A cogent message of love and acceptance is portrayed through the spare language and delicate watercolor illustrations of this diverse picture book. Children playing in a park gradually join together to form a single playful “circle,”... Read More

With white backgrounds and stand-out colored-pencil illustrations, this picture book urges everyone to appreciate the everyday music found in nature. Bees bzzz-zzz and frogs croa-oak before a summer thunderstorm rolls in with drums,... Read More

Gray and green backdrops are splattered with bright pink and yellow in this story about an “intrepid” sheep and a case of mistaken identity. Lana Lynn is excited to train the new watchdog, but she and her friend Shawn have their work... Read More

Troubled Los Angeles high schoolers unite in Emilia Ares’s romance novel "Love and Other Sins". The daughter of Russian immigrants, Mina isolates herself, assuming a capable demeanor. Her father is absent, and her mother, despite... Read More

Infused with humor, heartache, and holiday cheer, Chelsea Bobulski’s All I Want for Christmas is the Girl Next Door explores the dangers of getting exactly what one wishes for. Graham knows he is supposed to be with Sarah, the girl... Read More

A stunning example of wordless storytelling, this picture book follows a single act of kindness as it changes lives throughout a city—before coming back around. A distressed woman packs up her lunch and heads out to hang posters for... Read More

Abstract patterns overlay a swirling storm of cool tones giving way to a warm celebration in this potent story about how, despite appearances, none of us are weathering storms alone. Little Mouse is adrift in a roiling sea, “more than... Read More

In Emmie Mears’s dystopian novel of political unrest "Look to the Sun", a book, a pocket watch, and an unknown history bring two individuals together to combat an oppressive government. As a political party called the National... Read More