New Books for Children and Teens, February 2021
Picture Books
A Story About Afiya / James Berry
The Purple Puffy Coat / Maribeth Boelts
My Bed: enchanting ways to fall asleep around the world / Rebecca Bond
Ten Ways to Hear Snow / Cathy Camper
My Friend! / Taye Diggs
Don’t Hug Doug (he doesn’t like it) / Carrie Finison
Big Rig Rescue / Chris Gall
Moose, Goose, and Mouse / Mordicai Gernstein
Federico and the Wolf / Rebecca J. Gomez
Off to See the Sea / Nikki Grimes
Field Trip to the Ocean Deep / John Hare
Sun and Moon Have a Tea Party / Yumi Heo
Spring Stinks / Ryan T. Higgins
Twinkle / Katherine Holabird
Weekend Dad / Naseem Hrab
First Day Critter Jitters / Jory John
Shark and Hippo / Elliott Kalan
Ronan the Librarian / Tara Luebbe
Story Boat / Kyo Maclear
The Trouble with Time Travel / Stephen W. Martin
Anna & Samia: the true story of saving a black rhino / Paul Meisel
Sloth Wasn’t Sleepy / Kate Messner
When We Were Alone / David Robertson
I Talk Like a River / Jordan Scott
Knot Cannot / Tiffany Stone
Tiny T. Rex and the Very Dark Dark / Jonathan Stutzman
RoboBaby / David Weisner
Green on Green / Dianne White
The Weather’s Bet / Ed Young
Children’s Fiction
Starla Jean: which came first, the chicken or the friendship? / Elana K. Arnold (early reader)
Our Friend Hedgehog / Lauren Castillo
Happy Narwhalidays: a narwhal and jelly book / Ben Clanton (graphic novel)
When You Look Up / Decur (graphic novel)
The Smartest Kid in the Universe / Chris Grabenstein
Duck Days / Sara Leach
Show Me a Sign / Ann Clare LeZotte
Elatsoe / Darcie Little Badger
Dragon Fury / Lisa McMann (Unwanteds Quests series)
Black Brother, Black Brother / Jewell Parker Rhodes
Hilo: Gina, the girl who broke the world / Judd Winick (graphic novel)
Children’s Nonfiction
The Big Book of Experiments / Kate Biberdorf
Velociraptors / Emmons (early reader)
The Oldest Student: how Mary Walker Learned to Read / Rita L. Hubbard
From Here to there: inventions that changed the way the world moves / Kirkfield
Fauja Singh Keeps Going: the true story of the oldest person to ever run a marathon / Simran Jeet Singh
For Teens
Bodytalk: 37 voices explore our radical anatomy
Legendborn / Tracy Deonn
Kind of a Big Deal / Shannon Hale
American Royals / Katherine McGee
Concrete Rose / Angie Thomas
The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea / Maggie Tokuda-Hall