New Books for Kids and Teens, December 2023
Picture Books
How to Write a Poem / Kwame Alexander
Lila Greer, teacher of the year / Andrea Beaty
Stranded!: a mostly true story from Iceland / Ævar Þór Benediktsson
We are starlings: inside the mesmerizing magic of a murmuration / Robert Furrow
Everybody! You, Me & Us / Elise Gravel
Grandmothers Galore! / Judith Henderson
The Big Cheese / Jory John
As Night Falls: creatures that go wild after dark / Donna Jo Napoli
Eclipse / Andy Rash
Hornbeam all in: three small stories about one large moose / Cynthia Rylant
The North Wind & The Sun / Philip Stead
Bear is Never Alone / Mark Veerkamp
Children’s Fiction
Mercy Watson is Missing! / Kate DiCamillo
The Puppets of Spelhorst / Kate DiCamillo
The Ghost Job / Greg Van Eekhout
Dory Fantasmagory: Can’t Live Without You / Abby Hanlon
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer / Jeff Kinney
The Lost Year / Katherine Marsh
Upside Down Magic: Night Owl / Sarah Mlynowski
Cat Kid Comic Club : Influencers / Dav Pilkey (graphic novel)
Dragon Masters: Legend of the Star Dragon / Tracey West
Children’s Nonfiction
Dinosaurs divorce: a guide for changing families / Laurene Krasny Brown
Walking on the Moon / Caryn Jenner
Chinese menu: the history, myths, and legends behind your favorite foods / Grace Lin
Dig It! Archaeology for Kids / Caitlin Sockin
For Teens
Watership Down: the graphic novel / Richard Adams
Sword Catcher / Cassandra Clare
Check & Mate / Ali Hazelwood
Be That Way / Hope Larson (graphic novel)