And the Envelope, Please!

"Sometimes magic is hard to find. Sometimes magic takes its time. But it is always there. Like when people's hands touch the earth and plant seeds that become fruit. Like when simple ingredients turn into delicious meals. Like when strangers turn into friends and houses into homes. Like when sounds are woven together into beautiful music. Like when jarochas dance! Magic is everywhere. You can feel it in the air, even in a new faraway land. And you can feel it in your fingertips. Like when blank pages become pictures."
-- Mirelle Ortego, Magic: Once Upon a Faraway Land 

 

Once sitting around the old oak Planning table on the fifth floor of Russell Hall, Jane, our former library director, quietly shares that every Christmas she and her two grown daughters gift each other a children's book. I wonder which titles are chosen for that now distant year, and I begin to imagine a multitude of picture books over the decades prior. Each book contains beautiful illustrations and creative language -- to be specially unwrapped under the home tree, complete with real candles in small glass holders -- another tradition, I learn, that is passed on through the Franck family of German descent. Snowflakes settle, stockings come second, and time softly sifts, like sand through an hourglass.

The seasonal picture sticks with me for years, helping me recall childhood favorites and their prized place on our shelves: Goodnight Moon; The Velveteen Rabbit; The Little Prince; Little Women; The Phantom Tollbooth, Trumpet of the Swan, Nancy Drew, Eloise, Curious George, and much much more. Children's books were passed on from our parents, and by us to our kids; they grew exponentially in the library during a TC heyday of faculty children's literature specialists; and they were eagerly read aloud by countless College members, sometimes by the authors or other special guests, in a magical weekly library story hour for local school children.

Over time, publication proliferated, holdings bulged, and staffing slimmed. Resourcefully we turned to automated acquisitions, focusing on award-winning and notable children's books that are received systematically through an approval plan with our major book vendor -- bringing forth the best of the best. Did you know that the children's literature collection is typically one of the most highly circulated at the Gottesman Libraries? Usually representing 12% of the entire circulation of some 296,747 printed volumes -- testimony to its popularity and use across curricula. Harry Potter, by J.K. Rowling, read for fun; Crispin: the Cross of Lead, by Avi, for American literature or insight into medieval history; A Long Walk to Water, by Linda Sue Park, world history; Night, by Elie Wiesel, on TC Course Reserves. 

As children's books provide a unique way of connecting us to each other and the world around us, past and present, we are pleased to present the new acquired 2022 titles, this Spring, symbolically a time of birth and renewal. We not only hope to rekindle special childhood memories, but also to illuminate their relevance to salient themes and topics of today and their place in teaching and learning, wherever we may be -- at home, in the classroom, or sitting somewhere under the cherry blossoms. 

  

Approval Plan Awards 

From the UK:

• Carnegie Medal 1 title per year. The Carnegie Medal has been given since 1937 to an outstanding book for children and young people. 
• Kate Greenaway Medal 1 title per year. Initiated in 1956, the Kate Greenaway Medal is awarded for “outstanding illustration in a children’s book.”

From the US:

• American Indian Youth Services Literature Award: Best Picture Book 1 title per year. This award identifies and honors the very best writing and illustrations by and about American Indians. The award is given by the American Indian Library Association.
• Arab American Book Award: Children/Young Adult 1 title per year. Sponsored by the Arab American National Museum. The Award seeks to educate children and Young Adults on Arab American culture.
• Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature - Children’s Winner 1 title per year. This award honors and recognizes individual work created by an Asian Pacific American writer and/or illustrator and is based on literary and artistic merit. Cosponsored by the Chinese American Librarians Association and the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association.
• Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature - Youth Winner 1 title per year. This award honors and recognizes individual work created by an Asian Pacific American writer and/or illustrator and is based on literary and artistic merit. Cosponsored by the Chinese American Librarians Association and the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association.
• Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature - Children’s Honor 1 title per year. This award honors and recognizes individual work created by an Asian Pacific American writer and/or illustrator and is based on literary and artistic merit. Cosponsored by the Chinese American Librarians Association and the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association.
• Bank Street College: Cook Prize 1 title per year. Sponsored by the Bank Street College of Education. This prize honors the best science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) picture book published for children aged eight to ten.
• Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards 3 titles per year. The awards and honors are given to authors and illustrators of outstanding titles in three categories: fiction, nonfiction, and picture books. The awards are monitored by the Boston Globe and the children’s literature magazine, The Horn Book Magazine.
• Boston Globe-Horn Book Honors 6 titles per year. The awards and honors are given to authors and illustrators of outstanding titles in three categories: fiction, nonfiction, and picture books. The awards are monitored by the Boston Globe and the children’s literature magazine, The Horn Book Magazine.
• Caldecott Honor 3 titles per year. Awarded annually by the Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
• Caldecott Medal 1 title per year. Awarded annually by the Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
• Carter G. Woodson Honor 3 titles per year. Given annually to the most distinguished social science books that depict ethnicity in the United States. Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950) was a scholar, educator, historian and founding editor of "The Journal of Negro History." In 1926 he initiated Negro History Week, which gave rise in 1976 to Black History Month.
• Children's Choice Book Award.  Kindergarten-2nd Grade Book of the Year  1 title per year. Sponsored by the Children’s Book Council (US). The awards are the only national book awards program where the winning titles are selected by children and teens.
• Children's Choice Book Award.  3rd-4th Grade Book of the Year 1 title per year. Sponsored by the Children’s Book Council (US). The awards are the only national book awards program where the winning titles are selected by children and teens.
• Children's Choice Book Award.  5th-6th Grade Book of the Year 1 title per year. Sponsored by the Children’s Book Council (US). The awards are the only national book awards program where the winning titles are selected by children and teens.
• Coretta Scott King Awards 2 titles per year. The CSK Award commemorates the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and honors his widow, Coretta Scott King, for her courage and determination in continuing the work for peace and world brotherhood. The award is presented annually to authors and illustrators of African descent whose distinguished books promote an understanding and appreciation of the “American Dream.”
• Coretta Scott King Honors 6 titles per year. The CSK Award commemorates the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and honors his widow, Coretta Scott King, for her courage and determination in continuing the work for peace and world brotherhood. The award is presented annually to authors and illustrators of African descent whose distinguished books promote an understanding and appreciation of the “American Dream.”
• Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent 1-2 titles per year. This award is given to a black author and to a black illustrator for an outstanding book. The purpose of this award is to bring visibility to a writer or artist at the beginning of his/her career as a published book creator. The award is given by the Coretta Scott King Task Force.
• Ezra Jack Keats New Writer and New Illustrator Awards 2 titles per year, one to an outstanding new writer and one to the illustrator of picture books for children (age 9 and under). Presented jointly by the New York Public Library and the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation. To be eligible, writers and illustrators must have published no more than five books, and candidates for the writer’s award need not have done the illustrations
• Ezra Jack Keats New Writer and New Illustrator Honor Books 2-4 title per year, 1-2 to an outstanding new writer and another 1-2 to the illustrator of picture books for children (age 9 and under).Presented jointly by the New York Public Library and the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation. To be eligible, writers and illustrators must have published no more than five books, and candidates for the writer’s award need not have done the illustrations
• Horn Book Fanfare List 22 to 24 titles per year. The Fanfare titles are recommended and chosen by the review and editorial staff of the Horn Book Magazine, founded in 1924. The Fanfare award is given in five categories: picture books, fiction, folklore, poetry and song and nonfiction. The fanfare list was started in 1939. 
• Irma S. & James H. Black Award 1 title per year. This award is given to an outstanding picture book for young children--a book in which the text and illustrations are inseparable, each enhancing and enlarging on the other to produce a singular whole. This award is presented by the Bank Street College of Education.
• Irma S. & James H. Black Honor 2 titles per year. These honors are given to  outstanding picture books for young children--a book in which the text and illustrations are inseparable, each enhancing and enlarging on the other to produce a singular whole. This award is presented by the Bank Street College of Education.
• Jane Addams Book Award 2 titles per year. Given by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and the Jane Addams Peace Association to the children's book of the preceding year that most effectively promotes the cause of peace, social justice and world community.
• Jane Addams Book Honor 1-5 titles per year. Given by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and the Jane Addams Peace Association to the children's book of the preceding year that most effectively promotes the cause of peace, social justice and world community.
• Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in YA Lit 1 title per year. This award is given to a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. It is named for a Topeka, Kansas, school librarian, Michael L. Printz, who was a long-time active member of the Young Adult Library Services Association. This award is presented by the ALA/YA Library Services Association. 
• Mildred L. Batchelder Award 1 title per year. Honoring Mildred L. Batchelder, a former executive director of the Association for Library Service to Children and a believer in the importance of good books for children in translation from all parts of the world, the award is a citation given to an American publisher for a children's book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, and subsequently translated into English and published in the United States. The award is given by the Association of Library Services to Children (ALSC), a division of ALA. 
• Mildred L. Batchelder Honor 1 title per year. Honoring Mildred L. Batchelder, a former executive director of the Association for Library Service to Children and a believer in the importance of good books for children in translation from all parts of the world, the award is a citation given to an American publisher for a children's book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, and subsequently translated into English and published in the United States. The award is given by the Association of Library Services to Children (ALSC), a division of ALA. 
• National Book Award: Young People's Literature. Finalist 5 titles per year. The award’s goal is to “enhance the public's awareness of exceptional books written by fellow Americans, and to increase the popularity of reading in general.”
• National Book Award: Young People's Literature. Winner 1 title per year. The award’s goal is to “enhance the public's awareness of exceptional books written by fellow Americans, and to increase the popularity of reading in general.”
• New York Times Best Illustrated Books 9 to 10 titles per year. This award is sponsored by The New York Times. Initiated in 1952, each year a three-judge panel selects nine to 10 best illustrated children’s picture books from the New York Times’ book review list.
• Newbery Honor 1-4 titles per year.  The Newbery Medal was named for 18th century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. 
• Newbery Medal 1 title per year.  The Newbery Medal was named for 18th century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. 
• NCTE Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children. Honor 1-5 titles per year.  Sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English. Presented to a book that has the potential to transform children’s lives by inviting compassion, imagination, and wonder.
• Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children 2 titles per hear. This award commemorates the work of "…that brave old man, Johannes Amos Commenius, the fame of whose worth has been trumpeted in more than three languages…" and whose book, Orbis Pictus (World in Pictures), is historically considered to be the first work created exclusively for children. This award honors distinction in nonfiction for children. The award is given by the Orbis Pictus Committee of the National Council of Teachers of English. 
• Orbis Pictus Honor for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children 1-5 titles per year. This award commemorates the work of "…that brave old man, Johannes Amos Commenius, the fame of whose worth has been trumpeted in more than three languages…" and whose book, Orbis Pictus (World in Pictures), is historically considered to be the first work created exclusively for children. This award honors distinction in nonfiction for children. The award is given by the Orbis Pictus Committee of the National Council of Teachers of English. 
• Phoenix Award 1 title per year.  This award was established by the Children’s Literature Association in 1965 to honor a book originally published 20 years in the past in the English language. At the time of the original publication, the book would not have won a major award, but from the perspective of time, it is deemed worthy of special recognition for its literary quality--like the fabled bird that arises from its ashes with renewed life and beauty.
• Pura Belpre Award: Children & Illustration 2 titles per year, 1 each for Children's Narrative, Youth Illustrator. Honors Latina writers and illustrators whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in children’s books. The award is named after Pura Belpre, the first Latino librarian from the New York Public Library. The award is co-sponsored by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA) and the National Association to Promote Library Services to the Spanish Speaking (REFORMA), an ALA affiliate.
• Pura Belpre Award: Young Adult Narrative 1 title per year. Honors Latina writers and illustrators whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in children’s books. The award is named after Pura Belpre, the first Latino librarian from the New York Public Library. The award is co-sponsored by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA) and the National Association to Promote Library Services to the Spanish Speaking (REFORMA), an ALA affiliate.
• Pura Belpre Honor: Children & Illustration 1-4 titles per year in the categories of Children's Narrative, Youth Illustrator. Honors Latina writers and illustrators whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in children’s books. The award is named after Pura Belpre, the first Latina librarian from the New York Public Library. The award is co-sponsored by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA) and the National Association to Promote Library Services to the Spanish Speaking (REFORMA), an ALA affiliate.
• Pura Belpre Honor: Young Adult Narrative 1-4 titles per year. Honors Latina writers and illustrators whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in children’s books. The award is named after Pura Belpre, the first Latina librarian from the New York Public Library. The award is co-sponsored by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA) and the National Association to Promote Library Services to the Spanish Speaking (REFORMA), an ALA affiliate.
• Rise: A Feminist Book Project. Top Ten 10 titles per year. Sponsored by the Feminist Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association. This list of ten titles seeks to encourage readers of all ages to challenge what it means to be a woman.  Formerly: Amelia Bloomer List Project. Top 10
• Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award 1 title per year. This award, established by the Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), is for an author of the most distinguished informational book published during the preceding year. The award is named in honor of Robert F. Sibert, the long-time President of Bound to Stay Bound Books, Inc. of Jacksonville, Illinois, and is sponsored by the company.
• Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor 4 titles per year. This award, established by the Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), is for an author of the most distinguished informational book published during the preceding year. The award is named in honor of Robert F. Sibert, the long-time President of Bound to Stay Bound Books, Inc. of Jacksonville, Illinois, and is sponsored by the company.
• Schneider Family Book Award. Younger Children Winner 1 title per year. Recognizes and honors authors and illustrators for their distinguished portrayal of people living with a disabling condition. Administered by the American Library Association.
• Schneider Family Book Award. Middle Grade Winner 1 title per year. Recognizes and honors authors and illustrators for their distinguished portrayal of people living with a disabling condition. Administered by the American Library Association.
• Schneider Family Book Award. Teen Winner 1 title per year. Recognizes and honors authors and illustrators for their distinguished portrayal of people living with a disabling condition. Administered by the American Library Association.
• Schneider Family Book Award. Younger Children Honor 1-2 titles per year. Recognizes and honors authors and illustrators for their distinguished portrayal of people living with a disabling condition. Administered by the American Library Association.
• Schneider Family Book Award. Middle Grade Winner 1 title per year. Recognizes and honors authors and illustrators for their distinguished portrayal of people living with a disabling condition. Administered by the American Library Association.
• Schneider Family Book Award. Teen Winner 1 title per year. Recognizes and honors authors and illustrators for their distinguished portrayal of people living with a disabling condition. Administered by the American Library Association.
• Schneider Family Book Award. Younger Children Honor 1-2 titles per year. Recognizes and honors authors and illustrators for their distinguished portrayal of people living with a disabling condition. Administered by the American Library Association.
• Schneider Family Book Award. Middle Grade Honor 1-2 titles per year.  Recognizes and honors authors and illustrators for their distinguished portrayal of people living with a disabling condition. Administered by the American Library Association.
• Schneider Family Book Award. Teen Honor 1-2 titles per year. Recognizes and honors authors and illustrators for their distinguished portrayal of people living with a disabling condition. Administered by the American Library Association.
• Scott O’Dell Award 1 title per year. This award originated and was donated by Scott O’Dell (1898-1989), author of several honored children’s books and recipient of the 1972 Hans Christian Andersen Award of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) for the body of his work. This award is for a distinguished work of historical fiction. The winning title must be published in English for children or young adults by a U.S. publisher and be set in the New World (North, Central, and South America)
• Stonewall Book Awards: Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award 2 titles per year. Sponsored by the American Library Association Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Roundtable. The award recognizes K-12 books of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered experience.
• Stonewall Honor Books in Children’s & Young Adult Literature 2-4 titles per year. Sponsored by the American Library Association Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Roundtable. The award recognizes K-12 books of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered experience.
• Sydney Taylor Book Awards: Picture Books 1 title per year. The award was established in 1968 in honor of the author of the classic All of a Kind Family series by Ms. Sydney Taylor's late husband, Ralph Taylor, to encourage the publication of outstanding books of positive Jewish content for children. 
• Sydney Taylor Book Awards: Middle Grade 1 title per year. The award was established in 1968 in honor of the author of the classic All of a Kind Family series by Ms. Sydney Taylor's late husband, Ralph Taylor, to encourage the publication of outstanding books of positive Jewish content for children. 
• Sydney Taylor Book Awards: Young Adult 1 title per year. The award was established in 1968 in honor of the author of the classic All of a Kind Family series by Ms. Sydney Taylor's late husband, Ralph Taylor, to encourage the publication of outstanding books of positive Jewish content for children. 
• Sydney Taylor Book Honors: Picture Books 2-3 titles per year. The award was established in 1968 in honor of the author of the classic All of a Kind Family series by Ms. Sydney Taylor's late husband, Ralph Taylor, to encourage the publication of outstanding books of positive Jewish content for children
• Sydney Taylor Book Honors: Middle Grade 2-3 titles per year. The award was established in 1968 in honor of the author of the classic All of a Kind Family series by Ms. Sydney Taylor's late husband, Ralph Taylor, to encourage the publication of outstanding books of positive Jewish content for children. 
• Sydney Taylor Book Honors: Young Adult 1-2 titles per year. The award was established in 1968 in honor of the author of the classic All of a Kind Family series by Ms. Sydney Taylor's late husband, Ralph Taylor, to encourage the publication of outstanding books of positive Jewish content for children. 
• Texas Bluebonnet Award 1 title per year. The award's objective is to promote literature of excellence for children and to encourage reading. The Texas Library Association and Texas Association of School Librarians administer the award and children choose the winner.
• Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor 3-5 titles per year. Sponsored by the American Library Association ALSC division, presented to the author and illustrator of an outstanding book for beginning readers.
• Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal 1 title per year.  Sponsored by the American Library Association ALSC division, presented to the author and illustrator of an outstanding book for beginning readers.

 

Acquisition profiles are created and managed by Kalliopi Mathios, Head of Technical Services and Metadata Librarian; shelf ready books, complete with call numbers, spine labels, barcodes, and mylar coverings, are provided by Gobi Library Solutions; and books are received and processed by Tresha Antoine, Library Assistant.

The approval plan includes a number of non fiction books, and in 2023 we note among the many themes represented:  social justice; race, heritage, immigration, religion; gender; politics, family, coming of age, science, and nature. Awards are indicated to the extent possible, with all books supplied to date on standing order. 

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"In the center of the gateway's arch was a wooden carving of a coiled dragon. Its slender body formed a perfect circle, and it held its tail clamped in its own jaws. That same symbol was engraved on all our coins and delicately stamped onto each link in every lineal in the nation.

The image graced our flag as well, which also included our kingdom's Mott: The Tail Is the Teeth. That one little sentence held a book's worth of meaning. It meant that the end was connected to the beginning. It meant that where you ended up depended on where you started. It meant that each person was one link in a line that went around and around in a never-ending circle, just like the dragon with its teeth in the tail."

-- Christina Soontornvat, The Last Mapmaker, p.22

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.... And the Envelope, please! 

 

Alexander, Kwame. The Door of No Return.  New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.5.A44 Do 2022 (Coretta Scott King Author Honor)

Alexander, Rilla. The New Rooster. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2022.  Juvenile ; PZ7.1.A4349 Ne 2022 (New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book)

Arango, Andrea Beatriz, and Alyssa Bermudez. Iveliz Explains It All.  New York: Random House, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.5.A72 Iv 2022 (Newbery Honor Book)

Atinuke, and Onyinye Iwu. Too Small Tola and the Three Fine Girls. First US edition. Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.A858 Tp 2022

Barnett, Mac, and Kate Berube. John’s Turn. Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2022.  Juvenile ; PZ7.B26615 Jo 2022 (Caldecott Honor)

Barnett, Mac, and Jon Klassen. The Three Billy Goats Gruff.  New York: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2022. Juvenile ; PZ8.B248 Th 2022

Barr, Stephen, and Gracey Zhang. The Upside Down Hat. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.B37263 Up 2022 (NYT Best Illustrated Children's Book)

Blackall, Sophie. Farmhouse. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.B5319 Far 2022

Bolling, Valerie, and Kaylani Juanita. Together We Ride. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.B656 To 2022

Booth, Coe. Caprice. New York: Scholastic Press, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.B64632 Cap 2022 (Pura Belpré Illustrator and Children's Author Honor) 

Bowen, Fred, and James Ransome. Hardcourt : Stories from 75 Years of the National Basketball Association. New York, New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing DIvision, 2022.  Curriculum ; GV885.1 .B673 2022

Brew-Hammond, Nana Ekua, and Daniel Minter. Blue : a History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2022. Curriculum ; QC495.5 .B74 2022 (NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction) 

Calì, Davide, and Monica Barengo. The Writer. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.C1283 Wr 2022

Cao, Wenxuan, and Helen Wang. Dragonfly Eyes. Trans. Helen Wang. First US edition. Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.C38 Dr 2022 (Batchelder Honor Book)

Castellanos, Alexis. Isla to Island. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.7.C3748 Is 2022

Chin, Jason. The Universe in You : a Microscopic Journey. New York: Neal Porter Books/Holiday House, 2022. Curriculum ; QH273.2 .C45 2022

Cho, John, and Sarah Suk. Troublemaker. New York ;: Little, Brown and Company, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.C53117 Tr 2022 (Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Honor Book)

Christmas, Johnnie. Swim Team. New York, NY: Harper Alley, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.7.C473 Sw 2022 (Newbery Honor)

Cohen, Paula. Big Dreams, Small Fish. Montclair [New Jersey]: Levine Querido, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.C6418 Bi 2022 (Sydney Taylor Honor)

Colson, Mary. The Science of Light.  New York, NY: Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2016. Curriculum ; QC360 .C626 2016  (NCTE Orbis Pictus Award® for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children)

Crews, Nina. I’m Not Small.  New York, NY: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.C8683 Im 2022

Denise, Anika, and Loris Lora. Phenomenal AOC : the Roots and Rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.  New York, NY: Harper, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 2022. Curriculum ; E901.1.O27 D46 2022 (Pura Belpré Honor)

Denise, Christopher. Knight Owl. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.D41496 Kn 2022 (Caldecott Honor)

Drazin, Meira. Honey and Me. New York: Scholastic Inc., 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.D76 Ho 2022 (Sydney Taylor Middle Grade Honor)

Duncan, Alice Faye, and Christopher Raschka. Yellow Dog Blues. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.D8947 Ye 2022 (NYT and New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book)

Dutton, Talia, and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. M Is for Monster. New York: Abrams ComicArts Surely, 2022. Juvenile ; PN6727.D895 M57 2022 

Edwards, Michelle, and April Harrison. Me and the Boss : a Story About Mending and Love.  New York: Anne Schwartz Books, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.E262 Me 2022 (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, Charlotte Zolotow Award Winner)

Elliott, Rachel. The Real Riley Mayes. New York, NY: Balzer + Bray, Harper Alley, imprints of Harper Collins Publishers, 2022.  Juvenile ; PZ7.7.E446 Re 2022 (Stonewall Children's Honor)

Fajardo, Kat, and Mariana Azzi. Srta. Quinces. New York, NY: Graphix, un sello editorial de Scholastic, 2022.  Curriculum ; PZ73.7 .F35 2022 (Pura Belpré Award Honor)

Fan, Eric, and Dena Seiferling. Night Lunch. Toronto: Tundra Books, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.F354 Nig 2022

Ferguson, Jenny. The Summer of Bitter and Sweet. New York, NY: Heartdrum, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 2022.  Juvenile ; PZ7.1.F485 Su 2022 (Stonewall Honor)

Fleming, Candace. Murder Among Friends : How Leopold and Loeb Tried to Commit the Perfect Crime. First edition. New York, NY: Anne Schwartz Books, 2022. Curriculum ; HV6785 .F54 2022 (Sibert Nonfiction Honor)

Goade, Michaela, and Michaela Goade. Berry Song. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.G614 Be 2022  (Caldecott Honor)

Guojing. The Flamingo. New York: Random House Studio, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.7.G9 Fl 2022 (Theodor Geisel Honor)

Hammonds, Jas. We Deserve Monuments. New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2022. Juvenile ; PS3608.A69587 W4 2022 (Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award)

Harrington, C. C., and Diana Sudyka. Wildoak.  New York: Scholastic Press, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.H3739 Wi 2022 (Schneider Family Middle Grade Award)

Henkes, Kevin. Oh, Sal.  New York: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.H389 Ok 2022 (Horn Book)

Iwai, Melissa. Gigi and Ojiji. New York, NY: Harper, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.I9528 Gi 2022 (Theodor Seuss Geisel Award)

Joy, Angela, and Janelle Washington. Choosing Brave : How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement.  New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2022. Curriculum ; E185.97.T546 J69 2022 (Caldecott Honor, Sibert Information Book Medal)

Kearney, Rob, Eric Rosswood, and Nidhi Chanani. Strong. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.R755 St 2022 (Stonewall Honor)

Kelly, Erin Entrada. Surely Surely Marisol Rainey. New York: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.K45 Su 2022 (APALA Award)

Kelly, Erin Entrada. Those Kids from Fawn Creek. New York, NY: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.K45 Th 2022 (Horn Book)

Kim, Jihyun. The Depth of the Lake and the Height of the Sky. Edinburgh: Floris Books, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.J498 De 2022

Kuo, Julia. Luminous : Living Things That Light up the Night. Vancouver : Greystone Kids, Greystone Books, 2022. Curriculum ; QH641 .K86 2022 (Outstanding Science Trade Book from the National Science Teachers Association)

Lamb, Sacha. When the Angels Left the Old Country. Montclair, [New Jersey: Levine Querido, 2022. Juvenile ; PS3612.A54624 W44 2022 (Sydney Taylor Award and a Stonewall Book Award)

Lawson, JonArno, and Qin Leng. A Day for Sandcastles. Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.L3844 Day 2022 (Caldecott Honor)

Littman, Sarah. Some Kind of Hate. New York, NY: Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.L7369 So 2022 (Sydney Taylor Honor)

Lowe, Mari. Aviva Vs. the Dybbuk. Montclair: Levine Querido, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.L7245 Av 2022 (Sydney Taylor Award Winner)

Luqman-Dawson, Amina. Freewater.  New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.L865 Fr 2022 (John Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Book Award)

Lyall, Casey, and Vera Brosgol. A Spoonful of Frogs. New York, NY: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.L94 Sp 2022 (Caldecott Honor)

Madan, Vikram. Owl and Penguin. New York: Holiday House, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.7.M3318 Ow 2022 (Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book)

Marwan, Zahra. Where Butterflies Fill the Sky : a Story of Immigration, Family, and Finding Home. New York, NY: Bloomsbury Children’s Books, 2022. Curriculum ; CT217 .M37 2022

Medina, Meg. Merci Suárez Plays It Cool. Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.M512765 Met 2022 

McCarthy, Cory. Man o’ War. New York: Dutton Books, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.M417 Man 2022  (Stonewall Honor)

McDonnell, Christine, and Victoria Tentler-Krylov. Sanctuary : Kip Tiernan and Rosie’s Place, the Nation’s First Shelter for Women.  Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2022. Curriculum ; HV1447.B67 M34 2022 (Jane Addams Book Award)

McQuiston, Casey. I Kissed Shara Wheeler : a Novel. New York: Wednesday Books, 2022. Juvenile ; PS3613.C587545 I2 2022 (NYT Bestseller)

Montañés, Mónica, Eva Sánchez Gómez, and Lawrence Schimel. Different : a Story of the Spanish Civil War. Trans. Lawrence Schimel. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.M6445 Di 2022 (Batchelder Honor Award)

Nambi, Shoshana, and Moran Yogev. The Very Best Sukkah : a Story from Uganda. Moosic, Pennsylvania: Kalaniot Books, 2022. Juvenile ; PR9402.9.N36 V47 2022 (Sydney Taylor Book Award)

Nelson, Marilyn, and Tammi Lawson. Augusta Savage : the Shape of a Sculptor’s Life.  New York: Christy Ottaviano Books, Little, Brown and Company, 2022. Curriculum ; PS3573.A4795 A94 2022 (Newbery Honor)

Ortega, Mirelle. Magic : Once Upon a Faraway Land. Petaluma, California: Cameron + Companysss, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.O77 Mag 2022 (Pura Belpre Youth Illustration Honor Book)

Pan, Emily X. R. An Arrow to the Moon.  New York ;: Little, Brown and Company, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.P3573 Ar 2022

Partridge, Elizabeth, and Lauren Tamaki. Seen and Unseen : What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake and Ansel Adams’s Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2022. Curriculum ; D769.8.A6 P365 2022  (Robert Sibert Award)

Pasternack, Sofiya. Black Bird, Blue Road. New York, NY: Versify, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.P37545 Bl 2022  (Sydney Taylor Honor)

Pérez, Celia C. Tumble. New York: Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2022. Juvenile ; PS3616.E749 T86 2022

Pintadera, Fran, Raquel Catalina, and Lawrence Schimel. Madani’s Best Game. Translated by Lawrence Schimel. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.P5674 Mad 2022

Portis, Antoinette. A Seed Grows. New York: Neal Porter Books/Holiday House, 2022.  Curriculum ; QK731 .P599 2022 (Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor)

Preus, Margi, and Armando Veve. Windswept. New York: Amulet Books, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.P92434 Wi 2022 (Horn Book)

Reynolds, Hannah. Eight Nights of Flirting. New York: Razorbill, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.R4865 Ei 2022 (Sydney Taylor Honor)

Robinson, Fiona. Out of the Shadows : How Lotte Reiniger Made the First Animated Fairytale Movie. New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2022. Curriculum ; NC1766.G32 R457 2022

Rockliff, Mara, and R. Gregory Christie. Sweet Justice : Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. New York: Random House Studio, 2022.  Curriculum ; F334.M753 G557 2022  (Robert F. Sibert Honor)

Rodari, Gianni, Béatrice Alemagna, and Antony Shugaar. Telling Stories Wrong. Translated by Antony Shugaar. First English-language edition. New York: Enchanted Lion Books, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.R5987 Te 2022

Rogers, Andrea L., and Jeff Edwards. Man Made Monsters. Montclair: Levine Querido, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.R645 Man 2022

Sainte-Marie, Buffy, and Julie Flett. Still This Love Goes On. Vancouver ; Greystone Kids, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ8.3.S164 St 2022

Salati, Doug. Hot Dog. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.S2476 Ho 2022 (Randolph Caldecott Medal)

Salazar, Aida. A Seed in the Sun. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.5.S23 Se 2022 (Tomás Rivera Children's Book Award, ALA RISE Feminist Book Project Top 10 Book, NCTE Notable Poetry / Verse Novel Honor, Jane Addams Peace Award Finalist)

Sass, A. J. Ellen Outside the Lines. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2022.  Juvenile ; PZ7.1.S26476 El 2022 (Sydney Taylor Honor))

Schrempp, Skyler. Three Strike Summer. New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.S336538 Th 2022

Skomsvold, Kjersti A., Mari Kanstad Johnsen, and Kari Dickson. Bedtime for Bo. Translated by Kari Dickson. First English-language edition. Brooklyn, New York: Enchanted Lion Books, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.S583 Be 2022

Soontornvat, Christina. The Last Mapmaker. Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.S677 Las 2022 (Newbery Honor)

Springstubb, Tricia. Looking for True. New York: Holiday House, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.S76847 Lo 2022 (Schneider Family Honor)

Stamper, Vesper. Berliners. New York: Alfred A. Knopf Books, 2022. Curriculum ; PZ7.1.S732 Be 2022 (Sydney Taylor Award)

Stead, Philip Christian, and Matthew Cordell. Every Dog in the Neighborhood. New York: Holiday House, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.S808566 Ev 2022 (Newbery Honor)

Stein, David Ezra. Don’t Worry, Murray. New York, NY: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.S8179 Don 2022 (Caldecott Honor)

Stiefel, Chana, and Susan Gal. The Tower of Life : How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs. New York: Scholastic Press, 2022. Curriculum ; DS135.L52 E357 2022 (Sydney Taylor Book Award and a Robert F. Sibert Honor)

Stocker, Shannon, and Devon Holzwarth. Listen : How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2022. Curriculum ; ML3930.G6 S76 2022 (Newbery Honor)

Tirado, Vincent. Burn Down, Rise Up. Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks Fire, 2022. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.T5755 Bu 2022 (Pura Belpré Award-Winning Young Adult Novel)

Tonatiuh, Duncan. A Land of Books : Dreams of Young Mexihcah Word Painters. New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2022. Curriculum ; PZ7.T6155 Lan 2022 (Pura Belpré Youth Illustration Honor)

Turner, Pamela S., and John Gurche. How to Build a Human : in Seven Evolutionary Steps. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2022.  Curriculum ; GN281 .T87 2022 (National Science Teachers Association Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children)

Weatherford, Carole Boston, and Frank Morrison. Standing in the Need of Prayer : a Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual. New York: Crown Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, 2022. Curriculum ; BL625.2.W43 S83 2022  (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner)

Wong-Kalu, Hinaleimoana et al. Kapaemahu. New York: Kokila, 2022. Curriculum ; PZ90.H27 W66 2022 (Stonewall Book Award)

Woodson, Jacqueline, and Leo Espinosa. The World Belonged to Us. New York: Nancy Paulsen Books, 2022. Juvenile ; PS3573.O64524 W67 2022

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You can feast on these books currently on display in the rocket bookcases, located on the second floor / collaboration space, or otherwise shelved in the Juvenile or Curriculum sections  ... unless of course they happen to be already checked out! They do go quickly...

 

"The truth is, we had nothing to complain about. We lived in wonder. We couldn't believe that there were so many trees and birds in a thousand colors all around us. That mangoes fell from trees in the middle of the street, and anyone could take them because they didn't belong to anyone. Or more accurately, the mangoes belonged to anyone who wants to pick one and eat it..."

-- Mónica Montañés, Different: A Story of the Spanish Civil War, pp.57-58

Images:

• Sylvester Dancing with Magic Pebble, from the Morton Schindel Animation Cels Collection, Courtesy of Teachers College, Columbia University
• Goldilocks in Big Bed, from the Morton Schindel Animation Cels Collection, Courtesy of Teachers College, Columbia University