Zen Socks by Jon J. Muth
23 Sep, by in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific
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Two White Rabbits by Jairo Buitrago, illustrated by Rafael Yockteng, translated by Elisa Amado
21 Sep, by in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Latin American, Latina/o/x, Translation
A young girl and her father are traveling, with little more than a backpack each. She counts what she sees to pass the time: cows, hens, a bored donkey, the clouds ...
Secret Coders (Volume 1) by Gene Luen Yang & Mike Holmes
18 Sep, by in Black/African American, Chinese American, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Hapa/Mixed-race, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific
"Listen. I'm going to tell you a story -- " Well, of course, if two-time National Book Award finalist (third time will be the charm!) Gene Luen Yang is involved with the explicating, you're going to listen, and listen well. This former high school computer science...
Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
17 Sep, by in Audio, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers
This week, the National Book Foundation is releasing the longlists category by category, day by day, for the coveted National Book Award (winners will be announced November 18). Included among the 10 titles cited for "Young People's Literature" is Laura Ruby’s Bone Gap. [I confess I have fingers,...
Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir by Maggie Thrash
16 Sep, by in Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Memoir, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers
At 17, Maggie Thrash and her mother are visiting her brother in New Mexico where he's attending college. "I don't approve of your running off with this person you haven't seen in two years," her mother admonishes her, while her brother deadpans a "I'm bitterly...
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown
15 Sep, by in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Audio, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers
So you know how the book ends by the second paragraph in the "Prologue." But holy moly, once you start, you'll want to experience every detail of how the eponymous boys in the boat – "nine young men from the state of Washington – farm boys, fisherman, and...
The Inker’s Shadow by Allen Say
14 Sep, by in Children/Picture Books, Japanese, Japanese American, Memoir, Nonfiction
Caldecott Medalist author/illustrator Allen Say introduced his personal portrait-of-an-artist-as-a-young-man in the one title he didn't illustrate, the autobiographical middle-grade novel, The Ink-Keeper's Apprentice, originally published in 1979. More than three decades later, in 2011, Say returned to his early artistic journey, reworking his Apprentice into a...
An Iranian Metamorphosis by Mana Neyestani, translated by Ghazal Mosadeq
11 Sep, by in Adult Readers, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Iranian, Memoir, Nonfiction, Translation, Young Adult Readers
One unintentionally wrong word uttered in a children's cartoon lost Mana Neyestani his job, his freedom, and nearly his life. As editor of the children's pages for Iran's Iran-Jomeh, Neyestani drew his recurring 10-year-old character confronting a cockroach that replies with a single Azeri word: "Namana." As Neyestani...
Dalia’s Wondrous Hair/ El cabello maravilloso de Dalia by Laura Lacámara, translated by Gabriela Baeza
10 Sep, by in Bilingual, Children/Picture Books, Cuban, Cuban American, Fiction, Latina/o/x, Translation
One night as Dalia sleeps, her hair grows "straight up to the sky, tall and thick as a Cuban royal palm tree." Delighted, Dalia decorates her gorgeous locks with "wild tamarind, violet and coontie leaves," then requests that her mother guess "what kind of tree I...
The Bishop’s Wife [A Linda Wallheim Mystery, Book 1] by Mette Ivie Harrison
09 Sep, by in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific
Here in my temporary exile in the Beehive State, I remain fascinated by the religion that dominates my current location. In a moment of ironic timing, as I was wandering the many surrounding mountains with narrator Kirsten Potter stuck in the ears, this passage stuck: "Whenever friends from other...
Colossal Paper Machines created by Phil Conigliaro, text by Theo Baker
07 Sep, by in Children/Picture Books, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction
Labor Day already? How about some working fun – literally??!! The directions are right on the cover: pop out, fold, glue. It really is that straight-forward to create these "10 giants models that move!" They're not exaggerating on size: the book alone is a few pounds of heavy...
The Sculptor by Scott McCloud
04 Sep, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers
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The Beast in My Belly by Grzegorz Kasdepke, illustrated by Tomek Kozłowski, translated by Agnes Monod-Gayraud
03 Sep, by in Children/Picture Books, European, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Translation
You know those days you forget to eat because you're running around here and there, and your belly LOUDLY (usually at inopportune moments) reminds you to "FEEEEEED MEEEE!!!"? Those grumbles and rumbles DO sound just like a hidden beast! If you're an inquisitive kid who hasn't...
A Year Without Mom by Dasha Tolstikova
02 Sep, by in Memoir, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Russian, Russian American, Young Adult Readers
Dasha is 12. She lives in a four-room apartment in Moscow with her mother and her grandparents. Her father lives in Los Angeles. She would like a cat, but she's too allergic. One night, she overhears her grandmother assuring her mother: "She will be fine. We...
The Little Tree by Muon Van, illustrated by JoAnn Adinolfi
01 Sep, by in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, South Asian American, Vietnamese American
Somewhere in an old forest, a little tree grows. But the forest is shrinking, the rains shower less often, and the little tree knows that her precious seed cannot flourish there. With the help of a brown bird who has flown far into the blue skies, she sends...
China Rich Girlfriend [Crazy Rich Asians 2] by Kevin Kwan
31 Aug, by in Adult Readers, Audio, Chinese, Chinese American, Fiction, Hong Kongese, Singaporean, Singaporean American, Southeast Asian, Southeast Asian American
Summer is waning way too quickly, but you still have a final week left to indulge in frothy reads: the over-the-top excesses of Singaporean Manhattanite Kevin Kwan’s novels might be just what you've been looking for as Labor Day looms. If you haven't yet relished Kwan's debut,...
Wandering Son (vol. 8) by Shimura Takako, translated by Matt Thorn
28 Aug, by in Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Middle Grade Readers, Translation, Young Adult Readers
Adolescence is difficult enough to navigate, but throw in a few gender-bender issues and you've got multiple challenges earlier generations probably didn't (wouldn't? couldn't?) openly face. With all manner of identity awareness growing worldwide, Shimura Takako’s award-winning, internationally lauded manga series gently and insightfully reflects the gender spectrum on...
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