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May 21, 2026

Growing Up Under a Red Flag: A Memoir of Surviving the Chinese Cultural Revolution, written by Ying Chang Compestine, illustrated by Xinmei Liu, is a picture book telling of the author's childhood in Communist child. It shows the hard times in a way kids can grasp, while ending on a happy note.

Happy Reading!

—Sondra Eklund



Your Last First Date
by Jaydi Samuels Kuba

Good Soil
by Jeff Chu



Growing Up Under a Red Flag
written by Ying Chang Compestine
illustrated by Xinmei Liu

Omnibird
by Giselle Clarkson


The Heart of the World
by Amie Kaufman
read by Nikki Patel, Homer Todiwalla, Suzie Rai, Vidish Athavale, Mela Lee, and Steve West

Casters and Crowns
by Elizabeth Lowham
read by Nick Mondelli and Jess Moran


Black History Is Your History
by Taylor Cassidy
illustrated by Adriana Bellet

Stealing Little Moon
by Dan SaSuWeh Jones
read by Shaun Taylor-Corbett


Now You Know Your ABCs... (Or Do You?)
written by Caspar Salmon
illustrated by Matt Hunt

My Tiger
by Joy Cowley
illustrated by David Barrow