2022 ALA Award Winners and More

Caldecott Medal Winner!
Newbery Honor Book!
APALA Award Winner!

Watercress

Neal Porter Books
HC: 9780823446247
Educator’s Guide Available

★ Seven Starred Reviews ★

“Multilayered, poetic . . . meticulous, gut-wrenching . . . dreamlike.”
—The New York Times

“An understated, visually stunning exploration of memory and family history.”
—The Boston Globe

“Children often don’t understand why their parents act as they do; parents often forget to explain. Watercress reminds us of the importance of filling in those gaps.”
—The Wall Street Journal

2021 Best Book of the Year:

The New York Times
The Wall Street Journal
The Washington Post
Boston Globe

NPR
The Horn Book
Publishers Weekly
BookPage
School Library Journal
Kirkus Reviews

Publishers Lunch
Shelf Awareness
New York Public Library
Chicago Public Library

Coming Soon by Andrea Wang: Luli and the Language of Tea

Pura Belpré Illustrator
Honor Book!

Brigt Star
Lucero

Neal Porter Books
HC: 9780823443284 / Spanish HC: 9780823447848
Educator’s Guide Available
Event Kit Available

★ Six Starred Reviews ★

“Caldecott honoree Yuyi Morales’s best book yet.”
—The New York Times

“This book is beautiful to behold.”
—The Washington Post

2021 Best Book of the Year:

The New York Times
People

NPR
The Washington Post
Kirkus Reviews

Sydney Taylor Award Winner!

The Passover Guest

Neal Porter Books
HC: 9780823445622
Activity Sheets Available

An Association of Jewish
Libraries Spring Holiday Highlight
A Booklist Editors’ Choice
A CSMCL Best Multicultural
Children’s Book of the Year

★ “A superb addition to
modern celebrations.”
—School Library Journal

Golden Duck Notable Picture Book!

Marty

HC: 9780823446629

2021 Best Graphic Novels for ChildrenTop Ten!

Salt Magic

Margaret Ferguson Books
HC: 9780823446209
PB: 9780823450503
Reading Group Guide Available

ALSC Notable Children’s Book
A Mighty Girl Best Book of the Year
A Booklist Editors’ Choice

★ “A master class in fabulism done right.”
—Booklist

★ “A satisfying blend of the mythical and the historical that will enthrall graphic-novel lovers.”
—The Horn Book

Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book!

I Hop

HC: 9780823448258
Poster Available

★ “For the very newest reader, Cepeda lovingly crafts a little boy with agency in a diverse community with heart.”
—School Library Journal

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ALSC Notable Children’s Books

Let Me Fix You a Plate

Neal Porter Books HC: 9780823443253
Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book!

Not Little

Neal Porter Books
HC: 9780823446193

The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess

Neal Porter Books
HC: 978082344698
Charlotte Zolotow Highly Commended Book

Jane Yolen, The Sydney Taylor Body-of-Work Winner

Bear Outside

Neal Porter Books
HC: 9780823446131

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Dreamers
Soñadores

Also from Yuyi Morales, creator of Bright Star
HC: 9780823441259 / Spanish HC: 9780823442584
2019 Pura Belpré Illustrator Award

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Overground Railroad

HC: 9780823438730
2021 ALA Notable Children’s Book

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Swing Sisters

Also illustrated by Joe Cepeda
HC: 9780823419708

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Finding Langston

HC: 9780823439607
PB: 9780823445820
2019 Coretta Scott King
Author Honor Book
2019 Scott O’Dell Award
for Historical Fiction

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I Talk Like a River

HC: 9780823445592
2022 Odyssey Honor Audiobook
2021 Schneider Family Book Award
2021 Cook Prize Honor Book
2021 ALA Notable Children’s Book
Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book

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Honeybee

HC: 9780823442850
2021 Robert F. Sibert Award
2021 ALA Notable Children’s Book
2021 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for
Excellence in Science Books finalist
2021 NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book

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Before She was Harriet

HC: 9780823420476
PB: 9780823444298
2019 Christopher Award
Picture Book
2018 Coretta Scott King
Illustrator Honor Book
2018 Charlotte Zolotow Award
Highly Commended Title

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Hey, Water!

HC: 9780823447350
2020 Robert F. Sibert
Honor Award

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A New Green Day

Also by Antoinette Portis
HC: 9780823444885

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Your Place in the Universe

Also from Jason Chin,
illustrator of Watercress
HC:9780823446230
2021 Cook Prize

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Nine Months

Also illustrated
by Jason Chin
HC: 9780823441617

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What Girls Are Made Of

PB: 9780823445677
National Book Award Finalist

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Out of Darkness

PB: 9780823445035
Printz Honor Book

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The Story of Owen

PB: 9780823445028
Morris Award Finalist

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