In this way-blazing biographical picture book, watercolor and gouache illustrations track the trail of Cecilia Payne, a renowned astronomer who overcame sexism and self-doubt to succeed. Cecilia knew she was a scientist early on,... Read More

This heartfelt biographical picture book exemplifies art as a form of resistance. The life of Marie Procai—a Ukrainian immigrant, renowned folk artist, mother, and cornerstone of Ukrainian cultural heritage—is detailed in intricate... Read More

A teenager with superpowers battles environmental terrorism in Rodney Barnes’s exciting graphic novel "Quincredible". Quin, who has the power of invulnerability, investigates a water crisis in New Orleans because of toxic pollutants.... Read More

In the poignant picture book "Cody’s Whisper", a shy coyote learns to love himself through his interactions with the natural world. In Malia Grace’s striking picture book "Cody’s Whisper", a coyote pup, admiring the calm of nature,... Read More

Progressing at the taut pace of an espionage novel, "Fighting Back" is the engrossing biography of a defiant, passionate Jewish American soldier. Jeffrey and Craig Weiss’s gripping biography "Fighting Back" explores the brief yet... Read More

Former adversaries have one week to undo a queen’s vicious decree in "Seven Deadly Thorns", Amber Hamilton’s scintillating enemies-to-lovers romantasy novel. What remains of the kingdom of Aragoa is confined to its castle and... Read More

Feeling lonely, “at exactly 7:26—a pretty number, a pretty hour—Re mounted a beam of light and sailed into space,” traveling at the “speed of dreams” in search of something cozy. On the Moon, Re finds not only a place to... Read More

Kendall Kulper’s science fiction novel A Time Traveler’s History of Tomorrow is about young love and personal representation. In 1934, teenage Genevieve dreams of being a scientist. Spending more time at libraries than home, she... Read More