We’re celebrating our Asian American authors, illustrators, and creators this month (and every month)! Keep reading to discover new books and revisit your favorites!
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Jas Hammond’s stunning YA debut We Deserve Monuments is a swoon-worthy romance and a slow-burn mystery set in a smalltown full of secrets. This layered and powerful coming-of-age story is a love letter to queer Black teenagers. It celebrates the beauty of community and friendship, while also exploring generational trauma and how racial violence can ripple down through history.
Read on to learn more about Jas’s inspiration for their must-read debut + request a digital review copy of We Deserve Monuments on NetGalley!
Read our Q&A with Jas Hammonds here →
Our Graphic Novel Preview series invites readers to look inside graphic novels. This month, we’re highlighting a new graphic novel, Ride On by Faith Erin Hicks, one of our must-read books of 2022.
Look inside RIDE ON →
Listen Up, Louella by Ashley Belote
Ages 4-7
On Sale June 21, 2022
An overly excited elephant learns to listen with a little help from her new friends in Listen Up, Louella, an adorably humorous new picture book from Ashley Belote, the illustrator of Frankenslime.
Louella is VERY excited to be at Roar Scout Camp. There’s so many fun things for her to do! But Louella is so busy having fun that she doesn’t stop to listen to anyone else… Or to realize that maybe her new friends aren’t having quite as much fun as she is.
When Louella misses an important invitation, it’s up to Tarantula and the rest of their friends to help Louella learn to listen and play together.
Learn more about LISTEN UP, LOUELLA →
Treasure Tracks by S.A. Rodriguez
Ages 10 – 12
On June 28, 2022!
A debut middle-grade adventure about a young teen who goes on a treasure hunt for undersea riches to help his ailing abuelo.
Twelve-year-old Fernando “Fin” joins his grandfather on a secret quest to find a long-lost treasure swept to sea. But when their first mission takes a near-deadly turn, leaving his abuelo weak and unable to speak, Fin’s left to navigate the hunt alone. Well, not exactly alone—his boring, totally unadventurous dad agrees to help out. With danger lurking at every turn, Fin dives into the mission in order to save Abuelo’s life. But between Dad’s constant worrying, unwanted diving babysitters, and harrowing encounters in the deep sea, the boy finds himself in a race against time to locate the treasure. If he can’t succeed? He fears he might lose Abuelo for good.
Treasure Tracks is a fast-paced story filled with heart and humor about the bonds of family, the meaning of a legacy, and most of all, the discovery of true treasure.
Praise for Treasure Tracks:
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
“Rodriguez packs a ton of local historical know-how and genuine humor into a seaworthy debut adventure. Lighthearted yet solid prose and quirky, delightful characters round out this swell tale of plucky fun under (and above) the sea. Here be treasure indeed.” —Kirkus Reviews
Watch our staff picks video to hear from our team and learn more about these must-reads below!
Our Graphic Novel Preview series invites readers to look inside graphic novels. This month, we’re highlighting a new addition to our World Citizen Comics series, Why the People: The Case for Democracy by Beka Feathers and illustrated by Ally Shwed, one of our must-read books of 2022.
Look inside WHY THE PEOPLE here →Browse all of our May new releases, including new picture books, middle grade, young adult, and paperback books!
Looking for your next all-school or all-community read? See below for suggestions from Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group!
Discover common read selections →
In the Remixed Classics series, authors from diverse backgrounds take different literary classics from centuries past and reinterpret them through their own unique cultural lens. This collection will serve young adult readers as both a series of fun, engaging reads as well as a subversive overall look at what our society has deemed “classic”— works that are overwhelmingly cishet, white, and male.
Learn more about how to use Remixed Classics in the classroom and find nonfiction pairings for each book in the series in this new educator guide!
