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C Is for Country

age 3+

Bright, playful alphabet book by the music star Lil Nas X.

By Lil Nas X

(2021)

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Every Night Is Pizza Night

age 3+

Playful story, vibrant images encourage trying new foods.

By J. Kenji López-Alt

(2020)

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Grumpy Monkey: Up All Night

age 3+

Funny take on sleepovers has insight, great illustrations.

By Suzanne Lang

(2020)

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Grown

age 16+

Cautionary tale of teen under sway of predatory pop star.

By Tiffany D. Jackson

(2020)

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Cannonball

age 3+

Warm story of individuality and achieving a perfect splash.

By Sacha Cotter

(2020)

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Bedtime for Sweet Creatures

age 3+

Lovely, relatable story of toddler delaying going to sleep.

By Nikki Grimes

(2020)

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Why?

age 3+

Girl stops supervillain in funny tale with powerful message.

By Adam Rex

(2019)

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Exile from Eden

age 16+

Teens tour the apocalypse in zany, touching sci-fi satire.

By Andrew Smith

(2019)

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Cursed

age 16+

Fierce woman leads reimagined, violent Arthurian tale.

By Thomas Wheeler

(2019)

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Días y días / Days and Days

age 3+

Engaging art and spare text teach about seasons.

By Ginger Foglesong Guy

(2019)

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Across the Bay

age 3+

Emotional but unlikely journey of boy in Old San Juan.

By Carlos Aponte

(2019)

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Kingsbane: Empirium, Book 2

age 16+

Thrilling, long sequel is full of steamy romance, violence.

By Claire Legrand

(2019)

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Sadie

age 16+

Raw thriller about a brutal crime and teen seeking justice.

By Courtney Summers

(2018)

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The Tangled Lands

age 16+

Related novellas have ecological themes, lots of violence.

By Paolo Bacigalupi, Tobias Buckell

(2018)

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Nice Try, Jane Sinner

age 16+

Teen reinvents herself after suicide try in complex tale.

By Lianne Oelke

(2018)

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The Only Fish in the Sea

age 3+

Strong, spunky girl takes lead in quirky rescue tale.

By Philip C. Stead

(2017)

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Touch the Earth

age 3+

Cartoony mix of fun and soft science in environmental tale.

By Julian Lennon, Bart Davis

(2017)

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Groovy Joe: Ice Cream & Dinosaurs: Groovy Joe, Book 1

age 3+

Silly dog story about sharing by Pete the Cat creator.

By Eric Litwin

(2002)

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If You Ever Want to Bring a Piano to the Beach, Don't!

age 3+

Silliness reigns when determined girl drags piano to beach.

By Elise Parsley

(2016)

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Are We There Yet?

age 3+

Car trip turns to time travel in highly imaginative story.

By Dan Santat

(2016)

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