16 Remarkable Books by Jason Chin, George Takei, Niña Mata, and Others | Web Starred Reviews, June 2025

by SLJ Reviews
Jun 01, 2025 | Filed in News & Features

This month, readers will journey with a ghost looking for a new haunt, start a new school, listen to the stars, and go on many more adventures in these pages.

We Are Already Haunting Here! (Sterer) ©2025 by Charlie Mylie


Holidays

ANDERSON, Sonja. A Christmas Wish for Little Dala Horse: A Saint Lucia Celebration. illus. by Agnieszka Potocka. Tyndale.

STERER, Gideon. We Are Already Haunting Here! illus. by Charlie Mylie. Union Square Kids.

 

Picture Books

KIM-MCCARTHY, Sojung. Binna’s Dalgona. illus. by Sojung Kim-McCarthy. Dial.

MATA, Niña. New. illus. by Niña Mata. HarperCollins.

WEN ADCOCK, Maria. My Name Is Ai Lin. illus. by Yu Ting Cheng. Sleeping Bear.

 

Living Bridges: The Hidden World of India’s Woven Trees (Acharya) ©2025 by Avani Dwivedi


Nonfiction Elementary

ACHARYA, Sandhya. Living Bridges: The Hidden World of India’s Woven Trees. illus. by Avani Dwivedi. S. & S./Beach Lane.

BODIN COHEN, Deborah & Kerry Olitzky. Claudia Said Sí! The Story of Mexico’s First Woman President. illus. by Carlos Vélez Aguilera. Apples & Honey.

BOTH, Elly. A Kids Book About ADHD.
HALL, Hazel & McKenzie Young-Roy. A Kids Book About OCD. ea vol: (A Kids Book About).

DK. CHIN, Jason. Hurricane. illus. by Jason Chin. Holiday House/Neal Porter.

CONNORS, Jerrold. JIM! Six True Stories about One Great Artist: James Marshall. illus. by Jerrold Connors. Dial.

COOKE, Sam. A Change Is Gonna Come. illus. by Nikkolas Smith. little bee.

GABEIRA, Maya. Beyond the Board: The Untold Story of the World’s Most Daring Big Wave Surfer. Abrams/Amulet.

HERNÁNDEZ, Beatriz Gutiérrez. Pearls in the Sand: Protecting Sea Turtles in Oaxaca. illus. by Beatriz Gutiérrez Hernández. Macmillan/Godwin.

TAKEI, George & others. It Rhymes With Takei. illus. by Harmony Becker. Top Shelf Productions.

 

Spanish

HANSEN, Amy S. & Wanda Díaz Merced. Wanda oye las estrellas: Una astrónoma ciega escucha al universo. tr. by Gabriela Carrión. SP
––––. Wanda Hears the Stars: A Blind Astronomer Listens to the Universe. ea vol: illus. by Rocío Arreola Mendoza. Charlesbridge.

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