Fall 2021: November/December
These titles have recently been acquired by the Library and are now available for holds and in-person checkout. Acquisitions are made with the purpose of adding quality children’s books to the Library’s existing collection, and which will appeal to a child’s curiosity and reading interests. Starred reviews from Horn Book, Kirkus and the School Library Journal guide Ms. Perna’s decision-making process when determining which titles to purchase. Popular titles are available in multiple formats (audiobook, eBook and print). Digital titles are accessible online via Sora.
Lower Division Collection
Picture Books
- ✩Dorléans, Marie. The Night Walk.
- The Fan Brothers. It Fell From the Sky.
- Floca, Brian. Keeping the City Going.
- ✩Hyo-eun, Kim. I Am the Subway.
- Jackson, Mick. While You’re Sleeping.
- ✩Morstad, Julie. Time Is a Flower.
- Raúl the Third. ¡Vamos! Let’s Cross the Bridge. (eBook and print)
- ✩Robert, Nadine. On the Other Side of the Forest.
- ✩Weatherford, Carole Boston. Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre. (eBook and print)
Independent Reading: Horn Book Fanfare
- Henkes, Kevin. Billy Miller Makes a Wish.
- Kelly, Erin Entrada. Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey. (ebook and print)
Festivals of Light: Fall and Winter Holidays
- Gottesfeld, Jeff. The Christmas Mitzvah.
- Hall, Carla. Carla and the Christmas Cornbread.
- Heos, Bridget. Santa Jaws.
- Jackson, Tiffany. Santa in the City.
- Jocelyn, Marthe. Auggie Morton: Mystery Queen.
- Lee, Mark. Twenty Big Trucks in the Middle of Christmas.
- Mathur, Sanyukta. Happy Diwali!
- Nebres, Charlotte. Charlotte and the Nutcracker.
- Perl, Erica. The Ninth Night of Hanukkah.
- Redd, Nancy. The Real Santa.
- Rusch, Elizabeth. Zee Grows a Tree.
- Sounder, Chitra. Shubh Diwali!
- Umrigar, Thrifty. Binny’s Diwali.
- Watts, Frances. A Very Quacky Christmas.
- Wind, Lee. Red and Green and Blue and White.
- Zoboi, Ibi. The People Remember. (audiobook and print)
Books About Gratitude
- Tamaki, Jilian. Our Little Kitchen.*
- Ryland, Cynthia. We Give Thanks.
- Vickers, Elaine. Thankful.
Upper Division Collection
NPR: Books We Love 2021
- ✩Bruchac, Joseph. Rez Dogs. (audiobook and print)
- ✩Dobbs, Alda P. Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna. (eBook and print)
- Oh, Ellen. Finding Junie Kim. (ebook and print)
- ✩Paulsen, Bree. Garlic & The Vampire.
- ✩Selznick, Brian. Kaleidoscope. (eBook and print)
- ✩Yelchin, Eugene. The Genius Under the Table.
Horn Book Fanfare
- ✩Khor, Shing Yin. The Legend of Auntie Po. (eBook and print)
- Medina, Meg. Merci Suárez Can’t Dance.
Kirkus
- Ahmed, Samira. Amira & Hamza. (eBook and print)
- Atinuke. Africa, Amazing Africa.
- ✩Giles, Chrystal D. Take Back the Block. (eBook and print)
- ✩Khor, Shing Yin. The Legend of Auntie Po. (eBook and print)
- ✩Royce, Eden. Root Magic. (eBook and print)
SLJ Best Middle Grade Books
- ✩Alston, B. B. Amari and the Night Brothers. (eBook and print)
- Dee, Barbara. Violets Are Blue. (eBook and print)
- ✩Fipps, Lisa. Starfish. (audiobook, eBook and print)
- ✩LaRocca, Rajani. Red, White, and Whole.
- ✩Mbalia, Kwame. Black Boy Joy.
*Faculty and/or student book purchase request
✩Title appears on one or more Best Children’s Booklist of 2021.