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    May 16, 2025

    Pam Muñoz Ryan’s El Niño is immersive magical realism

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    Get outside with My First Book of Camping & My First Book of Hiking

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    Tamora Pierce’s Song of the Lioness: Alanna now a graphic novel

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    Margaret Finnegan’s Spelling It Out is S-T-R-O-N-G middle grade

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    Rachel Reiss’s Out of Air is creepy summer adventure

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    Seven: A Most Remarkable Pigeon celebrates individuality

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    Aimee Phan’s compelling The Lost Queen draws on Vietnamese lore

    May 7, 2025

    Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson’s Shell Song is excellent WWII nonfiction

    May 6, 2025

    Christina Soontornvat’s The Changelings is magical MG

    May 1, 2025

    Axie Oh’s The Floating World inspired by Korean legend

    April 17, 2025

    Betty C. Tang’s Outsider Kids is excellent sequel to Parachute Kids

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    Debbi Michiko Florence’s A Study in Secrets is enticing mystery

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    Padma Venkatraman’s Safe Harbor is thoughtful novel in verse

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    Remy Lai’s Chickenpox is engaging graphic novel

    December 31, 2024

    Gloria Chao’s Ex Marks the Spot is an appealing YA romance

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    May 16, 2025

    Tamora Pierce’s Song of the Lioness: Alanna now a graphic novel

    Alanna, the first book in Tamora Pierce’s award-winning Song of the Lioness fantasy quartet is now available as a full-color graphic novel.

    May 14, 2025

    Rachel Reiss’s Out of Air is creepy summer adventure

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    Aimee Phan’s compelling The Lost Queen draws on Vietnamese lore

    May 6, 2025

    Julie Soto’s The Thrashers is strong YA mystery/thriller

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    Axie Oh’s The Floating World inspired by Korean legend

    MIDDLE GRADE

    May 16, 2025

    Pam Muñoz Ryan’s El Niño is immersive magical realism

    Fantasy, myth and reality come together in El Niño, a new book by Pam Muñoz Ryan that follows a swimmer as he heals from the loss of his sister.

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    Margaret Finnegan’s Spelling It Out is S-T-R-O-N-G middle grade

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    A Field Guide to Broken Promises tackles perfectionism, expectations

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    Caroline Starr Rose’s The Burning Season is fantastic novel in verse

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    Christina Soontornvat’s The Changelings is magical MG

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    May 16, 2025

    Get outside with My First Book of Camping & My First Book of Hiking

    Two new books from duopress encourage little ones to get outside and explore. My First Book of Camping and My First Book of Hiking are a great introduction to family adventure.

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    Seven: A Most Remarkable Pigeon celebrates individuality

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    Sleuth & Solve: Art offers up solo and group fun

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    Sian Ann Bessey’s Time Traveler’s Masquerade is compelling romance

    A young woman is thrown back in time to 1605 England in A Time Traveler’s Masquerade, the first book in a new time-slip series by Sian Ann Bessey.

    March 4, 2025

    Sarah M. Eden’s Tides of Time is enjoyable romance

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