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LARC Mocks: 2025 Non-Fiction

Working list of starred reviews to be considered for the Mock Caldecott and Newbery Award

2025 Non-Fiction

Albee, Sarah.  Zero! The Number That Almost Wasn't.  BL 2/1-15/25

Alexander, Kwame.  How Sweet the Sound.  SLJ 11/24, PW 11/11/24

Allen, Peter.  Rise and Fall: Great Empires That Shaped the World.  BL 2/1-15/25

Alznauer, Amy.  The Five Sides of Marjorie Rice: How to Discover a Shape.  BL 1/1-15/25, K 2/15/25, SLJ 2/25

Bearzi, Maddalena.  The Secret Life of a Sea Turtle.  K 4/1/25

Beckmeyer, Drew.  Stalactite & Stalagmite:A Big Tale From a Little Cave.  K 3/15/25

Bilston, Brian. Let Sleeping Cats Lie. PW 3/31/25

Blackburne, Livia.  Dreams to Ashes: The 1871 Los Angeles Chinatown Massacre.  SLJ 2/25

Blumenthal, Karen. Revolutionary Mary: The True Story of One Woman, The Declaration of Independence and America's Fight for Freedom. SLJ 1/25

Bruegi, Heather.  Dine.  BL 4/1-15/25

Brown, Don.  It's About Time!  K 11/1/24

Buckley, Patricia Morris.  To Walk the Sky: How Iroquois Steelworkers Helped Build Towering Cities. PW 10/28/24, K 11/15/24

Burgess, Matthew.  Words With Wings and Magic Things.  K 1/15/25

Castaldo, Nancy F.  Whales in the City.  BL 3/1-15/25

Castrovilla, Selene.  George Washington's Spectacular Spectacles: The Glasses that Saved America.  BL 11/1-15/24

Chanez, Katie.  Marble Caves of Patagonia.  BL 4/1-15/25

Chin, Jason. Hurricane. PW 2/2425, K 3/15/25

Cohen, Deborah Bodin & Kerry Olitzky.  Twist, Tumble, Triumph: The Story of Champion Gymnast Agnes Keleti.  BL 1/1-15/25

Connors, Jerrold.  JIM!: Six True Stories About One Great Artist: James Marshall.  K 2/15/25

Coronado, Kris.  Lighthouse Ladies: Shining a Spotlight on Hardy Heroines.  K 3/15/25

Couch, Christina.  Innovative Octopuses, Half-Brained Birds, and More Animals With Magnificent Minds.  K 11/1/24, BL 1/1-15/25

Crull, Kelly.  The Black Mambas: The World's First All-Woman Anti-Poaching Unit.  BL 3/1-15/25

Cusolito, Michelle. In the World of Whales. PW 3/24/25

Dumon, Bibi.  My Presentation Today Is About the Anaconda.  BL 1/1-15/25

Eason, Sarah.  Stories of Survival.  BL 4/1-15/25

Fajardo, Sara Andrea. Alberto Sala Plays Paka Paka con la Papa: Join the Quest with Peru's Famed Scientist and Potato Expert. PW 12/16-23/24, K 1/15/25, BL 3/1-15/25

Fleming, Candace.  Is It Real?  The Loch Ness Monster.  BL 1/1-15/25

Fleming, Candace.  Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown. BL 2/1-15/25

Graham, Joan Bransfield.  Awesome Earth: Concrete Poems Celebrate Caves, Canyons, and Other Enchanting Landforms.  BL 3/1-15/25

Grush, Loren.  The Six - Young Readers Edition: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts.  K 12/15/24

Haidle, Elizabeth. Drawing Is...Your Guide to Scribbled Adventures. PW 3/3/25

Harding, Thomas. The House on the Canal: The Story of the House That Hid Anne Frank. PW 10/14/24, K 12/1/24

Harris, Quartez. Go Tell It: How James Baldwin Became a Writer.  PW

Harvey, Jeanne Walker. The Glass Pyramid: A Story of the Louvre Museum and Architect I.M. Pei. PW 4/21/25

Hevron, Amy.  Poo Pile on the Prairie.  BL 2/1-15/25, SLJ 2/25

Himmelman, John. The Boy Who Lived in a Shell: Snippets for Wandering Minds.  K 1/1/25

Hoberman, Mary Ann.  How Elegant the Elephant: Poems About Animals and Insects.  K 1/1/25

Howe, James. The Music Inside Us: Yo-Yo Ma and His Gifts to the World. PW 4/21/25

Hurley, Kamaiani.  Kaho'olawe: The True Story of an Island and Her People.  SLJ 12/24, K 3/15/25

James, Josie.  Marjory's River of Grass: Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Fierce Protector of the Everglades.  BL 1/1-15/25

James, Nancy Johnson.  Dream a Dress, Dream a Poem: Dressmaker and Poet, Myra Viola Wilds.  K 11/15/24

Jenson-Elliott, Cindy. The Doomsday Detectives: How Walter and Luis Alvarez Solved the Mystery of Dinosaur Extinction. K 2/15/25, BL 3/1-15/25

Lambelet, Anne.  I'm a Dumbo Octopus!: A Graphic Guide to Cephalopods.  SLJ 12/24, K 2/1/25, BL 3/1-15/25

LaPierre, Yvette.  Scorching Science!  The Physics of Heat.  BL 4/1-15/25

LaRocca, Rajani. Some of Us: A Story of Citizenship and the United States. PW 3/10/25

Lavender, Julie & David Lavender.  Lemur.  BL 2/1-15/25

Lavender, Julie & David Lavender.  Leopard.  BL 2/1-15/25

Lavender, Julie & David Lavender.  Seal.  BL 2/1-15/25

Levinson, Cynthia & Jennifer Swanson.  Who Owns the Moon?  And Other Conundrums of Exploring and Using Space.  BL 11/1-15/24

Levy, Debbie.  A Dangerous Idea: The Scopes Trial, the Original Fight over Science in Schools.  BL 11/1-15/24, SLJ 1/25

Levy, Debbie. The Friendship Train: A True Story of Helping and Healing After World War II. PW 3/31/25

Loach, Mikaela.  Climate Is Just the Start.  BL 3/1-15/25

Locke, Katherine. Athlete Is Agender: True Stories of LGBTQ+ People in Sports. PW 2/17/25

Lukoff, Kyle. Are You a Friend of Dorothy? The True Story of an Imaginary Woman and the Real People She Helped. PW 1/13/25

MacCall, Michaela.  Lady of the Lines: How Maria Reiche Saved the Nazca Lines by Sweeping the Desert. BL 3/1-15/25

Marcus, Curtis.  Earthrise: The Story of the Photograph That Changed the Way We See Our Planet.  K 1/1/25, BL 1/1-15/25

Mata, Nina. Girls to the Front: 40 Asian American Women Who Blazed a Trail. PW 10/21/24

Martinez, Claudia Guadalupe.  Not a Dog.  K 4/1/25

McAlister, Caroline.  A Line Can Go Anywhere: The Brilliant, Resilient Life of Artist Ruth Asawa.  K 1/15/25, BL 2/1-15/25

McAnulty, Stacy.  Are We There Yet? The First Road Trip across the USA.  BL 2/1-15/25

Michelson, Richard.  New Year in the White House: Barack Obama's First Presidential Seder.  K 1/15/25, BL 2/1-15/25

Moore, Lindsay.  Sun Bird: The Amazing Journey of the Arctic Tern. K 12/1/24, BL 1/1-15/25

Nickel, Sandra. Making Light Bloom: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Lamps. PW 4/21/25

Nnachi, Ngeri.  Raising the Bar: Black Women Who Changed Gymnastics.  BL 3/1-15/25

Novesky, Amy.  The Poet and the Bees: A Story of the Seasons Sylvia Plath Kept Bees.  K 1/1/25

Paterson, Katherine.  Jella Lepman and Her Library of Dreams: The Woman Who Rescued a Generation of Children...  K 12/15/24

Pendreigh, Kirsten. When a Tree Falls: Nurse Logs and Their Incredible Forest Power. PW 2/24/25

Percival, Kari.  Safe Crossing.  PW 10/14/24, K 11/15/24

Perez, Ashley Hope.  Banned Together: Our Fight for Readers' Rights.  BL 2/1-15/25

Pinkney, Andrea Davis.  And She Was Loved: Toni Morrison's Life in Stories.  K 11/15/24, SLJ 11/24

Pritchard, Caroline Kusin.  The Keeper of Stories.  K 1/15/25

Quinn, Sine.  The Faerie Isle: Tales and Traditions of Ireland's Forgotten Folklore.  BL 1/1-15/25

Rappaport, Doreen.  Beacon of Hope: The Life of Barack Obama.  SLJ 10/24

Robinson, James. Whale Eyes: A Memoir About Seeing and Being Seen. PW 1/6/25, BL 2/1-15/25

Rogers, Cathy.  Future Vision: Stories of Our Brilliant Tomorrow.  BL 3/1-15/25

Rogers, Lisa. Joan Mitchell Paints a Symphony: La Grande Vallee Suite.  K 12/1/24

Rosen, Michael. One Day: A True Story of Survival in the Holocaust. PW 10/21/24

Salas, Laurie Purdie.  Hawk.  BL 2/1-15/25

Scharff, Kate.  We Need to Talk About Divorce: An IMPORTANT Book About Separation, Stepfamilies, and Feeling Heard  K 2/15/25

Senker, Cath.  Migration.  BL 4/1-15/25

Smith, Charlene.  Game Changers: Stories of Hijabi Athletes from around the World.  BL 1/1-15/25

Smith, Elliott.  Ballpark Legends: The Legacy of the Negro Leagues.  BL 3/1-15/25

Smith, Elliott.  The Forgotten Four: Breaking the Color Barrier.  BL 3/1-15/25

Smith, Elliott.  Hoops Heroes: The Untold Story of Black Basketball.  BL 3/1-15/25

Tak, Bibi Dumon. My Presentation Today is About the Anaconda. PW 11/4/24

Thimmesh, Catherine.  Smash, Crash, Topple, Roll!  The Inventive Rube Goldberg: A Life in Comics, Contraptions, and Six Simple Machines.  BL 3/1-15/25, PW 4/21/25

Todd, Traci N.  Make a Pretty Sound: A Story of Ella Jenkins - The First Lady of Children's Music.  PW 11/11/24, K 11/1/24, SLJ 10/24

Tourmaline.  One Day in June.  K 4/1/25

Ventura, Marne.  How to Identify Media Bias.  BL 4/1-15/25

Vizcarra, Natasha.  Animals That Break the Rules.  BL 3/1-15/25

Vizcarra, Natasha.  Plants That Break the Rules.  BL 3/1-15/25

Weiss, Sara.  The Totally Awesome World of Caitlin Clark.  BL 4/1-15/25

Winterbottom, Julie. Magic in a Drop of Water: How Ruth Patrick Taught the World About Water Pollution. PW 2/17/25

Wynter, Anne. So Many Years: A Juneteenth Story. PW 4/21/25

Yolen, Jane.  His Fairytale Life: A Book About Hans Christian Andersen. K 2/15/25, BL 2/1-15/25

Yong, Ed.  An Immense World (Young Readers Edition): How Animals Sense Earth's Amazing Secrets.  K 3/15/25

York, Rabiah.  The One and Only Rumi.  K 1/1/25