated by Jennifer Plecas

by Phillip Hoose

by Steve Jenkins

by Steve Jenkins

by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page

by Steve Jenkins

by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page

by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page

by Jess Keating
with illustrations by David DeGrand

by Jess Keating
with illustrations by David DeGrand

by Kari Lavelle

by Kari Lavelle

by Ilima Loomis
with photographs by Amanda Cowan

by Sandra Markle

by Sandra Markle

by Sandra Markle

by Sandra Markle

by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
illustrated by Claudia McGehee

by Sy Montgomery
photographs by Nic Bishop

by Sy Montgomery
photographs by Keith Ellenbogen

by Sy Montgomery

by Roxie Munro

by Lily Murray
illustrated by Jesse Hodgson

by Jerry Pallotta
and Shennen Bersani

by Miranda Paul
illustrated by Jason Chin

by Laura Perdew
illustrated by Micah Rauch

by Cris Peterson
photographs by David R. Lundquist

by David J. Peterson
illustrated by Ryan Goldsberry

by Tony Piedra and Mackenzie Joy

by Jerome Pohlen

by Rachel Poliquin
illustrated by Nicholas John Frith

by Susan L. Roth

by Elizabeth Rusch

by Margriet Ruurs
illustrated by Pedro Covo

by Anita Sanchez

Emu
by Claire Saxby
illustrated by Graham Byrne

by Ella Schwartz
illustrated by Lily Williams

by Susumu Shingu

by Joyce Sidman
pictures by Beth Krommes

by Ruth Spiro
illustrated by Teresa Martinez

by Melissa Stewart
illustrated by Steve Jenkins

by Catherine Thimmesh

by Jan Thornhill

by Pamela S. Turner, photographs by Andy Comins

by Adam Voiland

by Sally M. Walker

by Miranda Paul
illustrated by Jason Chin