Gorgeous watercolor illustrations and a motley band of creatures hit all the right notes in this Jazz Age take on a Cinderella story. Flora is a scullery maid in a grand hotel; she loves music, but can’t afford to attend the concerts... Read More

Soft illustrations and tender language contrast the sharp poignancy of this picture book about the lingering trauma of war and displacement. Bunny is disturbed by an event at school but isn’t ready to talk about it yet; lying awake, he... Read More

Two high school students take tentative steps toward a relationship in Moosopp’s romantic graphic novel "Daybreak". Marcus and Cog are classmates from different friend groups who pass each other in the halls and around campus. Marcus... Read More

In Elisabeth Rhoads’s brooding psychological thriller "Haggard House", a sheltered religious boy meets his free-spirited match, unlocking a door to the past where trauma and truth lie hidden. It is 1859 in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula,... Read More

An aloof agricultural scientist balances their personal principles with the requirements of their career, life, and love in Claire Barner’s engaging novel "Moonrising". In the late twenty-first century, famine and drought threaten... Read More

A drowned girl and the son of a fire clan confront evil and restore harmony in Meg Medina’s adventure-filled fantasy novel "Graciela in the Abyss". Graciela, a girl from a fishing village, falls in the ocean. A century later, she... Read More

A confused owl looks for answers in all the wrong places in this charming picture book about fitting in. Owl feels all mixed up; he doesn’t understand why he’s the only one who can’t sleep at night. He seeks answers among the... Read More

Pieces of the past, present, and future untold come together in this dreamy picture book that reminds children of their incalculable individuality. A grandmother’s wisdom, “the gleam of ripe mangoes,” and “stories of struggle and... Read More