A Walter Award Honor Book

Justin Torres’s Blackouts uses fiction to see through the inventions of history and narrative

When brothers search for their mama’s missing babka in their diverse Jewish neighborhood

* Rick Riordan Presents: The Last Fallen Star by Graci Kim

Even a giant excavator

Bringing In the New Year Crystal Vielula A Walter Award Honor BookThis exuberant story follows a Chinese American family as they prepare for the Lunar New Year. Each member of the family lends a hand as they sweep out the dust of the old year, hang decorations, and make dumplings. Then its time to put on new clothes and celebrate with family and friends. There will be fireworks and lion dancers, shining lanterns, and a great, long dragon parade to help bring in the Lunar New Year. And the dragon parade in our book