Read below to find our staff picks for January 2024 and learn more about these must-reads!
Learn more about these staff picks →Author Video: Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham
How This Book Was Made: Jumper by Jessica Lanan
Go behind the scenes of Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider by Jessica Lanan. Read on for an interview with Jessica, Emily Feinberg, Executive Editor at Roaring Brook Press, and Mike Burroughs, Senior Designer at Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group to learn more about how this book was made, preview interior art, and jaw dropping 3D models.
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For Black History Month, we are interviewing Ekua Holmes, illustrator of Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King, a picture book autobiography celebrating the life of the extraordinary civil and human rights activist Coretta Scott King.
Discover More about CORETTA AND ENTER A SWEEPS!
Teacher’s Guide: Betty Before X by Ilyasah Shabazz with Renee Watson
Betty Before X
By Ilyasah Shabazz with Renee Watson
Ages 10-14
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Betty Before X is a powerful middle-grade fictionalized account of the childhood activism of Betty Shabazz, Malcolm X’s wife, written by their daughter Ilyasah Shabazz.
In Detroit, 1945, eleven-year-old Betty’s house doesn’t quite feel like home. She believes her mother loves her, but she can’t shake the feeling that her mother doesn’t want her. Church helps those worries fade, if only for a little while. The singing, the preaching, the speeches from guest activists like Paul Robeson and Thurgood Marshall stir African Americans in her community to stand up for their rights. Betty quickly finds confidence and purpose in volunteering for the Housewives League, an organization that supports black-owned businesses. Soon, the American civil rights icon we now know as Dr. Betty Shabazz is born.
Inspired by Betty’s real life—but expanded upon and fictionalized through collaboration with novelist Renée Watson—Ilyasah Shabazz illuminates four poignant years in her mother’s childhood with this book, painting an inspiring portrait of a girl overcoming the challenges of self-acceptance and belonging that will resonate with young readers today.
DOWNLOAD THE Farther Than The Moon TEACHER’S GUIDE HERE→Graphic Novel Preview: Asgardians: Odin by George O’Connor
Our Graphic Novel Preview series invites readers to look inside graphic novels. This month, we’re highlighting Asgardians, a new series by George O’Connor launching this March with Asgardians: Odin!
Look inside Asgardians: Odin→January 2024 New Releases
Happy New Year! Browse all of our January new releases, including new picture books, middle grade, young adult, graphic novels, and paperback books!
Discover Our January New Releases →MacKids Spotlight: Allie Millington
MacKids Spotlight: Allie Millington
This month’s Author Spotlight highlights Allie Millington, the author of Olivetti, a heartfelt debut middle-grade novel told from the unique vantage points of an introverted boy and his missing mother’s cherished typewriter. It’s also already received two starred reviews this year!
Discover More about Allie Millington and OLIVETTI2024 Starred Reviews Round-Up
Does your collection include this year’s critically acclaimed books? See what Booklist, School Library Journal, Kirkus, Horn Book, Publishers Weekly, and more, say about the top reviewed books of 2024 for kids and teens!
Discover this year’s top-reviewed books! →2024 Notable Paperbacks
Looking for new books to add to your library collection? Browse a selection of bestselling, award-winning 2024 paperback releases, including picture books, middle grade, young adult, and adult crossover books!
Discover notable paperbacks →